Michelle, who was found dead 21 years ago, is only a mile from home. (New State Police Photo)
New state girl michelle (Michelle Bright) was murder ,21 years ago, now the police are a big step closer to the unsolved case. Police only announced Monday a reward for clues to the case, and immediately after new information was provided, her old neighbor was arrested Tuesday night as a key suspect in the case.
Girl: a kilometer from home, it has become a road to no return
Here's a case of maggie (Mudgee) in the central highlands of new state. On February 27,1999, Michelle ,17, went out to a 15-year-old friend's birthday party. After the party, a friend sent Michelle to Herbert Street (Herbert Street) in Gurgon (Gulgong), not far from her home, but she could n' t finish her way home.
After three days, michelle was found half-naked in the grass near the rail on the barnes reef (Barneys Reef Road) road, just a kilometer from her home.
The gruesome discovery triggered one of the largest manhunt operations in the state's history, but the police failed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
The police could make a breakthrough in the case, believed to be linked to the publicity and reward offered earlier this week.
And new state police on monday again called on insider to provide clues to the case raise the reward to A $1 million, resulting in new information.
Craig Henry Rumsby ,53, was arrested late Tuesday near Maggie. There were only two separate houses between Roumsby's and Michel's house, and he was charged with one murder ,2 of intentions sexual intercourse causing serious bodily harm and suffocating for the purpose of committing a predictable crime.
Rumsby was refused bail, present at the maggie district court today.
Police arrest tuesday night the suspect in michelle's murder —— old neighbor rumsby. (New State Police Photo)
Suspect: I didn't expect the police to come 21 years late
Detective Superintendent Doherty (Danny Doherty) said today that Roumsby has been the focus of police investigations for years.
Rumsby, who lives near Sydney, returned to Maggie earlier this week for other reasons. He looked shocked when the police found him.
"He's been away with murder, for 21 years ," Doherty said! "
"(Rumsby) was eventually taken to the police station, with palpitations and hours of treatment... He was shocked. "
About 20 years have not been approached by the police, so that Rumsby felt safe. Because just the day before his arrest, under the post on the new state police fb home page about michelle's death, he was still leaving a message!
"It's very sad that we have n' t caught the killer for so many years ," Ruhmsby wrote. Michelle is like my sister, and I feel sorry for the family. "
When he wrote this, he must have dreamed of becoming a prisoner the next day.
This week, in addition to being charged with murder michelle, mr. rumsby was charged with choking and trying to sexual invasion 1 an 18-year-old girl in january 1998, a year before michelle was killed.
Michelle's mother, Lorraine, and others on Monday called for clues about her daughter's murder. (New State Police Photo)
Victim Mother: Our children go to school together every day!
Michelle's mother, Lorien (Loraine Bright), told Radio 2 this morning ," He's only two houses away house, our kids go to school! "
At around 10 p.m. on tuesday, she was watching tv when she received a call from the police to know that the suspect who killed her daughter had been arrested.
"I haven't slept all night ," she said ." I have shed more tears in the last three days than I have in my life. "
"I've waited 21 years for the news, and I think it's the beginning of the next phase of our lives. "
On monday, lorian told the press that for 21 years they had been struggling to find out about her daughter's murder, that she was suffering from "unbearable pain and headaches" and called on society to "give us the answer we need, the most unbearable pain in our daily lives ".
Recalling her daughter, Michelle, she called her "very special girl" and wanted to be a vet nurse. someday
"(Michelle) She's never going home, and we know that, but we want someone to take responsibility for what he does to our family and Michelle! "
"I dream that one day someone will come forward"
"If he's watching, or someone knows who did it, come on out, I' m not young anymore ," she told journalist. "
Detective Superintendent Doherty said the police had always believed the case was led by local communities. (New State Police Photo)
Police: Always believed the answer is in the community
Detective Superintendent Doherty said on Monday that the police believed the answer to the unsolved case, in the town's closely connected community, Gurgon "is a small town where people talk to each other and someone must know something. "
After michelle's murder, police reviewed the pending case a few years ago, and the unsolved homicide (UHU) agents reopened the investigation.
As part of the re-investigation, agents collated all evidence collected over the past 20 years, sampled dozens of local men DNA, and visited people who met michelle at the birthday party.
"We want to have enough evidence against someone, but that's why we need a lot of social help right now ," Doherty added. "
A decade after michelle's death, in 2009, authorities raised the offer for clues to $500,000 after a coroner's inquest, but didn't get valuable clues. On Monday, after raising the reward to A $1 million, the suspect was finally arrested.
