Murder of Anita Cobby

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Anita Lorraine Cobby (née Lynch; 2 November 1959 – 2 February 1986) was a 26-year-old Australian woman from Blacktown, Sydney, who was abducted while walking home from Blacktown railway station just before 10:00 p.m. on 2 February 1986 and was subsequently raped, tortured and murdered. The case received widespread media coverage and public condemnation, including some who called for reinstating the death penalty. Two days after being reported as missing by family, Cobby's body was discovered by a man in a paddock of his farm in Prospect. Investigations led to the arrest of five men, who were later convicted of her abduction, rape and murder on 10 June 1987. On 16 June 1987, each was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Upon arriving to the location of her body, it was clear to authorities that Cobby had sustained a prolonged and vicious attack, with multiple sharp puncture wounds and cuts, as well as lacerations from being rolled in and dragged through barbed...

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