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Anita met her future husband, John Cobby, while studying for her nursing degree at Sydney Hospital. They married on 27 March 1982. At the time of her murder in 1986, the couple had separated and Anita was living with her parents in Blacktown. [4]
Jun 16, 2019 · Date of murder: February 2, 1986. Date of arrest: 19 days after. Date of birth: February 27, 1967. Victim profile: Anita Lorraine Cobby, 26. Method of murder: Stabbing with knife. Location: Prospect, New South Wales, Australia. Status: Sentenced to life imprisonment, never to be released, on June 16, 1987.
The Murphy brothers Michael, 33, Gary, 28, and Leslie, 23, along with John Travers and Michael Murdoch, both 18, tortured Anita after forcing her into their car as she walked home just before 10pm.
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- Jasmine Kazlauskas
Jun 18, 2019 · There they took turns raping the 26-year-old before Travers slit her throat and left her to die. Two days later, a farmer found Ms Cobby’s naked body face down in the Prospect paddock.
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- Ben Graham
Feb 1, 2016 · The nation was left reeling when on February 2, 1986, nurse Anita Cobby was abducted, raped and viciously murdered by five men. Group ringleader John Travers, brothers Mick, Les and Gary Murphy...
Mar 31, 1994 · William Lindon-Travers (Bill Travers), actor, conservationist: born Newcastle upon Tyne 3 January 1922; married secondly 1957 Virginia McKenna (three sons, two daughters); died Dorking,...
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The 66-year-old was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 1987 with his brothers Leslie and Gary, ringleader John Travers and Michael Murdoch.
