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Anita Lorraine Cobby (née Lynch) (2 November 1959 – 2 February 1986) was a 26-year-old Australian woman from Blacktown, New South Wales, who was kidnapped while walking home from Blacktown railway station just before 10:00 p.m. on 2 February 1986, and subsequently sexually assaulted and murdered.
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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Feb 21, 2019 · She is survived by a sister, Kathryn Szyszka. Michael Murphy, one of the five men who brutally raped and murdered Sydney nurse Anita Cobby in the 1980s, has died in prison after a long battle...
Jul 25, 2019 · Two other men, Michael Murdoch, then aged 19, and John Travers, then 18, were also convicted. All were sentenced to life in prison, never to be released. Michael Murphy died in jail from cancer in February this year.
Feb 8, 2016 · Miss X was known to John Travers, the man who led the assault on Anita Cobby and cut the 26-year-old nurse’s throat in a Sydney cow paddock on February 2, 1986. Three weeks after the brutal murder, Miss X — who was the girlfriend of Travers’ uncle and suspected the violent 18-year-old was involved — approached police.
Feb 8, 2016 · Missing. But after marrying and moving to Coffs Harbour to start their married lives, the relationship hit what John called a 'hiccup'. Anita moved back home to Blacktown with her family. On a...
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.
