Police 'happened upon' woman's alleged murder during missing person cold case review
A cold case review of a high-profile missing person investigation led to the discovery of the alleged murder of another woman, who was never reported as missing, the WA Supreme Court has heard.Her alleged murder came to light during a review into Lisa Brown's disappearanceThe revelation came at the start of the trial of Chris Blennerhassett, 46, who is accused of fatally assaulting 23-year-old Rebecca Delalande at a house in Armadale in November 2001.
Prosecutor Ben Stanwix said police only"happened upon" the disappearance of Ms Delalande during a 2017 review of the investigation into the disappearance of 19-year-old Lisa Brown.Mr Stanwix said that during the review, Ms Delalande's name came up as someone who knew Ms Brown and who had previously provided information to the police about her.
He said the officers wanted to speak to Ms Delalande again but could not find any trace of her, so then began investigating what happened to her.Mr Stanwix said Mr Blennerhasset was then identified as someone Ms Delalande was having a relationship with at the time. He said it was alleged that during an argument in a bedroom of the share house where they were living, Mr Blennerhassett had struck Ms Delalande to the head and then disposed of her body"in a way that it can never be found".
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