The verdict was reached after a long trial, held more than 20 years after Ms Haigh went missing in June 2002.
Prosecutors alleged the Geeveses killed Ms Haigh as part of a plot to gain custody of her young son, fathered by Mr Geeves.
Robert and Anne Geeves, both 64, were acquitted by Justice Julia Lonergan this morning following a lengthy trial in the Supreme Court at Wagga Wagga.Ms Haigh was a 19-year-old woman with an intellectual disability who lived with the couple at their farm near Young before she vanished in June 2002, leaving behind her five-month-old son.
Prosecutors accused the couple of killing Ms Haigh as part of a plot to gain custody of her baby boy, while defence barristers argued there was no evidence behind the allegation.
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