373. Someone Else's Daughter: Anita Cobby

It was a quiet summer morning in Prospect, New South Wales, when a farmer noticed his cows gathered around something in his paddock. At first, he thought it was a mannequin.

Then he realized it was the naked body of a young woman.

She had been brutally attacked, but the worst injury was to her throat, which had been slashed so deeply the medical examiner described it as a “near decapitation.” Investigators believed she had been conscious when it happened. Investigators soon had a likely identity for the young woman, which would become one of Australia’s most heinous crimes. 

Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast ‘Someone Else’s Daughter: Anita Cobby.’

Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS

Music by our EP @theinkypawprint

Sources: 

https://cookandyoung.com.au/p/remembering-anita-cobby-the-case-the-husband-the-aftermath-30-years-on

https://people.com/anita-cobby-australia-rape-murder-former-beauty-queen-8726751

https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-anita-cobby-murder/umc.cmc.26h8fremeu75ysb9x56m0b6sa?showId=umc.cmc.59hhekmkn5g2tckmjuyk0i3cl

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/20/anita-cobby-everyone-in-the-car-that-dreadful-night-had-a-passport-to-doom

https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/anita-cobby-killer-dying-of-cancer/news-story/c6c50e914446d13bbf7d6cdd98729e58