Eighteen-year-old Annette Louise Morgan was a popular and well-liked nursing student at Royal Newcastle Hospital in New South Wales, Australia. Shortly after seven a.m. on the morning of October 29th, 1977, Annette was walking down Glebe Point Road in Sydney, on her way to visit a friend at St. Paul’s College at Sydney University. She sadly never made it to this meeting.
About two hours later, Annette’s lifeless body was discovered lying in a gully on the edge of St. Paul’s Oval on the college campus. She had been brutally raped, beaten so severely her skull was fractured, and then strangled. Authorities surmised that the perpetrator had followed Annette for some time before attacking her, and had beaten the girl using nothing but his bare fists.
Witnesses reported seeing two different suspicious men at around the time of the crime, though it’s unknown if both (or either) were responsible for the murder. One witness described an individual in his late thirties who stood about five-foot-eight, with sandy blond hair and a broken nose. This man also allegedly had blood on his pants and was spotted crossing the City Road pedestrian bridge.
The second person of interest was believed to be between twenty and twenty-five, with shoulder-length brown hair, a dark complexion, and a slender build. This individual was seen around the area where the crime was committed at approximately the time of the murder.
The case has long gone cold, and police have reported that much of the forensic evidence has gone missing. Starting in 1985, a $50,000 reward was offered for information leading to the conviction of the killer, but at this writing, it’s unclear whether the investigation is still open.
Crime Immemorial 