Fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Janet Phillips went to a party in her home suburb of Wynnum on Brisbane's southside in July 1987 and never came back. Not long after she was reported missing her body was found a couple of kilometres away. Police had a strong suspect but they were unable to prove he'd killed the teenager.
On the 19th July 1987, two boys find the body of a young woman beside some stormwater drains. We take a look at the tireless work of detectives and the scientific procedures that, with new technologies developed over time, help to bring her killer to justice.—Allister Coots