THERE was nothing to link the man who killed Gold Coast woman Linda Reed to her death when he was arrested for another murder two years later, a retired homicide Detective says. The retired Detective also praised technology after DNA from samples taken at the time led to the arrest of Troy James O Meara in 2018 in connection to the December 1983 killing. Front pages from the 1980s, after Linda Reed was murdered. O Meara on Monday pleaded guilty in Brisbane Supreme Court to murdering Ms Reed, a 21-year-old retail assistant. It was also revealed that he had been convicted of murdering Vanessa Joy O Brien, 22, of Kippa Ring in 1985.
It was horrific : Retired Detective on Linda Reed case
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It was horrific : Retired Detective on Linda Reed case
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