A BRUTAL MURDER.
MELBOURNE GIRL VICTIM. SHOCKING CRIME BY LOVER. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. U. 5 p.m.) MELBOURNE. Dec's. The mutilated body of Emma Hill, aged 17, was found by the police to-day on the bank of the Yarra River. The discovery was made as a result of statements made to the police by George Devitfc, agod 27. Devitt, in the early hours of this morning, hailed a taxi-cab and told the driver that he wanted to be driven to the Police Station. Devitt's throat was cut when he arrived at the station. He there told the police that he had loft the girl dead near the river, after having cut her throat, and then cutting his o.wn. After searching for several hours, the police found the girl's body. There wore evidences of a desperate struggle, and an examination of the body revealed that even after the unfortunate girl's throat had been hacked, ihe had been subjected to outrageous treatment. The dead girl had been in the habit of going out with Devitt, but had lately told him she did not tvant to go with lum again. After this repulse, Devitt (who is in hospital and guarded by police) became moody and wrote to the girl and arranged a meeting for last night. ■ .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19502, 4 December 1926, Page 11
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215A BRUTAL MURDER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19502, 4 December 1926, Page 11
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