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The discovery of the body of Beth Barnard in her Phillip Island farmhouse in 1986, began a homicide investigation that rocked a peaceful community.\u003cbr /\u003eIt also created an enduring mystery, for no one was ever brought to trial for her brutal death, and the main suspect disappeared - never to be seen again.\u003cbr /\u003eBeth Barnard, a popular and attractive 23-year-old, had been having an affair with a local married man.\u003cbr /\u003eOn the night of her brutal murder, a car belonging to Vivienne Cameron - wife of Beth's lover - was found abandoned near the bridge that connects the famous tourist island to the mainland.\u003cbr /\u003eNo trace of Vivienne was ever found, and her disappearance has never been adequately explained.\u003cbr /\u003eNevertheless, a Coroner's Court found that Vivienne had killed her rival then jumped to her death into the waters of Westernport Bay. The case was closed but not forgotten.\u003cbr /\u003eEver since their first edition of The Phillip Island Murder, in 1993, Vikki Petraitis and Paul Daley have been regularly contacted by people wanting to know more; people who, like the authors, let the case get under their skin.\u003cbr /\u003eMore than three decades later the mystery, rumours and arm-chair solutions continue. |
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