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Reward to nab Qld bookseller’s killer
Police hope a hefty reward will help solve the murder of a teenage girl who was selling books door-to-door when she was killed 44-years-ago near Townsville.
September 4, 2019
Police hope a $250,000 reward will finally smoke out the killer of an 18-year-old door-to-door bookseller, 44 years after she was murdered in north Queensland.
Detectives believe Catherine Pamela Graham was murdered while selling educational books in Townsville on the evening of July 29, 1975, police said in a statement on Wednesday.
Ms Graham, whose body was found 18 kilometres outside the city on the Flinders Highway, died from head injuries.
“We know for a fact Catherine phoned her mother that night at 8.19pm from a phone box in Townsville,” Detective Chris Hodgeman said.
“During the call she told her mother she did not like the look of a man standing nearby.”
Four decades later, Ms Graham’s unsolved murder is being re-investigated by the Queensland Cold Case Investigation Team.
A $250,000 reward remains in place for information that leads to a conviction following an appeal for information by Police Minister Mark Ryan in Townsville on Wednesday.
“This renewed appeal for information calls on the community to help our police solve this brutal and unsolved crime,” Mr Ryan said.
Indemnity from prosecution is being offered with the reward.