Shirley Finn
Shirley Finn was a brothel keeper of Perth, Western Australia. She was shot on 23 June 1975.
Murder
Finn's body was found in a parked car on Labouchere Road, next to the South Perth Golf Course.[1] At the time, various rumours regarding the murder attributed it to specific issues relating to prostitution and the way it was being handled by police and government in Perth, but no evidence of this was discovered.[2]
The murder, and the implied connections with issues relating to policing of the sex industry, resulted in a Royal Commission being held.[3]
Continued interest in Finn's murder, and the lack of evidence, led to periodic speculation as to the murderer.[4]
On the thirtieth anniversary of the murder - 23 June 2005 - a cold-case review of the case was announced[5][6] the general opinion of some that no further leads were possible notwithstanding.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Shirley Finn - found shot dead" The West Australian, 24 June 1975, p.1,5
- ↑ Gregory, Jenny (2003) City of light : a history of Perth since the 1950s Perth, W.A. : City of Perth. ISBN 0-9594632-4-0 p.243-249, re containment and issues surrounding prosititution at the time
- ↑ Norris, John Gerald (Commissioner) (1976)- Report of the Royal Commission into Matters Surrounding the Administration of the Law Relating to Prostitution. Perth: Government of Western Australia
- ↑ "Shirley Finn - police still have not found her killer", Daily News (Perth, W.A.), 23 June 1988 and 24 June 1988, p. 11
- ↑ http://www.police.wa.gov.au/MediaAndPublicAffairs/MediaReleases/3232.pdf
- ↑ Ambrose, Melanie.(2006) "Cold case." Author Juliet Wills discusses the murder of Finn. Sunday Times (Perth, W.A.), 23 April 2006, STM section, p.10-12
- ↑ Kelly, Jim.(2005) "No hope" in "Lawyer Ron Cannon doubtful Shirley Finn's murderer will be found". Sunday Times (Perth, W.A.), 26 June 2005, p.29
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