Nationality Australian Known for Murder victim | Name Murder Kylie | |
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Died 6 November 1984Preston, Victoria, Australia Resting place | ||
Kylie Maria Antonia Maybury (24 October 1978 – 6 November 1984) was a 6-year-old girl from Preston, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
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She was kidnapped, raped, and murdered on 6 November 1984. Because of the date of her death (Melbourne Cup Day), she was nicknamed in the Melbourne tabloid press as the Cup Day Girl.
Abduction and murder
On the afternoon of 6 November 1984, Maybury had been sent to a convenience store to buy a bag of sugar. She was last seen going home, carrying a bag of sugar, and looking as if she were lost. Her body was found in the gutter of a nearby street at about 00:45 that night.
She had died of asphyxiation while being raped and had suffered severe internal injuries, including vaginal trauma. The autopsy found that Valium, a strong sedative, was in her body, suggesting that she had been drugged.
Investigation
Maybury's murder received significant media coverage. In the 1990s, the Victorian Police focused their attention on Robert Arthur Selby Lowe, who had murdered Melbourne schoolgirl Sheree Beasley. DNA profiling later proved that Lowe was not responsible for Maybury's murder.
Maybury was interred at Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park. Her uncle, Mark Maybury, was a suspect in the case; he committed suicide in 1987. He was later found to be innocent of the crime, and is buried in the same cemetery as Kylie.
Victoria Police began a new investigation into the murder among other cold cases in 2014, after media interest in the case led to numerous suspects being reported to the police.
In June 2016 a 73 year-old man named Gregory Keith Davies was charged with the false imprisonment, rape and murder of Maybury, with a committal hearing for the case scheduled to be conducted in May 2017. On 29 May 2017, Davies pleaded guilty to one charge of murder and one of rape. The false imprisonment charge was withdrawn by prosecutors. The following day Davies was remanded into custody until a plea hearing on September 21. Davies was attacked in prison by another inmate on July 23, suffering serious burns from boiling water being poured upon him.