A pair has been refused bail in the present day after they have been charged with the alleged homicide of 19-year-old Amber Haigh, who vanished almost 20 years in the past.
Robert Geeves and his spouse Anne Geeves, each aged 61, have been arrested at a property at Harden, within the NSW south-west yesterday and have been later charged with one rely every of homicide.
The police prosecutor informed Cowra Native Courtroom the murder squad made the arrests after a brand new witness got here ahead through Crime Stoppers, only a week after a $1 million reward for data on the case was introduced.
The courtroom heard Mr Geeves allegedly purchased a chainsaw within the days after Haigh's disappearance.
Police will allege they captured the couple on cellphone intercepts speaking concerning the disposal of Haigh's physique together with Ms Geeves asking her husband, "the place are we going to take the remainder of her now" and "have you ever removed her?"
Mr Geeves can also be accused of asking his spouse "to not roll" on him as a result of he "did not need to go to jail".
The police prosecutor informed the courtroom there was a transparent motive, arguing the couple allegedly killed Haigh to acquire custody of a kid.
Mr Geeves' lawyer defined throughout in the present day's bail utility her shopper had beforehand been charged however acquitted of the homicide of one other girl.
A Justice of the Peace refused Mr Geeves' bail after discovering there was a robust circumstantial case.
Haigh was the mom of a six-month-old son who was fathered by Mr Geeves.
She disappeared on June 5, 2002, after planning to go to her sick father at Mt Druitt hospital in Sydney.
The Geeves informed police they dropped the teenager off at Campbelltown prepare station.
Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty mentioned police will allege Haigh was killed within the Harden-Younger space.
"We'll allege Amber met her demise within the Harden-Younger space and by no means made it to Sydney and as I've mentioned earlier than it was a very tragic occasion the place a six-month-old child was left behind and by no means bought to develop up and know his mum," Detective Superintendent Doherty mentioned.
Haigh's household are nonetheless determined to search out her physique with a $1 million reward remaining for any details about the situation of her stays.
"The household is de facto eager to search out the stays of Amber and put her to relaxation," Detective Superintendent Doherty mentioned.