A number of matters contributed to the difficulty police had in finding the truth of the murder of Maria Scott. A prostitute of indigenous background, Maria’s mother claimed that these facts led the police to quickly lose interest in the case. But the police pointed out those malicious accusations by members of the Port Kembla community cluttered the investigation.
Maria Scott’s badly decomposed body was found seven months after she was reported missing. Originally police had suspected murder, but it was when the body was discovered and had five separate stab wounds that they knew they were looking for a killer.
Of the twenty-nine persons of interest, the police had worked the list down and believed that Mark Brown, a man Maria had met in a rehabilitation facility, was the culprit. But Brown had left the area and moved to Queensland.
Four and a half years after Maria Scott died Detective Senior-Constable Jeffrey Little invited psychic Debbie Malone to give her impressions of Maria’s case. He was astounded at the results. Although he knew the psychic’s evidence would never hold up in court, the detail of Debbie’s knowledge of the case was amazing.
Debbie was taken to the cabin where they thought Maria Scott had met her death and, despite the fact that much of the cabin had been changed, Malone identified the layout as it was when Scott died. She was able to locate where the knife was found, even though the drainpipe it was hidden in had been moved with the sink during the renovations.
Malone pointed out many details of objects and events that occurred in the course of the murder, some confirming the facts known and others explaining how events took place. Most startling was her confusion as she felt the murderer walk through her while she stood in the space. She explained that only ghosts could have such an effect. This was before Detective Senior-Constable Little told Debbie that Brown had committed suicide a few weeks after relocating to Queensland.
