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Arthur Stanley BROWN

86 year old Arthur Stanley Brown was arrested and ordered to stand trial in Townsville for the brutal murder of the Mackay sisters, Judith (7) and Susan (5) 29 years previously.

The photo of Brown and his wife Charlotte was taken during a break in proceedings from outside the court house and through a plate glass wall. It was published page 3 of the Age, Melbourne. All charges against Brown were eventually dropped due to his deteriorating state of health. He died a year later and consequently was never found guilty of the murders.

Arthur and Charlotte Brown October 27, 1999.

Father Bill Mackay is led to the bodies of his murdered daughters in 1970.

Mackay sisters

Five year old Susan and seven year old Judith MacKay disappeared on the morning of Wednesday,
August 26, 1970 from a school bus stop near their home in the Townsville suburb of Aitkenvale.

Joanne Ratcliffe

The 11-year-old vanished at a football game at the Adelaide Oval,
believed abducted, on August 26, 1973.

Kirste Gordon

The four-year-old was believed to have been abducted from the same
football game as Joanne Ratcliffe.