Man charged with murdering Audrey Griffin found dead in cell

Audrey Griffin’s accused murderer has killed himself in jail, allowing The Daily Telegraph to reveal previously withheld details about how he confessed in a phone call.

An accused murderer has killed himself in jail just days after being charged over the tragic death of teenager Audrey Griffin on the Central Coast.

The suicide of Adrian Torrens, 53, in his cell at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (MRRC) in Silverwater on Thursday afternoon, means The Daily Telegraph can now reveal previously withheld details about Ms Griffin’s death.

Torrens was only arrested on Monday and charged with murder, almost one month after the body of Ms Griffin was discovered in a creek bed near The Entrance Road at Erina.

Police had initially treated her death as not suspicious, but that all changed after Torrens confessed in a phone call to an associate.

“Why did I do it? I don’t know, I do not ... I just f---ing clicked and I have no reason for my actions. I just did it, man. I was so f---ed up, you know? I was awake for four or five f---ing days, and I just did it,” Torrens said.

Adrian Torrens, 53, has been found dead in his cell at Silverwater Jail just days after being charged with the murder of Central Coast teenager Audrey Griffin. Picture: Facebook

That confession came after police released CCTV of a man they wanted to speak to.

Another witness came forward and told police they recognised Torrens in the CCTV, and that the killer had told them “he left her body in the mangroves”.

Days earlier, Torrens’ ex-partner told police he had repeatedly breached an apprehended domestic violence order that was out for her protection – and also said the man depicted in the CCTV in the police appeal was him.

In a subsequent phone call, Torrens said: “I killed someone about a month ago and now they’re looking for me.”

Torrens’ phone pinged at 2.43am near Pateman Rd, Erina.

Ms Griffin was last seen about 3am on The Entrance Rd in Erina, as she walked home from a night out.

Police believe she had either been bashed and left to die or was held underwater in a lonely creek to drown.

Audrey Griffin was just 19 when she was murdered. Picture: Facebook

Some 12 hours later, her body was found in a creek bed.

Ms Griffin was visiting friends on the Central Coast from Sydney the night she died, with her last known movements being Punt Bridge in Erina.

She had sent two Snapchat videos to a friend, which showed her walking home and linked her location on SnapMaps – a live map where a user’s location can be seen in real time by contacts.

She had earlier parted ways with her ex-boyfriend in the Gosford CBD, after drinking with him and another friend at a pub, saying she was going to take an Uber back to Terrigal.

But she never arrived.

An unnamed witness, who lived near the border of Erina Creek, told police about 3am on March 23 that she heard a high-pitched female scream which lasted about a minute, but dismissed it as a fox.

Torrens’s death occurred just as thousands of Ms Griffin’s family and friends were gathering for a memorial at Terrigal Beach.

NSW Police said in a statement Silverwater prison guards called and paramedics could not revive Torrens, whose death is not being treated as suspicious.