Robert Glennie: Explosive testimony from witness at Krystal Fraser inquest

The last person to have seen missing Pyramid Hill woman Krystal Fraser alive has revealed shocking new evidence he never told police.

The last person confirmed to have seen missing Pyramid Hill woman Krystal Fraser alive has delivered an explosive testimony to a coronial inquest.

Krystal was last seen on June 20, 2009, after checking herself out of Bendigo Base Hospital, telling staff she wanted to attend a birthday party in the Pyramid Hill area.

On the third day of the inquest into her disappearance, witness Robert Glennie — the last person to have seen her alive — claimed he saw her get into a red station wagon.

In a new testimony he had not shared with police despite multiple interviews over the years, Mr Glennie said he heard a male voice call out to Krystal from three doors down — near her parents’ home.

He said he saw Krystal leave the address with a man in the wagon.

When questioned by counsel assisting the inquiry, Fiona Batten, why he hadn’t revealed this to police and why his story had seemingly changed, Mr Glennie said it didn’t “mean anything to him at the time”.

“I’ve recalled more over the years. She must of knew the person otherwise she wouldn’t have left with them,” he said.

Missing woman Krystal Fraser. Picture: Supplied

Mr Glennie said her behaviour on the night was “completely out-of-character”.

“She was awfully jumpy and touchy. It wasn’t normal,” he said.

“She was erratic, all over the place. It was unbelievable I’d never seen her like that. It was like she’d been scared, like she was terrified, like something was wrong.”

At his Albert St home he said Krystal made a number of phone calls; first to Jason McPherson, a “tech whiz” who was supposed to fix an issue with her computer, and secondly to Alan “Bandy” Summers.

Mr Glennie said he heard Krystal arrange to meet Mr Summers at the end of his street.

Phone records however, show that despite calling his number seven times the call wasn’t answered, and other than the call to Mr McPherson, no other calls were made.

Mr Summers, now deceased, told police he did not see Krystal that night.

“That’s weird, I thought she was talking to him. She was talking with someone. I thought it was Bandy but I could have been wrong,” Mr Glennie said.

He told the inquest Krystal left his house at 9.25pm, after saying she was going to meet Mr Summers to “get some stuff”.

Pyramid Hill station where Krystal Fraser arrived from Bendigo the night she disappeared.

Krystal had been admitted to the medihotel five days earlier, after experiencing contractions and was expected to give birth within days.

But Mr Glennie revealed Krystal had said to him she wasn’t planning to return to the hospital.

“She said she wasn’t going back, something happened in the hospital,” he said.

“It didn’t make sense. I think she was scared they were going to take away her baby.”

He also claimed he saw Krystal frequently smoking cannabis and had observed other drugs including “pills and speed” at her unit, once telling him she “owed thousands”.

“She had someone supplying her stuff all the time, who it was I don’t know,” he said.

“She once said: ‘They’re after me, I haven’t paid them’, I don’t think I believed it though.”

Like other witnesses to give evidence at the Inquest, Mr Glennie said he often did not know if Krystal was telling the truth or making up stories.

She had been born with a developmental disorder, which manifested in childlike behaviours, compulsive lying and an overly-trusting nature.

He said Krystal would often tell him everything she’d heard and it was difficult to follow and understand.

“She was always talking. Sometimes it was true, sometimes it wasn‘t. You just never knew,” he said.

As the last confirmed person to have seen Krystal on the night she disappeared, Mr Glennie has long been considered a suspect by the ongoing police investigation.

“Year after year they’re still harassing me now,” he said.

The inquest continues.