1/21The site near Murphys Creek where two Sydney nurses were murdered in 1974. Picture: State Coroner’s Office
Murdered nurses inquest
The inquest into the unsolved murders of nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans.
2/21Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans were murdered in the Murphys Creek area in 1974. . Picture: The Chronicle Archives
3/21Court: Trevor Hilton leaves court on day 3 of the inquest into the unsolved murders of nurses Lorraine Wilson, 20, and Wendy Evans, 18, in Toowoomba.Wilson and Evans went missing in October 1974 during a trip to Brisbane for a brief holiday. Photo: Bev Lacey / The Chronicle. Picture: Bev Lacey
4/21Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans. Picture: State Coroner’s Office
5/21The location of the 1974 murder of two Sydney nurses.
6/21An aerial shot that shows the location where Sydney nurses Wendy Evans and Lorraine Wilson were murdered. Picture: State Coroner’s Office
7/21Trevor Hilton at the inquest into the unsolved murders of nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans. Picture: Bev Lacey
8/21Darryl Sutton has given evidence at the inquest into the unsolved murders of two Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans. Picture: AAP Image/Dave Hunt
9/21Police investigate the murder of Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evan. . Picture: The Chronicle Archives
10/21Susan Vlismas talks to media in Toowoomba at the inquest into the unsolved murders of her sister Wendy Evans fellow nurse Lorraine Wilson in Toowoomba. . Picture: Dave Noonan
11/21Police search in the Murphys Creek area following the murder of two Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans in 1974.
12/21Police search in the Murphys Creek area following the murder of two Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans in 1974.
13/21Police search in the Murphys Creek area following the murder of two Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans in 1974.
14/21Police search in the Murphys Creek area following the murder of two Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans in 1974.
15/21Police search in the Murphys Creek area following the murder of two Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans in 1974.
16/21Brother of murdered nurse Lorraine Wilson, Eric Wilson, arrives for the start of the inquest. Picture: Bev Lacey
17/21In 1974, Rose (Debbie) Murphy was travelling with young children when she saw two young women struggling with a group of men halfway down the Toowoomba Range. Picture: Dave Noonan
18/21Counsel assisting the coroner, Barrister Craig Chowdhury, at the second day of the inquest into the unsolved murders of nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans. Picture: Dave Noonan
19/21Wendy Evans's sisters Michelle Tuitufu and Debbie Sneddon at the inquest into Wendy's murder. Picture: Dave Noonan
20/21Historic: Crime: Murder Police search in the Murphys Creek area following the murder of two Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans in 1974. Neg Q609 Scanned May 2003 Photo The Chronicle archives. Picture: The Chronicle Archives
21/21Police search in the Murphys Creek area following the murder of two Sydney nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans in 1974. Picture: The Chronicle Archives
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