scone.com.auBackground: Carly McBride Case
CARLY Dawn McBride was a 31 year old mother of two who lived in Belmont and was last seen at 2pm on Tuesday, September 30 at her ex-partners home in Calgarro Avenue, Muswellbrook.
The house of Carly McBride’s ex- partner where she was last seen.
Ms McBride had been visiting her three year old daughter Cadence at her ex-partners home.
Her ex-partner claimed Carly had left his home at 2pm to walk to McDonald’s, which is approximately one kilometre away, following an argument earlier that afternoon.
Carly’s new partner of three months, Sayle Newson, who had driven her to Muswellbrook returned to Calgarro Street to pick her up at 4:30pm to be told she had walked to McDonald’s.
Police were alerted when she failed to return to her Belmont home and she could not be located or contacted.
Carly’s Facebook account was deleted shortly before she disappeared and police are continuing to work with the Attorney General’s office and the United States Department of Justice in relation to the Facebook data, which is held in the US.
Carly McBride with her children Cadence and William.
She was wearing light-blue jeans, a yellow knitted top with puffy sleeves, beige thongs, and had her hair tied up and described as being of Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander appearance, approximately 165 to 175 centimetres tall, with a thin build, brown hair and eyes.
Carly was also mother to an older son William, who has a different father.
Milestones in the case:
- October 2014: Strike force Karabi was established to investigate the disappearance. They searched along the banks of the Hunter River and the Skellatar Stock Route.
- December 2014: The investigation changed from a missing person case to a homicide case.
- December 22, 2014: Police conducted a two-day search focusing on land surrounding the Ironbark Ridge Estate in Muswellbrook, near the intersection of Ironbark Road and Rutherford Road.
- February 16, 2015: Police conducted a more extensive search around the Ironbark Ridge Estate in Muswellbrook.
- April 23, 2015: Police executed search warrants at three addresses: Gundy Road, Scone, Ted Clay Street, Muswellbrook and Hayes Street, Scone. During the searches three firearms including two shortened, a silencer, an extendable baton a quantity of substance believed to be methamphetamine and $5,875 in cash were seized. A 24 year old man was arrested at the Muswellbrook address for 13 offences in relation to the possession and supply of methamphetamine, possession of firearms and dealing with the proceeds of crime. Police stressed the charges were unrelated to the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Carly, but the charges did arise from the same investigation.
- June 2016: The deputy state coroner Hugh Dillon began preparing for an inquest into Ms McBride’s suspected death.
- August 7, 2016: Human remains were found on a rural property outside Scone, which are confirmed as being that of Carly McBride.
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