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posted by martyb on Tuesday June 15 2021, @12:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the Always-clear-your-history-when-planning-crimes dept.

A woman's search history has been used by authorities to convict her of murder after her husband died. Natasha Darcy was found guilty of murdering partner Mathew Dunbar with her plans to inherit his $3.5 million farm exposed as she attempted to lie to police about her actions and intent. Key evidence was found in her search history which matched up to physical evidence found.

Natasha Darcy guilty of murdering partner Mathew Dunbar

Natasha Darcy has been found guilty of murdering her partner Mathew Dunbar by drugging him with a sedative cocktail blended in a Nutribullet and gassing him in his bed in a bid to inherit his $3.5 million farm.

In the months before Mr Dunbar was found dead, dozens of incriminating searches were recorded on Darcy's iPhone, among them: "How to commit murder."

A jury of 11 declared the 46-year-old mother guilty on Tuesday after deliberating since last Wednesday.

Mr Dunbar, 42, was a sheep farmer who lived and worked on his property Pandora on the outskirts of Walcha in northern NSW.

Darcy claimed she found her partner of three years in the early hours of August 2, 2017, with a plastic bag over his head that was hooked up to a helium cylinder. She rang triple-0 and he was declared dead at the scene.

The ram sedative acepromazine and medications temazepam, clonidine and seroquel were found in both Mr Dunbar's blood and a dirty blender cup and glass left in the dishwasher.

Darcy pointed to Mr Dunbar's finances, history of depression and suicidal ideation, "unclear sexual orientation" and a severe calf infection he suffered weeks before his death as reasons he might have killed himself.

But her search history told a different story, the jury heard during the 10-week trial in the NSW Supreme Court.

Same things goes for porn and your marriage.


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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday June 15 2021, @02:30PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday June 15 2021, @02:30PM (#1145506) Journal

    While that may be the case, in this case, the wife had been actively trying to kill him on more than one occasion.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday June 15 2021, @05:59PM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday June 15 2021, @05:59PM (#1145604)

    Yeah, in this case the backstory seems pretty damning even without computer evidence.

    If I were judge in this case, I would instruct the jury that the computer evidence is not absolute proof that she was searching for these things, cannot be the sole basis for a finding of intent, but with the correlations to her otherwise proven real world actions it is admissible as part of the overall picture.

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