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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: 1, Informative) by fakefuck39 on Tuesday June 15 2021, @02:51PM (6 children)

    by fakefuck39 (6620) on Tuesday June 15 2021, @02:51PM (#1145515)

    And same thing goes for video games and murder - I love to conquer galaxies myself. Same thing goes for TV habits and life - I love me some portals to fart worlds with my teenage grandfather. Wait, that was porn again.

    How about you state the facts of the case and leave your "deep thoughts" in your autistic head where they belong.

    The issue here is not this clear murderer married to a foreign version of a trumptard redneck getting caught. The issue is - did she think the tool she was using and paid for (iphone) was going to be used against her? We had a story many years ago. Highways were built, they needed funding, so they introduced tolls, which were supposed to go away after the road was paid for (gasoline taxes pay for maintenance). Instead they kept the tolls, started directing funds to other uses, and eventually introduced RF toll devices so you don't need to stop.

    Cool device - pay like $20 and it replaces cash - no slowing down, no toll operator. Except they record the time you pass, and keep the data indefinitely. So now "the man" can retroactively calculate when you were speeding. There was a woman who (rightfully) lost custody of her kids. Her husband subpoenaed her toll pass data to court and showed that she constantly got home late in the evenings, leaving the kids alone in the house till supper time.

    The use of the tech to find the guilty is not an issue. In the case of pussypass denied and murderpass denied, two lying thots got justice. The question is - when they bought the toll pass and the iphone, did they know this thing they owned and paid for was going to be used against them? Did they know the features of these things were to record data about them, which can be used against them? Well, the answer is they didn't care to know, and didn't think it would affect them, so they got what they deserved - on both counts.

    What I find interesting is outside of esoteric tech forums, the real issue in these cases - and the only issue - is not even discussed or brought up. Heck, even on this "tech" forum, the only actual problem with the story, and a serious problem, is not even mentioned. The conspiracy hat on my head tells me it's a deep plot by big brother. My head under the hat however knows the people writing these stories are simply half way to being full-way retarded.

    deep thought: Same things goes for your cartoon porn and your lack of ever having a marriage, because you are an ugly autistic incel, dear AC submitter of the story.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 15 2021, @03:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 15 2021, @03:03PM (#1145520)

    By the time it gets to Putin levels, I think the pretense of having evidence is pretty much obsolete. So all that recording of your movements is at least evidence that "they" still need evidence to mess with your weed stash.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday June 15 2021, @03:59PM (1 child)

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Tuesday June 15 2021, @03:59PM (#1145548)

    The woman wrote to a friend from within jail asking them to lie about her husbands "suicidal thoughts", offering $20,000. Did she not think the friend would report this or it be used as more evidence?

    She also didn't wash the nutribullet that was filled with drug residue.

    Lets say she wasn't overly aware of any information trails reaching the police. The search history thing is hardly even relevant.

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    • (Score: 2) by NateMich on Tuesday June 15 2021, @06:55PM

      by NateMich (6662) on Tuesday June 15 2021, @06:55PM (#1145629)

      Essentially, she was really dumb.

      From that thinking murder is a great way to make money, all the down way to the details of how she tried to go about it.

      Dumb.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 15 2021, @11:14PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 15 2021, @11:14PM (#1145685)

    > an ugly autistic incel

    Still a step up from being an ugly neurotypical with a truly fugly personality and a mail-order bride...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 16 2021, @12:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 16 2021, @12:32PM (#1145861)

      > Still a step up from being an ugly neurotypical with a truly fugly personality and a mail-order bride...

      Hans Reiser, is that you?

    • (Score: 1) by fakefuck39 on Wednesday June 16 2021, @05:16PM

      by fakefuck39 (6620) on Wednesday June 16 2021, @05:16PM (#1146000)

      sucks that you're ugly and had to resort to a mail-order bride - also sorry to hear you have a fugly personality. that and the autism - your life has got to be utter shit. on a good note, your pain is my entertainment.