In January of 2007, a man Carly Ryan believed was a 20-year-old, Texas-born, Victorian emo appeared on her doorstep. Carly, 15, had been talking to "Brandon" online for months and believed he was the love of her life.
But his real name was Garry Francis Newman, and he was 47, a divorced father-of-three. He had more than 200 online identities.
When Carly rejected him and her mother Sonya kicked him out, he went back to Victoria, got a 17-year-old he barely knew and returned to SA.
He convinced Carly to go to Victor Harbor and on February 19, he murdered her. Her bashed, suffocated, sand-choked body was found the next day at Horseshoe Bay in Port Elliot.
Police searched Carly's computer records and when they swooped on Newman, he was logged in and talking to a 14-year-old girl in WA.
During the trial, Newman's name was suppressed - Newman tried to blame the younger man for the killing.
He was found guilty in January 2010, while the younger man was acquitted. He was sentenced to life in jail, with a 29-year non-parole period and courts removed the suppression on his identity . Newman appealed his sentence a year later. It was unanimously rejected.
- Lynton Grace
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Carly's ashes are with her mother Sonya. Carly's father has passed away when she was under 5 years old. The 17 year old from what I've read is Garry Newmans son who he didnt have much contact with as a child.
But his real name was Garry Francis Newman, and he was 47, a divorced father-of-three. He had more than 200 online identities.
When Carly rejected him and her mother Sonya kicked him out, he went back to Victoria, got a 17-year-old he barely knew and returned to SA.
He convinced Carly to go to Victor Harbor and on February 19, he murdered her. Her bashed, suffocated, sand-choked body was found the next day at Horseshoe Bay in Port Elliot.
Police searched Carly's computer records and when they swooped on Newman, he was logged in and talking to a 14-year-old girl in WA.
During the trial, Newman's name was suppressed - Newman tried to blame the younger man for the killing.
He was found guilty in January 2010, while the younger man was acquitted. He was sentenced to life in jail, with a 29-year non-parole period and courts removed the suppression on his identity . Newman appealed his sentence a year later. It was unanimously rejected.
- Lynton Grace
---
Carly's ashes are with her mother Sonya. Carly's father has passed away when she was under 5 years old. The 17 year old from what I've read is Garry Newmans son who he didnt have much contact with as a child.
In January of 2007, a man Carly Ryan believed was a 20-year-old, Texas-born, Victorian emo appeared on her doorstep. Carly, 15, had been talking to "Brandon" online for months and believed he was the love of her life.
But his real name was Garry Francis Newman, and he was 47, a divorced father-of-three. He had more than 200 online identities.
When Carly rejected him and her mother Sonya kicked him out, he went back to Victoria, got a 17-year-old he barely knew and returned to SA.
He convinced Carly to go to Victor Harbor and on February 19, he murdered her. Her bashed, suffocated, sand-choked body was found the next day at Horseshoe Bay in Port Elliot.
Police searched Carly's computer records and when they swooped on Newman, he was logged in and talking to a 14-year-old girl in WA.
During the trial, Newman's name was suppressed - Newman tried to blame the younger man for the killing.
He was found guilty in January 2010, while the younger man was acquitted. He was sentenced to life in jail, with a 29-year non-parole period and courts removed the suppression on his identity . Newman appealed his sentence a year later. It was unanimously rejected.
- Lynton Grace
---
Carly's ashes are with her mother Sonya. Carly's father has passed away when she was under 5 years old. The 17 year old from what I've read is Garry Newmans son who he didnt have much contact with as a child.
But his real name was Garry Francis Newman, and he was 47, a divorced father-of-three. He had more than 200 online identities.
When Carly rejected him and her mother Sonya kicked him out, he went back to Victoria, got a 17-year-old he barely knew and returned to SA.
He convinced Carly to go to Victor Harbor and on February 19, he murdered her. Her bashed, suffocated, sand-choked body was found the next day at Horseshoe Bay in Port Elliot.
Police searched Carly's computer records and when they swooped on Newman, he was logged in and talking to a 14-year-old girl in WA.
During the trial, Newman's name was suppressed - Newman tried to blame the younger man for the killing.
He was found guilty in January 2010, while the younger man was acquitted. He was sentenced to life in jail, with a 29-year non-parole period and courts removed the suppression on his identity . Newman appealed his sentence a year later. It was unanimously rejected.
- Lynton Grace
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Carly's ashes are with her mother Sonya. Carly's father has passed away when she was under 5 years old. The 17 year old from what I've read is Garry Newmans son who he didnt have much contact with as a child.
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