Deceased/Not Found Australia - Leann Lapham, 30, Innisfail, Qld, 19 April 2010 *Arrest*

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...m/news-story/b7973e5e1c80a14434e85f9804f4b9d5

The young mother was sharing a room with her male partner and infant son Bradley at the Innisfail Riverside Motel, when she was last seen alive on April 19.

Ms Lapham wasn’t reported missing until April 27, when her mother, Kerry Johnson, filed a missing persons report with police.

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au...t/news-story/3ed25235e87f666cc833ecca1ca903cb

The partner of an Innisfail woman who disappeared almost seven years ago will appear in court tomorrow charged with her murder...

In a major breakthrough in the cold case, Innisfail man Graeme Evans, 42, was taken into custody by detectives earlier today and has been charged with murder and interference with a corpse...

Police took the extreme step of excavating a tow truck yard on the outskirts of Innisfail in November last year following a tip-off.

It is unknown whether items of significance were found, although her body is yet to be located.
 
Bones found in bushland search for Leeann Lapham's body
By Casey Briggs
Updated February 28, 2018 14:30:39




Eight years after Leeann Lapham was killed, police believe they have found her remains during a search of bushland in far north Queensland.
Fifty police officers and SES volunteers began searching dense scrub at Cowley Beach, 20 minutes south of Innisfail at 6:00am.
Detective inspector Geoff Marsh said a partial skeleton was found by 9:30am.
"Scientific analysis will be conducted in the days and weeks to follow to determine whether those are the remains of Leeann Lapham," he said.
"We remain hopeful that they are.
"All the evidence that we've received from the person who is now going to plead guilty to manslaughter, Graeme Evans, is that this is the location where he disposed of Leeann's body."

More at link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-...lapham-after-man-who-killed-her-talks/9490982
 
https://www.areanews.com.au/story/5296810/qld-mum-beaten-senseless-over-bacon-packet/

Leeann Lapham's partner punched her so hard he felt the new mum's "skull give way" during a row over an empty bacon packet.

The 30-year-old's naked body was then discarded in dense north Queensland bushland, in the hope it would never be found.

Her tormented family has spent the past eight years wondering how she died.

On Wednesday they finally heard how her partner Graeme Colin Evans senselessly killed her.

Evans appeared in the Townsville Supreme Court where he was sentenced to nine years' jail for manslaughter and interfering with the corpse.

He also became the first person in Australia to be affected by tough new "no body, no parole" laws, which were introduced in Queensland in August.

The 43-year-old was initially charged with the murder of Ms Lapham in February 2017, but little was known about her death.

A breakthrough came in February this year when Evans told police what happened and led them to Cowley Beach, where he dumped her body on the night of April 19, 2010.

The court heard Ms Lapham became annoyed at Evans after she arrived back at their Innisfail hotel room with their three-week-old son to find an empty bacon packet and knife in the kitchen sink.

An argument started before she came toward him with the two items and swung the knife in his direction, knocking a beer from his hand.

Justice David North said the physical altercation that followed could only be described as a "brutal bashing".

He said Evans had told a psychologist he felt Ms Lapham's "skull give way" when he punched her.

"You took your time after you beat her senseless, then gathered her body and disposed of her naked, depriving her of the opportunity of a funeral and a burial," he said.

"You disposed of her clothes in a different position and then you set about telling the police and everyone else a lie about what had happened."

The court heard Evans did not intend to kill Ms Lapham.

He went outside for a smoke after punching her repeatedly in the head, only to return 20 minutes later to find she had died.

It was then that he panicked.

Justice North described Ms Lapham's death as senseless.

"It arose out of a trivial domestic argument that got out of hand and can only have done so because of an inability to step back and take account of or control your anger," he said.

Despite the fact he lied for eight years, Justice North conceded Evans was remorseful.

Kerry Johnson told the court through a statement her daughter's death had ruined her life.

"I've lost a part of my soul that can never be replaced and a part of my heart that will never recover," she said.

Ms Lapham will finally be laid to rest in Innisfail, while Evans will be eligible for parole after he has served four years.

Justice North reduced the amount of time he had to spend in jail before he applied for release on account of his co-operation with police.
 
The article above shows that her remains were laid to rest in 2018.
 
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