"At least
three people - two women and a man - are thought to have been involved in the identity theft"
My take on this is that:
1. The man, of course, is DH.
2. The woman who went into a
Centrelink branch at Salisbury in South Australia was not in a wheelchair? Possibilities? DH's sister? His female cousin? Unknown woman to us. The first step was to get Karlie's daughter's Birth Certificate from Centrelink for proof of identity of there being a family. In early 2010, "a
woman went into a Centrelink branch at Salisbury in South Australia and falsely represented that she was Ms Pearce-Stevenson." I guess all she had to do was to show KP's driver's licence to prove her identity. But I have never heard that CentreLink will give you a Birth Certificate. You usually have to apply for it from Births, Deaths and Marriages - not from CentreLink.
You'll need to provide basic information about the person, such as names of parents, and date and place of birth. You will need to advise if the information isn't available, for instance, an adult separated from their birth family at a young age.
If applying in person, you will need to prove your identity:
- current Australian driver’s licence (They had that and that was all they needed to prove identity at CentreLink. But as there is a photo on a Driver's Licence, you would have to find a female of a similar age and hair colour surely. )
If you don't have those, CBS will accept two of the following, showing your current name and address on one and your signature on the other:
- Centrelink or Medicare card
- pension card
- credit or debit card, bank statement
- mobile phone account. (I guess he made sure he knew her passcode)
- (I guess they also had all of these.)
Occasionally CBS can't find a record to match an application. If this happens, a 'no record' certificate is issued and a search fee of $49.75 for each ten-year period is charged.
SA.GOV.AU - Birth certificates
At CentrelInk, it says "We may also use any documents you provide for proof of identity to help us verify your age, residency, income and assets if needed."
Help For Customer details
Now we have to look at the sequence of events, where it occurred and the dates these events occurred.
First DH had to obtain KP's daughter's Birth Certificate. This event occurred in early 2010. KH was murdered in late December, 2008 - over one year after the murders while DH and Passmore were in a relationship again. It occured in South Australia and the woman who requested the Birth Certificate from CentreLInk was not in a wheelchair.
So far other posters have suggested that this woman is either DH's cousin or his sister. But they lived in Canberra, didn't they? and would probably have been much older than KP. Of course, one of them could have travelled to Adelaide for the purpose but it is unlikely and he would have had to explain his motive to either of them with further questioning perhaps. Just because the Birth Certificate was found in his sister's home does not necessarily mean that she was the woman who posed as KH. She could have simply agreed to allow DH to store his things at her home later. It is more likely that this woman could been a friend of Passmore's whom she could trust. IMO Passmore could have threatened to report DH to the police (as it appears that he told his version to HP what happened to Karlie and her daughter) if DH did not find some financial compensation for her after the car accident in which her two children died and she ended up in a wheelchair. So IMO they could have both concocted this plan together after they learned that Khandalyce's birth certificate was required by the Credit Union before the release of funds.
IMO it is also possible that DH himself found a 21yo female in Salisbury to do this by concocting some story or paying her to do so.
3. The woman who went to
credit union impersonating Karlie was in a wheelchair and had Karlie's Birth Certificate as proof of identity. This woman definitely must have been HP and then she could have demanded payment. I think they split up later in 2010. Is that correct? The following year, she file this civil action against DH.
"In a civil action filed in the South Australian District Court in 2011, Ms Passmore is seeking damages from Marshall for the crash which she claims reduced her employment prospects and quality of life.
The case has been lodged against Marshall but it is understood any compensation ordered would be paid through a compulsory third-party insurance claim."
Adelaide woman sues Karlie Pearce-Stevenson's alleged killer
So I am now wondering whether DH gave HP all or some of the money they gained from the Credit Union or not? My guess is that he did and then she did not want him around any more. I don't blame her but I was surprised she took him back. Was her motive only for the money? What do you think?
"In May 2016, a woman (HP) linked to the Karlie and Khandalyce murder investigation has reached an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed sum with the alleged killer (DH).
"No charges have been laid against Ms Passmore, who told
The Advertiser she would face 'no charges in relation to murder'.
"Police alleged that Ms Passmore assumed Ms Pearce-Stevenson's identity in order to defraud her bank accounts after her death in December 2008.
Almost $100,000 was spent or withdrawn from the 20-year-old's bank account between November 2008, when she was last seen, and March 2012. "
Hazel Passmore reaches out of court settlement over South Australia car crash | Daily Mail Online
Why has HP never been charged for the fraud? Maybe police decided that she has suffered enough, maybe she committed to give back the money she took to KP's family after her out of court settlement or she made a deal with police so that she would give them information.