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On the night of 19 September 1952, 22-year-old Betty Shanks got off a tram at Days Road Terminus in Grange, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, after attending classes in the city and started her short walk home. Her violently beaten body was found in the garden of a house on the corner of Carberry and Thomas Streets the next morning at 5:35 AM, by a policeman who lived nearby. At the time it was Queensland's biggest criminal investigation ever, and as of 2010, a reward of A$50,000 is still current. Despite an extensive investigation and widespread media coverage over the years, no one has ever been charged with the murder; nor has anyone ever been regarded as a prime suspect. Over the years, six men confessed to the murder, but police are reported to have proved that none of them could have done it. This book supplies the answer supported by compelling circumstantial evidence.