Arrest
The investigation into Patton's murder was protracted and difficult. Eventually, on 1 February 2006, Glenn Peter Charles McNeill, a 28-year-old chef from New Zealand, was arrested for her murder near the town of Nelson, on the South Island of New Zealand, after being identified by an Australian Federal Police investigation. He was subsequently extradited to Norfolk Island and formally charged with the crime.
At the Norfolk Island Court of Petty Sessions McNeill claimed that he had accidentally hit Patton with his car, a statement he later retracted. He was transferred to Silverwater Correctional Centre in Sydney.
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