Reported Missing
On the day of the murder, Cobby finished work at Sydney Hospital at 3pm and met friends for dinner in Redfern, Sydney. She then caught a train from Central Station to Blacktown Station. Aside from her killers, only two witnesses saw her after she left the train - a young brother and sister who witnessed the abduction taking place. On arriving home they told their older brother who unsuccessfully attempted to chase after the car.
Cobby was walking alone along Newton Road, Blacktown around 10pm, when the gang of five men drove up alongside her and stopped their stolen Holden Kingswood. Two men leaped from the car, dragging her kicking and screaming into the car. She was ordered to strip off her clothes but refused, begging her attackers to let her go, saying she was married and that she was menstruating. Her attackers continued to punch Cobby repeatedly, then drove to a service station to purchase fuel using money stolen from Anita's purse. She was then driven to a secluded paddock, while being held down in the car and raped and beaten by her five attackers. Then they proceeded to slit her throat, and she was conscious until 3 minutes later when she bled to death. Cobby was reported missing by her family on 3 February. Her body was found in a farmer's field on 4 February.
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