The Allison Baden-Clay Case

May 1^st 2012

The lifeless body that was found on the creek bank is confirmed by police as the body of Allison Baden-Clay. Her death is now being treated as a murder investigation. It is confirmed by police that they have been looking at Allison’s disappearance as an unlawful homicide for some time as they believed it reached that level some time ago.

The devastated Gerard Baden-Clay releases a statement through his lawyer stating his primary concern now is the care of his three daughters. He would like to give his children some stability and normality at this time despite the “unrelenting media barrage”.

The investigation now focuses on finding the murderer of Allison and police are confident that the killer was known to the victim. Autopsy and toxicology results are received by detectives by the results are not released to the public.

Gerard Baden-Clay talks to the police at the Indooroopilly Police Station for several hours, maintaining that Allison disappeared after going for a late night walk.

He is remanded in custody, formally interviewed and charged with murder and interfering with a corpse.

Gerard Baden-Clay loses his bail application as he is considered a significant flight risk. It was earlier argued that Gerard Baden-Clay had financial motive for murdering his wife and it was also cited in Allison’s diary entries that Gerard had been having an affair with a work colleague. The Federal court orders nearly $800,000 from two life insurance policies for Allison Baden-Clay be held in trust by the court until after Gerard Baden-Clay faces trial.

The court heard that Gerard and Allison’s marriage was troubled. Allison was aware of her husband’s promiscuous ways and his affair with his colleague Toni McHugh. The couple attending counselling sessions to work through this period.