Kylie Maybury | |
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Born | Kylie Maria Antonia Maybury 24 October 1978 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Died | (aged 6) Preston, Victoria, Australia |
Cause of death | Homicide by asphyxiation |
Body discovered | Preston, Victoria, Australia |
Resting place | Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, Hadfield, Victoria, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Murder victim |
Kylie Maria Antonia Maybury[1] (24 October 1978 – 6 November 1984) was an Australian schoolgirl from Preston, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Maybury was kidnapped, raped, and murdered on 6 November 1984,[2] the date of the 1984 Melbourne Cup Day; and she was nicknamed in the Melbourne tabloid newspaper The Sun News-Pictorial as the Cup Day Girl.[3]
More than 30 years after her death, in June 2016 Victoria Police arrested and charged Gregory Keith Davies with the abduction, rape, and murder of Maybury. Davies later pleaded guilty to the murder and rape of Maybury and in December 2017 he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 28 years.