his footing when the ladder fell. Surrounding his body were photographs of Korp, football memorabilia, and notes professing his innocence. The media reported that he was on the phone to his solicitor at the time he died and that the coroner's toxicology report indicated an alcohol reading of 0.15. In January 2013, Herman applied for permission to marry fellow inmate Nicole Muscat. On 14 February 2014, Herman was released on parole after serving a little over eight years in the Dame Phyllis Frost maximum-security prison. In popular culture The story was portrayed in the 2006 book The Maria Korp Case: The Woman in the Boot Story by Sunday Herald Sun journalist Carly Crawford. The book was later adapted into a 2010 television movie called Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story, starring Rebecca Gibney as Maria Korp, Vince Colosimo as Joe Korp, and Maya Stange as Herman. It is narrated by Korp herself, from her point of view, as if from beyond the grave, detailing the events from the Korps' wedding to the beginning of Joe Korp's affair, and its consequences, while postulating the theory that her husband was involved in her death. The story of her death inspired the opera Midnight Son by Gordon Kerry and Louis Nowra, first performed by Victorian Opera in Melbourne in 2012. In April 2018, the story was also covered by Casefile True Crime Podcast. See also Lists of solved missing person cases Uxoricide References External links Korp's family to decide her fate Korp car pulled by eBay 1955 births 2000s missing person cases 2005 deaths Australian people of Portuguese descent Australian Roman Catholics Australian victims of crime Crime in Melbourne Crime victims from Melbourne Deaths by person in Australia Euthanasia in Australia Formerly missing people Missing person cases in Australia Uxoricides