The murders of Noel Milton Weckert and his wife Sophia Janine Weckert occurred in two separate locations on the Bruce Highway, between the cities of Rockhampton and Mackay, in Queensland, on 22 March 1975. At the time of the murders, the couple was en route to the Capricorn Coast village of Emu Park, where Noel Weckert had intended to take part in an organised skydiving event. They had departed from Townsville the previous afternoon. It is believed that they had pulled over next to the Connors River, between the towns of Sarina and Marlborough with the intention of taking a short break, when Noel Weckert was shot and Sophia Weckert was abducted. Murders Discovery of Noel Weckert's body Noel Weckert's body was discovered by a truck driver at around 6 am on 22 March 1975. Shortly thereafter, the police released the statement that he had been shot twice from close range sometime between 4 am and 4:30 am, while seated at the steering wheel of his stationary vehicle, still strapped into his seat belt. Search for Sophia Weckert There was no trace of Sophia Weckert at the scene of her husband's murder. The police believed that she might have been abducted by her husband's killer, and hence began a thorough search of the portion of the highway stretching between Townsville and Maryborough. They commenced by setting up roadblocks in the hope that she may still be alive. An old grey and white station wagon, similar to the one sighted in the Connors River area, was seen crossing over the Queensland/New South Wales border at Wallangarra. When a pool of blood was discovered in the same area, a search was conducted in the adjoining bush-land. The blood was later discovered as being that of a cow. A man and a woman, driving an old station wagon, were apprehended stealing fuel from a Brunswick Heads service station. The yellow drum that they had left behind in Brunswick Heads was similar to a yellow drum that the couple had used on the morning of the murder, three kilometers away from where Noel Weckert had been found. As time passed, the police became more convinced that Sophia Weckert was no longer alive, and believed that her body had been dumped in the Connors River. Police divers were dispatched from Mackay to search waterholes along the Connors River. Discovery of Sophia Weckert's body A woman's