body was found on 27 March 1975. It was quickly confirmed to be that of Sophia Weckert, after a Townsville dentist was able to identify her through dental x-rays. Sophia Weckert's body was found near Kennedy Creek, approximately 30 kilometers north of where her husband had been shot dead. The person who found her body was a local Sarina man, who had stopped on the highway due to car trouble. At the time of discovery, her body was face down, and was lying at a distance of fifty meters from the highway. Police said they believed that she had been shot in the back while attempting to run for her life. Investigation Within a week of Noel Weckert's murder, police said that they suspected a prison escapee was responsible for this crime. The escapee had been last seen driving a white 1974 Holden Belmont station wagon, which had been stolen from Victoria two months prior. Police said that they believed him as being armed, and also suspected him for the attempted rape of a hitchhiker on 14 March 1975. After Sophia Weckert's body had been found, police continued looking for a "jockey-sized" man who had escaped from the Palen Creek Correctional Centre near Brisbane. On 30 March 1975, police conducted an early morning raid on a house in Wavell Heights, after having spotted the Holden Belmont station wagon at Caboolture. They arrested the man whom they believed as having escaped from Palen Creek, and who they believed had committed the murders of Noel and Sophia Weckert. However, police soon confirmed that they were unlikely to lay any charges against him in connection with the murders as he was believed to have been in Brisbane on the day of the crime. Police confirmed they were also extending their inquiries to the Northern Territory, after six men had escaped from Fannie Bay Gaol, which had been severely damaged by Cyclone Tracy on 25 December 1974. The Queensland Government announced on 1 April 1975, that they had approved a $20,000 reward for any information that led to a conviction for the murders of Noel and Sophia Weckert. Minister of Police Max Hodges confirmed that the reward would include a pardon to any accomplice not directly involved with committing the offences. Breakthrough Police made a breakthrough in June, 1975, when they began questioning the two inmates at the Goulburn Jail in New South Wales.