On Feb. 26, 1999 17-year-old Michelle Bright was dropped off by her mother to attend a friends 15th birthday party. After the party Michelle Bright was dropped off on Herbert St. In Gulgong, Australia around 12:45 a.m.on the 27th by a friend. This was the last time she was last seen alive.
Her family noticed the next day that she wasn't home. They waited for her hoping she would arrive home, but by the time she didn't show up by the 28th they called the police and reported her missing.
On March 2, 1999, he was found lying face down in the tall grass by Barney's Reef Road. This road is located between where the party was and her home. She had been sexually assaulted and either suffocated or strangled to death.
There is currently a $500,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
SOURCES:
News Corp Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald
NSW Government
In July 2023, former Gulgong resident Craig Rumsby was found guilty of the murder of Michelle Bright, and was sentenced to 32 years' jail, with a non-parole period of 24 years.
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