Janet Michelle Wardell

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Janet Michelle Wardell

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Birthplace: Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Death: June 10, 1988 (26)
Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand (murdered - stabbed in the neck)
Place of Burial: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
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About Janet Michelle Wardell

26 year old Mount Maunganui woman Janet Wardell was followed home from a bar to the sleepout behind her parents' home before being tied up. The killer sharpened his knife and told her he was going to cut her throat before plunging the blade deep into her neck. There was also evidence of a sexual assault. Her 15 year old brother Andrew Wardell discovered her body. Janet was mentally and physically disabled after suffering serious burns to more than half her body when she was aged three. She is thought to have pulled a face at the killer in a bar. Christopher Thomas Watkins pleaded guilty in the Tauranga District Court to murdering Janet and to the sexual violation of two other women. Source: © Debbie McCauley https://debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/history/tauranga-moana-m...

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Janet Michelle Wardell's Timeline

1961
August 29, 1961
Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
1988
June 10, 1988
Age 26
Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
June 16, 1988
Age 26
Pyes Pa Cemetery, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand