Murder of Ebony Simpson
Ebony Simpson | |
| Date | 19 August 1992 |
|---|---|
| Location | Bargo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Type | Murder |
| Cause | Abduction, rape and asphyxiation, caused by drowning |
| Deaths | Ebony Jane Simpson (aged 9 years) |
| Convicted | Andrew Peter Garforth |
| Convictions | Murder |
| Sentence | Life imprisonment; no possibility of parole |
The murder of Ebony Jane Simpson (born 22 December 1982) occurred on 19 August 1992 in Bargo, New South Wales, Australia. Aged nine years, Simpson was abducted, raped, and murdered by asphyxiation when Andrew Peter Garforth (born 5 August 1963) drowned her. Garforth pleaded guilty to the crimes and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.