Public's help sought over murder cases

Public's help sought over murder cases
Les Kennedy
September 5, 2010
Malcolm Naden, now 37, is wanted on a $50,000 bounty for suspected involvement in the murder of one women and disappearance of another in Dubbo. His alleged victims were mother-of-two Kristy Scholes, whose body was found in a house at West Dubbo, on June 23, 2005; and mother-of-four Lateesha Nolan, 24, whose body has never been found.

Now, with police operations in Barrington Tops and Taree, the mid-north coast is abuzz with talk that Naden, an expert bushman, is hiding in the scrub and is responsible for almost 20 burglaries. Police won't confirm they have his DNA profile-matched blood found at the scene of a 2008 break-in at Stewar