Pregnant 16-year-old Tiffany Anna Taylor’s blood is ‘found in pensioner’s car’

Pregnant 16-year-old’s blood is ‘found in pensioner’s car after she met him to have sex for $500’

  • Tiffany Anna Taylor, 16, disappeared in Brisbane on July 12, 2015 
  • She allegedly met  Rodney Wayne Williams, 65, for a paid sexual liaison
  • Police found traces of Ms Taylor’s blood in Williams’ Hyundai sedan, court heard 

A pregnant teenager’s blood was found in the car of a Brisbane man accused of murdering her after she demanded $500 for sex, a court has been told.

Tiffany Anna Taylor, 16, disappeared on July 12, 2015, after allegedly meeting Rodney Wayne Williams, 65, for a paid sexual liaison via the Oasis website.

Her body has never been found.

Rodney Wayne Williams

Tiffany Anna Taylor, 16, disappeared on July 12, 2015, after allegedly meeting Rodney Wayne Williams, 65, for a paid sexual liaison via the Oasis website. 

Williams pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Tuesday to murdering Ms Taylor at Waterford West, south of Brisbane.

But prosecutor Philip McCarthy QC says police found traces of Ms Taylor’s blood in Williams’ Hyundai sedan.

‘On the glove box, on the headrest of the passenger seat … on the front passenger seat, on the gear stick of that car and by the passenger side door handle,’ he said during his opening address to the jury.

Mr McCarthy said detectives also found CCTV footage of Williams’ car on the Ipswich Motorway with a female passenger.

Williams then allegedly exited into the remote Larapinta industrial area, where his car remained stopped for about 20 minutes.

‘Something happened before (Williams’ car) returns to the cul-de-sac that is part of the industrial area,’ Mr McCarthy said.

Miss Taylor's body has never been found

Miss Taylor’s body has never been found

Mr McCarthy said Williams then drove to the Esk-Ferndale region, where police have since searched dams and bushland without success.

Later in the day, Williams allegedly set about laying a false trail of communication with the teen on the Oasis website.

A message sent about three hours after Williams allegedly picked her up said: ‘Sorry I didn’t turn up, decided I wasn’t going to pay for it’.

But Mr McCarthy said this was a lie, one of the many Williams told police after he murdered Ms Taylor.

He also told the jury Williams attempted to flee from Brisbane to Darwin a day before an interview with police.

All this was evidence Williams was responsible for Ms Taylor’s disappearance, he said.

 

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