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Queensland DNA lab inquiry hears staff were under 'significant pressure' regarding the speed of testing

An inquiry into Queensland's state-run forensics lab is told a process used to collect blood samples at the time of Shandee Blackburn's death "may not be best practice", and that staff were under "significant pressure" around the speed of testing.

ABC News · Nov 24, 2022

Qld inquiry focuses on murder DNA failure

Public hearings into the Queensland government-run Forensic and Scientific Services lab have resumed, with the final report due within weeks.

AAP · Nov 24, 2022

Shandee Blackburn's former boyfriend John Peros launches legal action over true crime podcast

The former boyfriend of murdered woman Shandee Blackburn launches legal action against her sister and others involved in a true crime podcast about the death.

ABC News · Oct 3, 2022

Probe into Qld woman's 2013 death reopened

Queensland Coroner David O'Connell has re-opened an investigation into the stabbing death of Shandee Blackburn metres from her Mackay home eight years ago.

AAP · Feb 9, 2022