LGBTQ hate crime investigation uncovers new evidence in murder of former AC/DC exec
New evidence has been uncovered in the murder of former AC/DC executive Crispin Dye, who was fatally beaten in Sydney in 1993, after an inquest investigating LGBTIQ hate crimes forensically examined his clothing for the first time.
Bloodstains, two slips of paper and DNA from an unknown man linked to another crime were recently discovered in the shirt and jeans Dye was wearing when he was attacked in an alley in Darlinghurst on December 23. He died in hospital on Christmas Day after suffering serious head injuries.
Crispin Dye (left) with AC/DC star Malcolm Young.
The jeans and shirt were sent for forensic analysis just a few months ago, the attorney for Peter Gray, SC, told the Special Inquiry Commission into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes on Tuesday.
On February 14, the NSW Forensic and Analytical Science Service said it found two pieces of paper in the pocket of Dye’s denim shirt. One had a Post-it note with a handwritten name and number on it, and the other had a bloodstain on it.
“Obviously, these notes had never been noticed before,” Gray said.
“They were found folded in the top left front pocket of the exhibition, the shirt, and were never cataloged separately. Obviously, it is very unfortunate, to say the least, that the police have not yet been able to locate these notes.”
Crispin Dye, 41, died in hospital on Christmas Day 1993 after being found with serious injuries in an alleyway in Darlinghurst.
Shortly after Dye was killed, police identified a prime suspect, but there was insufficient evidence to link that individual to the murder. The coroner determined in August 1995 that the musician died as a result of a head injury inflicted by one or more unknown persons.
A second investigation in 1999 also resulted in no charges. In 2014, police offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to or leading to Dye’s killers.
