His plea brings to an end one of the state’s oldest cold case murder mysteries, three years after he was arrested by police who are believed to have matched microscopic skin samples found on Ms Reed’s body with his DNA.Ms Reed’s decomposed body was found in bushland near Gaven shortly before Christmas more than 35 years ago.Her hands had been tied behind her back with a bikini top and blue cord.She was allegedly sexually assaulted after being abducted in her car on her lunch break from Pacific Fair Shopping Centre.O’Meara, now 54, is believed to have been aged just 17-years-old at the time he committed the murder.He will now be sentenced in the Brisbane Supreme Court by Justice Glenn Martin.Download the Courier Mail app



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