Rodney Wayne Williams allegedly drove body of pregnant Tiffany Taylor 100km from Logan Queensland
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Accused killer, 65, drove 100 miles with the corpse of lifeless pregnant teenager, 16, in his passenger seat, the jury told – after he ‘lured her out on a dating app and offered $400 for 30 minutes of sex’
- Rodney Wayne Williams, 65, reportedly contacted his victim through a dating app
- Court told he offered her $400 for 30 minutes of sex, but then killed her
- He would have driven 100 km with the body in the passenger seat before dumping the body
- Williams pleaded not guilty in Brisbane Supreme Court to teen murder
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Photos show Rodney Wayne Williams was driving along a highway with a dead pregnant teenager in the passenger seat, a court has heard.
Williams, 65, pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court to the murder of Tiffany Taylor, 16, after she was last seen leaving a motel south of Brisbane in July 2015.
The Crown claims Williams and Tiffany hooked up after getting in touch on a dating website.
Williams picked up Tiffany outside the Loganlea motel after telling her he had $400 for 30 minutes of sex before driving to a remote industrial area where he likely killed her, chief prosecutor Caroline Marco said.
He then drove to his “old stomping ground” in Fernvale, 100 km northwest of Logan, to dispose of the body, she told the jury on Thursday.
Photos indicate Rodney Wayne Williams drove down a highway with dead pregnant teenager Tiffany Taylor, 16, (pictured) in the passenger seat, court heard
Rodney Wayne Williams (pictured) has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Tiffany Taylor in Brisbane’s Supreme Court after she was last seen leaving a motel south of Brisbane in July 2015
Images on highway cameras and phone tracking details on cell towers indicate that Tiffany was in the car with Williams, the court heard.
Tiffany’s blood and DNA were also found in Williams’ vehicle.
Ms Marco said images of toll booths showed Williams with a passenger in his Hyundai sedan, with a passenger seen in Heathwood entering the Ipswich motorway.
She said that while it wasn’t the clearest image, it indicated a person slumped in a reclining passenger seat — a person the prosecutor said could be a dead Tiffany.
“As daring as it may sound for a person to put a deceased person in the front seat of the car, remember that his journey was along a highway … … she was asleep,” Ms Marco told the jury.
Williams picked up Tiffany Taylor outside the Loganlea motel after telling her he had $400 for 30 minutes of sex before driving to a remote industrial area where he likely killed her, chief prosecutor Caroline Marco said
Tiffany was demanding and persistent about paying with other men and would have been furious when she found out Williams didn’t have the money after they parked in the industrial estate, she said.
The court heard that Williams’ vehicle was parked for 22 minutes.
“That (no cash) would probably have sparked an altercation between them,” Mrs. Marco said.
“There was plenty of time for Mr. Williams to deliberately kill the young, short, and frail Mrs. Taylor at that location.”
Williams is accused of creating a false trail of communication with Tiffany on the dating website afterwards, with his latest message saying: ‘Sorry I didn’t show up, decided I wouldn’t pay for it’.
He was intercepted by officers at a Brisbane train station in August 2015 with a bag of clothing and sentimental items, a day before he was due to be questioned by police, Ms Marco said.
Williams then told police a “litany of lies.”
Rodney Wayne Williams then drove to his “old stomping ground” in Fernvale, 60 miles northwest of Logan, to dispose of the body, she told the jury on Thursday.
In the interview, Williams tells police that he dropped Tiffany off at Redbank and went home.
Williams said he dropped Tiffany off at a truck stop off the Warrego Highway.
He also claimed that Tiffany had a nosebleed when asked about her blood found in his car.
Williams’ attorney Kim Bryson told the jury that her client lied to police but did not kill the pregnant teen.
Ms Bryson previously told the court that Tiffany had an “abusive and dysfunctional relationship” with an abusive and controlling boyfriend that started when the girl was 12.
The trial for Judge Peter Applegarth continues.