Lynette Joy Dawson was born 1948.
She was a nurse and childcare worker.
She was 28 years old when she disappeared on the night of January 9th,1982.
She left behind 2 daughters and her husband, Chris Dawson.
Her whereabouts remain unknown.
Chris Dawson claimed he dropped Lynette off at Mona Vale shopping center on the morning of January 9, 1982.
She had organized to meet her mother at Northbridge Baths that day, but didn’t show up.
Chris called Lynette's mother and said that Lynette needed some time on her own and she had gone off for a few days.
He also called his 16-year-old lover, Joanne Curtis, and said,
"My wife has gone away.
She’s not coming back."
Chris Dawson was a Physical education teacher and Joanne Curtis was a student of Chris' and the Dawson's regular babysitter.
Joanne moved into the Dawson house the same day as Lynette's disappearance.
Chris reported Lynette missing on 18 February 1982.
Chris claims that Lynette left after marital problems caused over her bankcard spending.
He suggested that there was a possibility that she joined a religious organization.
There wasn't a police investigation into her disappearance at that time.
In 1983 Chris Dawson filed for divorce and a year later married Joanne.
They left Sydney to live in Queensland, selling the house in Bayview.
In 1990 Chris Dawson’s second marriage broke down and Joanne left him and she contacted Lynette’s family via a social worker and volunteered information to the police.
She claimed she was groomed and seduced by Chris while still at school and how she had sex with him in the family home while his wife slept upstairs.
She said a month before Lynette disappeared Chris had talked about hiring a hit man to get rid of Lynette.
The police still didn't launch an investigation.
Then in 1997, a full inquiry was finally launched.
By then the only physical records were a piece of paper with Lynette Dawson’s name on it and her missing persons file number.
The pool and patio area of their old Bayview house was excavated and a pink cardigan was sent to America for mitochondrial DNA testing.
It also came to light that Chris Dawson had returned to the house in Bayview three times and asked the new owners if he could look in the back yard because "it meant a lot to him…"
Several inquests came after this and Chris was never charged due to insufficient evidence.
New evidence has been uncovered and Lynette's husband Chris Dawson was arrested under suspicion of her murder in December 5th, 2018 in Queensland. He was granted bail.
In June 2019 pleaded not guilty to Lynette's murder.
In February 2020, Chris was committed to stand trial for her murder. He is also facing a charge of carnal knowledge with a girl between the ages of 10 and 17. This charge relates to his time as a teacher in the 1970s and 1980s.
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