He and his son recently changed their name back to Cobby

he deserves the best

Me too! I just want him to find happiness in life now...just Eleanor saying how he couldn't bring himself to see the body to identify... I know I couldn't either. I could never risk having to see my husband that way because I honestly dont think I could live after that. I'd rather die than see that.

His son? Did he have a child with her ?and his name was already cobby was it not if that's anitas married name

So do I. I just watched a documentary on the case and their lives. He was so gutted!! He never got over her! He married and had incredible Children, who understand their father. I saw ,in a video, his adult son going to Anita's grave. The young man was so supportive towards the grief his father was feeling. It's tragic. He still talks to her 30 something yrs later and dreams of rescuing her in his dreams. I'm almost crying. It's not a stupid novel. They were meant to be. How tragic . It takes just one encounter in life where if you are at the wrong place.. at the wrong time... So many lives are changed for the worst.. for ever. So sad!(

Me too. As a mother, I couldn’t imagine losing one of my children, and for his little girl to be tortured. I can’t imagine the pain.

@@olivialittle329 M

For him to say that show’s he had a huge heart. God bless her family.

I felt so bad at that part it broke my heart

I know. What a beautiful and selfless thing to say. My prayers to Anita’s family ❤

*its

@@calliecolde6019 ...

@@calliecolde6019 1. Thats actually the right It's. And two wtf?

@@tripodfish8542 bro go back to school🤡🤡

@@calliecolde6019 in this sentence they used personification to make police brutality seem human ish. 'It's' is also used to describe someone's own thing. As if you were to say her's. Not just an abbreviation of 'it is'. So uhm, maybe I'm not the one to go back to school, And definitely not the one with the #broken bio 🥺🥺

Right it's like "How do I prove that? I'm to broke to have security cameras in my house" 😂😂😂

Right? I would be fucked because I never leave my house!

Oh yeah When I heard about the beating of Murphy. I laughed. He looked 80 at 60. Thankyou Karma. May he rot in another bad life

[introverts shuddering in the distance]

Well, it can be a solid alibi if someome can attest that you were home. Also, phone records and phone location among other things.

Omg dude i thought the exact same thing

Honestly it was only a matter of time and to whome this tragedy would've happened to. If it wasn't anita and it didn't happen at that time, somebody else would've gotten tortured, raped and murdered. We have to go back time and wish the men's parents wore condoms that night

I wonder how those vandals feel

@@Silveraro it could've been intentional, like someone could've purposely cut the phone wires and just waited for the 'perfect' victim.

@@ellielouise3558 oh god that’s horrible, just putting that much thought into how to get a victim to brutally murder

Agreed plus he is a real man than the ones who are responsible for Anita's murder. Also some idiot commented on this video that the boy and the others who witnessed and heard Anita get kidnapped all suck because they didn't report and call the police about it.

Absolutely! The bystander effect is a very real phenomenon and it happens way more than people realise. He risked his own life after hearing that scream, I hope he's doing okay and not feeling guilty or blaming himself for not having saved her (he couldn't have).

@@samih5916 What a moron, were they even listening to the video?

@@samih5916 Well I hope that person feels stupid, because the first thing he did was run back home and call the police to report what he perceived to be an abduction. He went searching with the neighbour _after_ this call.

@@IveGotItTwisted agreed and I doubt he even watched it.

Right?? It’s not just “woman, 23, dead” it’s “Anita, a beautiful, kind, grounded loving woman got her life taken from her, her family, her husband and her friends”

It really leaves an impact, this past week I couldn't stop thinking about Anita. this story is just so violent and horrible, I feel so bad that she had to suffer and never got to live the rest of her life. Eleanor is fs my favorite true crime youtuber, shes always very respectful, very detailed, and does a fantastic job reminding us that these victims were real and had lives outside of their death.

I'm Australian and was a child when Anita Cobby was murdered. I was told about it by my family, heard others talking about the case because this case was absolutely massive. It is still talked about and remembered now, so many years later, by anyone who was alive and aware at the time the case happened. It is one of the most well-known and horrible crimes in Australian history. As with Ebony Simpson and Daniel Morcombe, Anita Cobby is a case where the victim (rather than the perpetrators) are the ones who are remembered and talked about. The criminals didn't achieve fame and they are not remembered.

ik it's honestly part of the reason i love her sm. a lot of other channels forget to remind us that these crimes are horrible n not just interesting. she makes sure we know how absolutely horrendous and repulsing these crimes are and how human the victims were. yes, they're interesting and intriguing, but she does her part to make sure we don't get super desensitized to crimes like this.

@@arenburns9032 how is it disgusting? you act like he’s an awful cruel man??? it was his BELOVED WIFE. no one absolutely NO ONE wants to see someone they love in that form. he didn’t even see her and it hit him the hardest, he absolutely lost himself. how dare you talk down on him like that. if anything it’s disgusting how you’re blaming him. i doubt you’d want to see, much less have to identify someone you love that has been murdered. yeah it’s sad for the dad having to identify her but don’t go and talk badly about her husband not being able to go through with it.

Lol as a farmer I can tell you it was either curiosity or scrutiny for their own safery

@@greyLeicester no one asked what a fukking farmer thinks dumb fuk 😈

@@aliciav63 no.. but people need to stop giving animals human emotions. Cows are the noisiest creatures. So they were not likely "guarding her". So get down out of your arse with your abuse

@@aliciav63 Well considering it's about cows, they've got a lot better knowledge than you have You absolute spanner 🙃

@@Chloe299XxX animals absolutely have "human" emotions. The fact that you see yourself so far removed from the animal kingdom is alarming. You're not that much different than them.

the cows got to me too bc they knew she was dead. Maybe they were protecting her from any further harm. 🥺

Poor things Probably traumatized

i own cows and they are so inquisitive! they always alert you if something unusual is around!

Same! 😭

Animals are like angels on Earth. 😭

And the fact that he was a teenage boy!! He was so sharp and brave. He's an amazing man now

And he didn't even know if they really kidnapped someone! It was just a guess and he still did everything in his power to try and follow them

Agreed! Props to him for going all out and tried his best, he was one of her guardian angels. It's just horrible that those scumbags got to her.

Same! She would be the same age as my parents today, but sadly didn’t make it to see 30.

@Adam Sandler it’s not about me 🙂

Yeah it’s a tragic story that every Australian knows about

@@littleangel18I've never heard about it before

Poor john he has my condolences

Ngl i almost cried at that part

@Jessica Chapman I don’t either he was going through some of the worst stuff someone can go through when losing someone

This is why police are terrible people.

I think the police were wrong for attacking her husband and pushing him to the point of his mental breakdown. Yeah I get they were trying to find her killer but ai dont think a confession after breaking them physically and emotionally is right. Wish he had called for a lawyer when they started that crap.

I wish those police officers got fired for doing that to John, so disgusting and unprofessional of them to do something like this to someone who just lost someone they loved.

Sleep deprivation alone breaks some people. It's appalling.

That’s horrible! I’d love to hear your story if you feel comfortable sharing. I’m very glad that your dad didn’t break because that type of aggression can break people. It would definitely break me

ummm why did they do that???

@@queerlibtardhippie9357 Someone probably made a false police report about it

@@queerlibtardhippie9357 false report or like just suspicious of him? It’s pretty stupid since there seemed to be literally no evidence of anything like that happening if they weren’t sure if that actually happened shouldn’t have kept him in a spot like that accusing him of a very serious crime

There is no reason indeed

Cows are too cute

Could be that. Or they saw a dead human and were confused

Cows are very social animals, it's conceivable that they were trying to attract the farmer's attention as they would know what the farmer's role in their lives was

Omg that thought just made me so weepy. Because, what if that’s exactly what these animals did for her. My heart literally hurts

Either that or maybe they were even trying to comfort her.

Police: hey instead of trying to interrogate a man grieving his wife, let’s physically assault him!

@@lawling466 sounds about right, in any case really

I would absolutely die. This poor man. I said it in another comment here, I would rather end it all than deal with this level of pain that John went through. My husband is my everything. Can you imagine the pain and anger? It's just too much.

@@psychoshrink166 I know right I feel so bad

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You man have the baby shower and lotion park and park one that I yours are you don’t have have Yeah I just don’t

@@heyshayy4495 Did you just have a stroke?

@@andysmith5806 my phone was in my pocket 😭

@@heyshayy4495 Lol, sounds about right.😂

Yeah he's the one who is a real man in this case, also I'm sick and tired of people in the comments blaming him and the others for not catching the abductors enough.

They tried so hard and actually blamed themselves. Poor buggers, it wasn't their fault. They tried 💕

Did a better job than most police in these type of situations lol!

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@@talialuke9496 what the hell are you on about?

:(

ik you made this comment 11 months ago but i feel so bad for them. especially the husband- not only did he lose his wife but he lost his child not long before the death of his wife. its heartbreaking honestly

Yeah the police was in the wrong. It’s just horrible that he went through it

It annoyed me that her husband wouldn't identify her body. I also say this as question. If I was in his situation, I'd rather do it than make her parents do it. I'm a woman, btw. And I'd rather live with seeing that than making parents see that. Of course I don't know what I'd REALLY do. But I have been in some smaller situations where I felt like I had to step up to save someone else more pain. What do you all think? (Edit: left out a word.) (another edit: I wrote this mid-way through the video.)

@Catboy Jin If you are old enough to get married, "Man up." And again, I'm a woman but have "manned up," just using that phrase. I do appreciate your response even though I disagree! And I like your username. 😸

Those men r MONSTERS!😡

I couldn't imagine and I hope we never have to to.

@Catboy Jin But why do you feel awful for the husband but not the father? I appreciate your response and I'm glad we can just have a conversation about it! You can say you are done -- or just not reply -- and I'm fine with that. I'm just so curious. I'd rather identify a spouse or even a friend than make their parents see their child like that. Open question. Just discussion. And hopefully NONE of us will ever have to do this! 💞 to all. (edit: accidentally posted when I wasn't finished!)

I totally agree with you on that, also he's a real man than whoever did those horrible things to Anita.

@@martinsass517 I know that, I was saying that the teenage boy who tried to find and save Anita is a real man than the scums who murdered Anita.

@@martinsass517 thanks pal and yeah it sure is chilling and scary, also there was a murder similar to Anita Cobby that happened 2 years later and it's the one about Janine Balding & that case was quite shocking and unexpecting as well.

Sorry for your loss.

Greetings Kim, How are you feeling today I hope your day is as bright as your pretty smiles😊 Can’t fall back asleep. Haha.😁

Did he get clean?

@@jefr4763 bro are trying to flirt with this woman who lost her husband 6 years ago

Honestly, that teenage boy was amazing. Props to him, I was so impressed.

@@leahritha7007 definitely!! And I think it is important to mention that he was only 13 in that time!! This boy is amazing!!

That's true, also some jerk commented on here say the teenage boy, his sister and their neighbour all suck because they didn't report and call the police about it which I believe is untrue.

@@samih5916 she said that police officer remembered the call from this boy mother so he should check facts 🙄 people don’t listen...

@@any1218 yeah true, also when I said its untrue I meant when that jerk said that the teenager, his sister and neighbour sucks.

me too!! solved cases soothes me in a way, it’s just something about knowing that the justice is made and the monsters who done all those horrible things didn’t get away with it is very reassuring idk, but it’s sad to know that some people crossed the monsters’s paths either way

She mostly does solved cases which is why I love her channel so much. Unsolved cases break my heart and leave me in a depressed funk for weeks

Yes! I only usually watch the solved ones. I hate unsolved, it’s so sad. I mean it’s sad altogether but at least the solved has some kind of justice

True, That’s why I don’t watch unsolved cases

Hell yes ❤

my thoughts exactly

Same

Omg!! Yes!! Me RIGHT NOW!!

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

The fact the police regularly come out and confirm these c*nts are still safely in prison just sums up how much we've all been affected by Anita's case.

Yep burn in hell to all of them.

Right! He’s Very kind hearted and brave.

Mhm :( He tried really hard to help and must have felt so guilty after :[

Ikr??? The poor fucking dad was forced to face the sight of that all by himself.

Exactly what I thought when I heard that part. No loving parent, regardless of sex or gender, wants to see their child in that state. And many people cannot withstand such sight without feeling emotions even if they don't know the person.

this was nearly 40 years ago why are you surprised

@@nymphaeales9149 surprised? no. disappointed? yeah.

@@te-ter doesn't disappointment inherently insinuate expectation tho

Ikr, I just really hate how police can get soooooo sure about something, and they just go like: Your not leaving until you tell the truth!

Yes He was so exhausted and emotionally drained ,he was convinced he must of killed the love of his life. He didn't care. He was so grief stricken... He wanted them to shoot him. That is soooo sad.Thats true love. I hope he's ok. He's been through the wringer. John is a decent man. You can tell . He adored get. She was the one.

An episode fan?

@@JustLilyTbh gg

Me too 😂😂

this is the comment

Not just me then

Same

Me as well 😂😂

The biggest thing that frustrates me is. Had any of them people not been so used to screams in their fields it could have been prevented. They wouldnt have even been happy screams.they would have been screams of pain how could they not tell the diffrence. It frustrates me so much the fact the farmers just ignored jt

@Alice Kae I know and I totally believe that but what I meant was that night Anita originally had plans to go on a dinner date with her husband but at the last minute she cancelled those plans and went out with her friend. I’m a girl myself and everything you said is exactly what I believe in too.

It would be nice but the sad reality is that evil people exist no matter how much you tell them that they’re being evil and women tend to be easier targets. I would never go to many places alone because of this.

Or even if she took the later train like she was meant to, because as we find out she took an earlier train than she was actually assumed to take so imagine if she had taken the later train like she was meant to, I wonder if she would still be alive....

I think the phones were messed with for a reason...

Imagine being so crude, evil & disgusting that a whole country hates you & thinks you're lower than garbage.

It definitley shook the nation! We have tons of crime here as does every country, but (thankfully) not too many stories like this one... I’ll never stop thinking of this woman. Australia never will.

I'm from England and was aware of this case at the time. Her name hasn't been forgotten even here.

I live near Pinegrove where she is buried, and the amount of people that still put flowers and stuff at her grave is unreal. 100% the most hated men in Aus. We learnt about this at a young age because it was such a full on case, definitely made us more observant growing up in the area

@@tahliajayde261 I agree. I am a massive true crime fan and this case is the worst one out country has ever faced!

I think you’re the only one that caught that 😂😂. We’re so caught up in the case that we somehow miss that

She says it was before they were common

@@MarzeNguyenStevenson dude there weren’t commercial cell phones in 1980. Wasn’t even born then but even I know that haha

I might of misheard but I think she also said Rome was a country. Kinda made me giggle. Which is nice since this case is so horrible i needed a giggle 😂 10:15

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as an Australian, i haven't actually heard of this case but i am glad to be learning about it now. i bet if i asked my parents about this though they would have heared of it

I've heard about this case and it's so heartbreaking of what happened to Anita. Also there was another case that happened two years after Anita Cobby's death & it's the murder of Janine Balding and they're both compared to each other & I hope Eleanor covers that case in future.

I'm an Aussie too and I'm old enough to remember this .. I'll never forget her sweet smile

I was 18 when she was murdered...remember this so well. I remember wishing we had the death penalty when the monsters were caught...I lived over an hour away from Blacktown on the Northern Beaches but every woman in Sydney and surrounding suburbs was afraid until they caught the bastards. We all still grieve for her too.

They are miserable mate. Australia never forgot Anita, even after all these years. I was just a small child at the time but I remember it vividly, the beautiful nurse that never made it home. Those boys are still locked up and Australia still hates them. They will never be released and they will never be forgiven.

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GAGAGAGAGAGAGA this is wonderful! PRANK! IT is terrible! I looked in the mirror and saw something UNPRETTY: my face. GAGAGAGAG! But I am happy agayn because I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS and I make cool YT v*deos with them! Good evening, love and peace, dear ash

DEKU

deku pfp!!

She really is, I was so suprised when I was scrolling and saw this 👍🏻

Even just hearing her talk about it (I’m listening to her right now cause I’m doing something) but you can hear in her voice how much she loves love. It’s beautiful

It’s always consistent in her videos it’s so sweet. You can see it now on her other channel when talking about her boyfriend

SAMEEEEEEEE

@@brokesse8161 dude... dont

@@brokesse8161 not funny.

@@brokesse8161 really 😒

@@brokesse8161 normally this would be funny, but not in this context

"I wish I could say that's not my daughter, but then it would be somebody else's daughter, and they would be going through what I'm going through now." That quote made me tear up. That poor man. I feel horrible for her whole family for losing her, and of course I feel the worst for Anita for what she suffered, but having to see his daughter like that had to have been horrific.

@@kellyriddell5014 exactly! And to have nobody that understands (aside from detectives but it isn't the same). I'm sure his grieving process was different after seeing her like that. It's disgusting what people are capable of. Honestly.

@@kellyriddell5014 that quote made me sob like a baby fr

@@sav2602 Me too. I think it hit me so hard because the idea that he wouldn't wish it on somebody else in that moment of probably the worst suffering of his life just got to me. Honestly if I were going through that I would be thinking, why my baby? Anybody but my baby.

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Ashley Swann, that's such a kind comment, and I completely agree. What a brave thing that young man did. Such a stark contrast to the five cowardly savages who brutalized and murdered a woman walking alone.

Gary was bashed (sorry couldn't figure out where in the order he was) in prison recently, but he's also been given quite a lot of money from someone who left his estate to him so he doesn't have as terrible time as you would wish.

I love how the pronouns were it in this case lmao 😭

I heartily agree with you !!

Damn😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🔥

ikr

also an aussie, sydney all girls catholic schools love to tell everyone about anita. scary shit for year 7s to hear

its absolutely normal. fear takes over you and you just want to avoid that sensation. i too would speed walk home and not be able to follow like they did. major props to them

They were soulmates, it may have been intense for him at times but I truly believe it. More than a part of John died when Anita was brutally murdered. I imagine everyday of his life was pure torture and likely still is without her 🥺😔 absolutely heartbreaking

Especially in the 80s!!

Except the ending

@@Silveraro even at the ending, they were respectful of each other and were willing to try again, despite their problems

@@arls8096 I think by “ending” they mean the ending of her life

Totally agree! She’s mature way beyond her years and handles every subject sensitively, with class.

The promoting of things like video games, apps ect at the start of the videos comes off as a little tone death sometimes, especially more recently. I think the sponsors could be better picked

@@SaffrnE it’s called a sponsor lmao. sponsors give you money so you can make your videos better. also this is Eleanors job she obviously as to make money lol

@@samanthakupie6311 so true! literally couldn’t have said it better 👌

I've seen a lot of Anita Cobby videos, her profile on her life was... Beautiful, honestly.

Don't insult the animals

I'm an Aussie woman to.I was only a kid when it happened, but it's such a tragic.. story. So many lives affected. She had everything in front of her and " wrong place.. wrong time" scenario.

Was wondering if I'd see a comment like this. I grew up around the corner from where this happened but a decade or so later. It is still told and retold as a cautionary tale, and still shakes us up even if we weren't alive to have experienced the immediate coverage of this tragedy.

Definitely. Bless her soul.

Yesss

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It would have just been a different woman we’d be hearing about.

@@xobmw sad but true

It's good to talk of the victims life and even killers life it keeps humanity to the subject being talked about. These were people had lives and this is their story type of thing. It's easy to say 'they are just another victim, they are just another killer.' Telling their story reminds people these are infact humans and real.

Almost all? Lmao I’ve watch all of them 2/3 times minimum most are 5/6+ 😳🤭

Lmaooo literally me🤣😭

I don’t take care of myself so it’s not surprising to me

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I've thought of murder never do it of course but I'm not concerned but you what's funny I'm scared to walk alone because I'm a pussy but love true crime

Ikr there sick!

This isn’t a human being! It’s the devil 😈

When people try to deny that evil exists, it's obvious they've never seen anything like this, never lost anyone, were never directly touched by it. How can anyone hear this story and doubt the existence of evil?

@Catboy Jin they just wanted an easy way out of a difficult case

exactly, i spend most of my time these days at home alone or on walks alone i understand needing confirmation for alibis but it’s not like i text my friends “is is 3:45 pm i am at home alone”

I very rarely have company over to my home. I am home alone very often. It is not uncommon.

with the mother it was protective, the false confession however was gross

Men are generally more sympathetic to women than men

Same this makes me feel better about crying

I think she did an amazing job, although I’m mildly irritated by the fact that she keeps saying Sydney when Blacktown and Redfern are part of Sydney. I know she’s not from here but it isn’t hard to fact check that one.

I like how she presents the case. Great story telling style but she embellish a few things. And they are a number of things that she presents that need to be fact checked.

We also need to watch out for each other. I'm always vigilant around kids or drunk women. My friend was kidnapped and killed as a kid. It can happen anywhere. Stay safe

@@armygirl85fuckhitler74 hey, late reply as I’m just watching this video now. Back in highschool I was at a party with my friends and we were all supposed to go back to my one friend house. Eventually we were all intoxicated to the point we just wanted to go home and sleep. We did have a DD, but our friend that we were all staying at, was missing. We looked all around for her and couldn’t find her, and mind you this was a huge property as well. I was so scared.. I did not want to leave but our ride was forcing us to leave, and I was to intoxicated to even fight with them about it.. so we all left and SLEPT at her house that night. That morning, we woke up to her being safe and home. I was so relieved.. but to this day regret leaving. It can happen to anyone so that’s why even tho she’s okay i still hold so much guilt that something could of happen. Apparently she just fell asleep on the trampoline at the party at some point.. but she was all alone when found so to anyone reading this.. PLEASE don’t let your friends go off alone! Again.. I’m so grateful she was found safe, and brought home safe.