Police claimed Anne Geeves was the ‘mastermind’ in the alleged murder of Amber Haigh, court hears

Detective in charge of investigating Haigh's disappearance told the court he regarded the case as a potential murder almost from the outset'

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Police believed Anne Geeves was the mastermind" in the murder of Amber Haigh, who was exploited to bear a baby for Anne and her husband before being killed, the New South Wales supreme court has heard.

Haigh was 19 when she vanished without trace from the NSW Riverina in June 2002, leaving behind her five-month-old son.

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