Nine year old, Stacey-Anne Tracy, was walking to school in Roma Qld on the morning of May 22 when Barry Hadlow abducted her, committing his vile crimes before dumping her body in Bungil Creek.
He was out on parole after 22 years for the murder of Townsville girl Sandra Dorothy Bacon.
Sandra Dorothy Bacon, murdered age 5 Stacey-Anne Tracy, murdered 9 years old
"Hadlow never told anyone what he had been to jail for previously, but he should never have been out on parole," Mrs Hewitt said.
Hadlow was among the townsfolk who spent four days searching for the young girl before she was found near Miscamble St on Saturday, May 26, 1990.
He was charged with her murder, forcibly detaining a child under 14, and indecently and unlawfully dealing with a child under 12 years of age.
Hadlow pleaded not guilty to Stacey-Ann's murder, but the jury disagreed.
He was sentenced to life in prison and his file was marked never to be released. He died on 13 July 2007 at the age of 65, Barry Gordon Hadlow, a pedophile died in a Brisbane Hospital in Qld.
In 1963, Barry Hadlow abducted and murdered a gap-toothed, freckle-faced five-year-old girl, wrapped her body in a corn sack and left her to rot in the boot of a car in Townsville.
Twenty-seven years later and some 1,000 kilometres away in Roma, the same man abducted, raped and murdered a sandy-haired blue-eyed nine-year-old girl, wrapped her body in a garbage bag and dumped her by a creek.
Their names were Sandra Dorothy Bacon and Stacy-Ann Tracy.
The man who killed them was my stepfather, Barry Gordon Hadlow.
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Inspiring action from murderer's stepdaughter
HADLOW'S stepdaughter, Sherele Moody, founded the Red Heart Campaign as a memorial to Stacey-Ann, and other women and children who have lost their lives to violence.
On Wednesday, Ms Moody reflected on the crimes committed 29 years ago and how they impacted her life.
"Today, I woke up with a deep sadness, as I do every time May 22 rolls around," Ms Moody said.
"Twenty-nine years ago, the husband of my mother and stepfather to myself and my seven siblings prepared for his day ahead.
"It was a day that would see him rape and murder a child.
"Not far away from my mother's home, another mum - Janet Mills Clarke - helped her two daughters Elizabeth Tracy and Stacy-Ann prepare for their day at school.
"When Janet said goodbye to her children, she had no idea that was the last moment she would spend with her eldest daughter.
"I was around 19 years old. I did not know Stacey-Ann, but my stepfather's heinous actions had a profound impact on my life."
Ms Moody said not a day had gone by without thinking of Stacey-Ann, or of the "cruel and callous" disregard Hadlow showed towards the young girl.
"Janet Mills Clarke has spent the past 29 years now mourning her daughter," Ms Moody said.
"She and I are tied together by this tragedy.
"Despite the fact a person connected so strongly to me killed someone connected so strongly to Janet, we speak from the same page about the impact of murder."
Ms Moody said Ms Clarke had told her she would like to see a national memorial for all victims of violence, so that victims would never be forgotten.