death_date death_place birth_place other_names nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
1 september 1983 brampton island wellsbourne , warwickshire , england tasha british celia douty 11 february 1943 murder of celia douty
 celia natasha douty resort worker murder
murder of celia douty

celia natasha `` tasha '' douty -lrb- 11 february 1943 -- 1 september 1983 -rrb- was a british resort worker who was murdered on brampton island in queensland , australia .
the crime remained unsolved until 2001 , when sydney motor industry finance business manager , wayne butler , was found guilty .
it was the first murder in australia to be solved using dna profiling .
the prosecution relied heavily on dna evidence and it became a case study for the use of the technique in court .
