Accused killer’s Google searches about dying girlfriend
Court documents reveal that a man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend searched for information about dying on Google before paramedics arrived. The victim, Krystle Monks, was found with severe injuries at the suspect's home in Ipswich.
Why it matters
The case highlights the use of digital forensic evidence in domestic violence homicide trials and the tragic loss of a young life.
Police say the primary area of the blood was in the floor of Pringle’s bedroom, where the prosecutors allege is the likely area of the fatal assault, according to documents. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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Share A A A On a February evening in 2023, Krystle Monks sent a text to her mother. “I want to come home. I’m sick of being here,” she wrote.
Monks, 19, had been staying at the house of her boyfriend Michael Kurt Pringle, in Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane.
Her mother offered an Uber for her daughter to come home. But at 9pm, she received a reply saying not to worry about it. The mother asked what was going on, but there were no further messages.
And soon, paramedics arrived at Pringle’s home.
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