Rapist guilty over WA teen's death in 1999
The convicted rapist accused of killing West Australian teenager Hayley Dodd has been found not guilty of her murder, but guilty of manslaughter.
Francis John Wark, 65, faced a six-week retrial in the WA Supreme Court accused of murdering the 17-year-old.
Hayley was last seen alive in 1999, walking along a road near rural Badgingarra, about 200 kilometres north of Perth.
After deliberating for 11-and-a-half hours, the jury acquitted Wark of murder, but found him guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Wark was charged in 2015 following a cold case review and had been serving a 12-year prison term at the time for raping a woman he picked up in a remote part of Queensland in 2007.
Hayley's body has never been found.
Outside court, Hayley's mother Margaret Dodd - who has fought for justice for her daughter for two decades - urged Wark to reveal the location of Hayley's body.
"Ideally we would have wanted murder but we got manslaughter, so at least he's not going to get out for a good while," she told reporters.
"I just hope now that he tells us where Hayley is."
Ms Dodd said going through two trials had taken a heavy toll on the family.
"It's been agonising, quite honestly, for the whole family," she said.
"It's not just me, it's my children, it's my grandchildren, it's my great-grandchildren. We're suffering generations down.
"They all know who Hayley is. She'll never be forgotten."
Wark was remanded in custody to be sentenced on April 13.
