Danielle Easey: former friend's charges upgraded to murder

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Updated December 10 2020 - 10:02pm, first published 7:30pm
TRAGIC: Danielle Easey was murdered and her body dumped in Cockle Creek.
TRAGIC: Danielle Easey was murdered and her body dumped in Cockle Creek.

CAROL Marie McHenry, long accused of being an accessory after the fact to the brutal murder of Danielle Easey, the young mother whose body was found dumped in Cockle Creek last year, has had her charges upgraded to murder.

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Sam Rigney

Court Reporter

Sam began his Newcastle Herald career as a night police reporter in 2011. He is an experienced court reporter who has won two national court reporting awards, including the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Court Reporting for his coverage of the Hunter's worst serial rapist. Before working at the Herald, Sam was a sports journalist with the Maitland Mercury where he won awards for his coverage of the Newcastle Rugby League salary cap scandal. Sam is a Novocastrian born-and-bred.

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