A jury in Brisbane convicts former Zumba instructor Mark Sheridan Waden of murdering Priscilla Brooten, an American woman who went missing in what prosecutors described as an eight-year case. Multiple outlets report that the verdict ends the long-running investigation despite Brooten’s body never being found.
According to coverage, the court heard evidence about Brooten’s disappearance and the competing versions of events provided by Waden. Reportedly, jurors considered that his accounts were inconsistent and that this evidence supported the murder charge.
The reporting states the 50-year-old Waden is found guilty following a trial process in which the prosecution presented materials intended to establish his responsibility for Brooten’s death. While details beyond the conviction and the absence of a recovered body are not specified in the provided summaries, all sources agree on the core outcome: a jury reaches a guilty verdict for murder in Brisbane in relation to Brooten’s disappearance.
