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Ti Tree police station was a small, two-man station located on the service road, one hundred and fifty metres north of the Ti Tree Roadhouse. Staffed by officer-in-charge, Senior Constable Jim ‘Chook’ Fowler and his partner Mathew ‘Mickey’ Rooney, the building appeared deserted. The station four-wheel-drive Toyota was gone, and when Cameron Barker tried the door, he found it locked. He stepped to a window, peered inside, and confirmed the one-room building was empty. He moved away and walked to the rear of the building where he knew there was a small cell block, used for holding prisoners for up to twenty-four hours before releasing them, or transporting them to Alice Springs to face court. The cells were also empty. As he turned and started back to his vehicle, a woman Barker recognis
