He Told Her That She Should Be in the Kitchen Baking. So She Set Him on Fire...
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What happened the night friends reunited that led to violence?
In the early morning hours of January 7, 2024, a group of lifelong friends sat around a backyard table, all laughing and joking as they had countless times before. But when one of those friends made a sexist joke and watched the other storm off, nobody could have imagined what would happen next. This is the story of how one terrible joke turned into a reckless moment that destroyed multiple lives forever. Corby Walpole was originally from Albury, New South Wales, Australia. She began high school at Trinity College, but transferred to St. Paul's College in Walla Walla in 2016 to start year 10. St. Paul's College is a Lutheran day and boarding school located about 40 kilometers outside of Albury. It was there where she met and befriended Jake Loader and his girlfriend Annabelle.
The friend group soon began spending their free time hanging out in the nearby town of Ha Long, a small town with a few local pubs and a renowned golf resort. When they weren't going to school or having fun in town, Corby worked two part-time jobs at Subway and Bunnings. By 2018, she graduated from high school and the following year, she began an apprenticeship with Engage Electrics, hoping to work towards becoming an electrician. Meanwhile, Jake's parents owned and operated the 200,000-acre Oakville station in southern Australia where they raised livestock. They had 3,500 sheep, 2,000 lambs, and 2,000 pigs. After Jake graduated from St. Paul's College in 2019, the Loders sold their Oakville station and decided to head up north to the Gulf of Capantaria.
There, they bought the 100,000-acre Broadwater station to raise cattle and export trade. By 2020, Jake and Annabelle joined his parents up at the property to help operate the family business, transporting livestock all across the country. As that was happening with Jake that same year in 2019, Corby met and began a relationship with Riley Stone. By October of 2022, she finished up her electrician apprenticeship two months early and excitedly began her career. Just a month later, Corby and Riley purchased a $400,000 three-bedroom home in Albury. It was around that time, however, that Corby's life seemed to go downhill. She started drinking to the point where she found herself in trouble with police on a few occasions.
In May of 2021, she and Riley were drinking at a local pub in Albury, when the security guard had to kick Riley out for being too intoxicated. Corby came to his rescue, but ended up elbowing a female bouncer in the face in the process.
Who are Corbie Walpole and Jake Loader and what were their backgrounds?
She ended up being charged with assault and was sentenced to a 12-month conditional release order without conviction. Things continued escalating from there. Between 2021 and 2023, Corby started using all sorts of substances. She was using cocaine, ecstasy, speed, and ketamine. Now, on the outside, it appeared that she still had a good work ethic. She was doing well in her career, working out, riding horses for sport, and even played on a women's football team. She was an accomplished young woman, but whenever she had free time she filled it by partying, going out drinking, and doing drugs. Every weekend, she'd have as many as 15 to 20 drinks, taking about a gram of coke and or one or two MDMA pills.
Around the holidays, things typically got even worse because Corby didn't have work for a few days or really any responsibilities for several days, so the substance abuse just continued to grow out of control. By the start of 2024, 22-year-old Jake Loader and his girlfriend Danabelle returned from the family's property up north and spent some time in Albury to visit friends and family after the holiday season. They stayed at the Howlong Golf Resort and by January 6th, they decided to have a big get-together with some friends in the area. Corbie and Riley were invited, of course, so they prepared for the evening by pre-gaming at their own place. Corby drank three ciders as well as some homemade punch.
She ate a few slices of pizza as well and by around 8pm that night, Corby and Riley arrived to the resort, excited to see their old friends from high school and ready for a fun night of drinking and partying.
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