Mark Ray Haydon (born 4 December 1958), an associate of Bunting, was initially the subject of "suppression orders or statutory provisions prohibiting publication" and could not therefore be identified as anything other than an alleged perpetrator.[1] In January 1999, he reportedly rented the abandoned state bank building at Snowtown.[2][1]: 242 A jury deadlocked on the murders of Haydon's wife, Elizabeth Haydon, and of Troy Youde.[3] The murder charges were not retried when Haydon pleaded guilty to helping the serial killers dispose of the bodies of Elizabeth and Youde.[5]