Kevin Stanley BRACK aka "Orca"

Grave fears for missing man

Last updated 21/07/2009

 QLD Police are appealing for the public’s assistance regarding the disappearance of a 47-year-old man in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley.

Kevin Stanley Brack (also known as “Orca”) was last seen in the Fortitude Valley area on February 17, 2009.

As part of Operation Hotel Static, police from Metropolitan North Region Fortitude Valley CIB with the assistance of the State Crime Operations Command Homicide Investigation Unit have established a major investigation room to investigate the suspected murder of Mr Brack.  

Police are appealing for the public’s assistance regarding the movements of Mr Brack prior to February 18, 2009. Mr Brack often frequented the Fortitude Valley and Spring Hill areas and is thought to have last resided in a house on Wickham Terrace Spring Hill.

“We hold grave concerns for Mr Brack and believe he has been murdered. Investigations are at this stage centred around the Fortitude Valley area, including the Flikkerz Foto and Dance Studio which was located on Brunswick Street.” Detective Inspector Tony Duncan  said.

Police are seeking information that may assist them with their investigations. Anyone who knew Mr Brack well or who may have information about his last known address is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Murder charge, Fortitude Valley:

A 45-year-old man has been charged in relation to the death of a Spring Hill man earlier this year. It is alleged the 47-year-old victim was murdered on February 17 in Fortitude Valley. A Cleveland man will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow on one count of murder and one count of being an accessory after the fact. Police investigations into the incident are ongoing. Anyone with information which could assist police with their investigations should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
 

Valley strip club row ends in murder, police say

Christine Kellett - Brisbane Times
July 28, 2009
 

An alleged row at a Fortitude Valley strip club ended in murder, police say.

Two more men have been charged today following the disappearance of strip club regular Kevin Stanley Brack, 47.
 

Cleveland man Patrick Robert Doyle, 45, is already in custody on murder and accessory after the fact charges over the alleged killing of Mr Brack, known locally as "Orca".
 

Two Wacol men, aged 23 and 28, have also been charged following information from the public.

They mysterious case came to light earlier this month, when police from the Homicide Squad set up a major incident room to probe the suspected murder of Mr Brack, who went missing in February.

The inquiry centred on the adult venue Flikkerz Foto and Dance Studio in Brunswick Street, where Mr Brack often socialised.

Police will allege the three men were involved in an altercation with Mr Brack at Flikkerz on February 17.
 

Despite the laying of charges, it is understood his body has not been found.

"It has been an extremely successful investigation and we are pleased with this outcome," Detective Inspector Tony Duncan from the Brisbane Central District CIB said today.

All three accused men are all due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today and investigations are continuing.

Murder hearing: nightclub worker cleaned up blood

Amelia Bentley  - Brisbane Times
September 8, 2010

 

A Fortitude Valley nightclub worker has told how she cleaned up blood at her workplace around the time a man was believed to have been murdered at the premises.

Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning heard 47-year-old Kevin Stanley Brack was killed after an argument at Flikkerz Foto and Dance Studio on Brunswick Street on February 17, 2009.

Three men, Ashley Roberts, 29, Blaze Seaton Pearce, 34, and Patrick Robert Doyle, 46, this week face a committal hearing charged with his murder.

Jade Crawford gave evidence she worked at Flikkerz and that a few nights before the Soundwave Festival on February 21 last year, she helped clean up a pool of blood inside the nightclub.

Ms Crawford told the court she was informed that the blood had been from a fight in the club.

Witness Clemanthus Gorham was brought to court from jail to give evidence at the hearing this afternoon.

Ms Gorham, who is serving time for breaching a parole order, said she knew "just about everybody" who hung out in the Valley.

She told the court she knew Mr Roberts and Mr Pearce and said she had been friends with Mr Brack, nicknamed Orca, for about 12 years.

She admitted she had been scared of being around Mr Pearce because she claimed he had assaulted her friend during an argument about drugs early last year, around the time of Mr Brack's death.

Ms Gorham said the last time she saw Mr Brack he told her to call him but when she dialled his mobile, it was turned off.

"Which was unusual because we always looked after each other," he said.

"I never seen him, never spoken to him again."

The committal hearing continues.

Three to stand trial for allegedly murdering a man and disposing of body in wheelie bin

THREE men have been committed to stand trial after a man was allegedly murdered inside a Brisbane strip club and disposed of in a wheelie bin.

Patrick Robert Doyle, 46, Blaze Seaton Pearce, 34, and Ashley Roberts, 29, faced a committal hearing in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court charged with the murder of Kevin Stanley Brack.

Police claim the trio killed the 45-year-old at Flikkerz Foto and Dance Studio in Fortitude Valley in February last year.

His body has never been found.

During eight days of evidence, the court heard from dozens of witnesses, including former Flikkerz stripper Claudine Davis.

She said Roberts had been staying at Flikkerz, and had been using the drug ice with Pearce in the days leading up to the alleged killing.

Davis told the court she had also been bingeing on ice, and was designing tattoos while she talked to Brack, who was also known as Orca.

The pair talked about Brack's partner dying six months earlier and about their past addictions to heroin.

"We had a good conversation. Orca was a nice man, I always had time to chat to him," Davis said.

She told the court Roberts gave Brack money to buy more ice, which he did, before Roberts complained about its quality.

"He said it was sh–t and he wanted his money back," she said.

Brack returned with the money but Roberts accused him of ripping him off, and started punching him, Davis said.

"Ash asked for a knife and Blaze went to get it, and I recall them stabbing Orca in the shoulder," she said.

"I was starting to freak out, so I went and sat out the back and waited for it to finish."

Davis said she was still sitting outside when Roberts came out and told her Brack was dead.

She told the court she mopped up a bit of blood on the floor and sat around with the group having a smoke.

"(Roberts) seemed to relax and feel better. It was like the steam had been released from a pressure cooker," Davis said.

Davis had a shower at a friend's house then went to Centrelink, before returning to Flikkerz to find Doyle and Roberts "hovering" around the front room.

"They indicated Orca's body was still there, and I saw them bring a wheelie bin up the back stairs," she said.

The court heard the bin was wheeled into the room then wheeled back out again.

Davis said she tried to put some rubbish in it but was told "not this bin".

Magistrate Liz Hall committed all three accused to stand trial.

None have entered any plea.

They were remanded in custody to appear in the Supreme Court in Brisbane on a date to be fixed.