Background
Scott was born in Maitland and attended Maitland Boys' High School and Morpeth Grammar School.
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Scott was born in Maitland and attended Maitland Boys' High School and Morpeth Grammar School.
Born Walter Notheis, Jr. in St. Louis, Missouri, Scott found fame with Bob Kuban and The In-Men in 1966 with the song "(Look Out For) The Cheater". "The Cheater" spent eleven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #12 in March of that year. Scott left the group soon after to attempt a solo career.
When this failed, Scott began touring with a cover band during the 1970s. In early 1983, Scott and Kuban performed together for a television appearance and planned to reunite the band for their twentieth anniversary in June 1983. Scott disappeared on December 27, 1983.
In April 1987, his body was found floating face-down in a cistern. He had been hog-tied and shot in the back. Scott's second wife, JoAnn (née Calcaterra), pleaded guilty to hindering the prosecution of his murder, and received a five-year sentence.
The case was shown on Court TV's Forensic Files, HBO's Autopsy 3: Voices From the Grave, and as part of "The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science" (episode: Grave Discoveries). On September 13, 2011, James Williams, then aged 72, died in prison from a heart condition while serving his life sentence.
He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1974 to 1978. A member of the Liberal Party, he contested the 1965 and 1968 state elections as an independent in the seat of Gloucester, where the Coalition agreement prevented the Liberal Party from endorsing a candidate against the sitting Country Party member.
