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[Music] nestled on the floodplains of the Goulburn River in the Australian state
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of Victoria lies the regional town of Shepherd on a former sheep station turned to railway town that is now the
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agricultural and manufacturing centre of the Golden Valley located 190 kilometres
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north of the city of Melbourne Shepperton was used as a popular river crossing during the 1850s Gold Rush
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allowing minors to travel east from the Bendigo and Ballarat Gold Fields by the 1960s the township had grown
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exponentially due to a large number of Southern European immigrants that settled in the area in the previous
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century Shepperton became the central entertainment hub for surrounding rural communities following the opening of a
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drive-in movie theatre the star bowling alley and the development of a new Civic
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Centre which gave the 15,000 locals of venues to hold public events concerts and dances
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on the night of Thursday February 10 1966 the Civic Center was hosting a rock and roll concert dubbed the mod
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spectacular a range of popular music acts were built for the event drawing in a crowd of 1500 local and regional
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teenagers including sixteen-year-old Urbina Margaret Medill affectionately known to
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friends and family as [ __ ] she was raised on a farm in the nearby township of Ventura by her parents Fred
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and Alma the couple had five children one son and four daughters and Obinna was their middle child their son Rodney
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planned to carry on the family tradition of farming but the couple felt their daughters needed a wider range of
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educational employment and social opportunities so they decided to relocate to Shepperton in the early
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1960s regarded as a spirited vivacious teenager who always wore a smile a [ __ ] now lived with her family in a
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violet colored weatherboard house close to the center of town the models were parishioners at a presbyterian church
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called st. Andrews and Davina played badminton and tennis at the churches Fellowship Association she had recently
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left high school to start a full-time job as an office clerk at Shepperton motor panels the city's largest panel
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beaters upon finishing work on February 10 1966 she headed straight home to get ready for the Maude spectacular with her
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youngest sister Roslyn a being addressed in a matching blouse and skirt paired with new white sandals and a white
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shoulder back at 8:40 p.m. Fred Medill drove his daughters to Shepperton Civic Center picking up the girls two friends
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Janis frost and Ray Kroc spurred on the way the group of four were excited for the night ahead unable to get a parking
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near the center Fred dropped the girls off nearby and headed home comforted by the fact that
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abena had arranged for her boyfriend eighteen-year-old a in her kit to drive her and her friends home after the
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concert in his brother and his two sisters were raised by their strict Scottish father on a fruit farm just
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outside Shepperton following the death of their mother thirteen years earlier driven to succeed
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and described by his sister Heather as a workaholic Ian's proficiency for motor mechanics
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earned him an apprenticeship at a local Ford dealership his brother David had also been offered a role there and the
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siblings worked alongside each other eager for some independence ian moved out of home shortly after commencing his
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new job and rented a room in a boarding house near the center of shepherd n' he was regarded as a jovial person with a
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mischievous sight and an inclination for pulling playful pranks Abena module resilience first real
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girlfriend and he already held strong feelings for her as he was working late at the dealership that Thursday he was
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unable to take her to the mod spectacular but had arranged to meet her there later in the night
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[Music] [Music] eighteen year-old Gary Charles Hayward had been dating his girlfriend to Gail
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for almost a year although most of Shepherd ins youths were heading out to the concert that evening shy and
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soft-spoken Gail opted to forego the event preferring to have a quiet night at home instead
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her boyfriend agreed to do the same as he was broke and his paycheck wasn't scheduled to arrive until the following
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day Gary dropped to Gail laughs at her house shortly before 6 p.m. and she assumed he would spend the evening at
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home as they had discussed gary did return home briefly to eat a quick meal but then decided to attend the concert
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after all tall handsome and popular Gary was the oldest son of the prominent and
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successful Haywood family and was employed as a panel beater at their vehicle repair business the same place
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where abena module worked as a clerk fun-loving and kind-hearted Gary enjoyed horse riding and had previously been a
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scout leader he was close with his family especially his younger brother 14 year-old Alan whom he often took on
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outings Alan adored Gary and had helped him restore his prized possession a dark
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green colored FJ Holden sedan gary meticulously cared for the vehicle and enjoyed driving it around town relishing
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the attention it generated before Gary headed to the mod spectacular he and Alan washed his beloved car and as 7
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p.m. arrived gary prepared to leave dressing in black trousers a Breann jumper with an orange checked shirt
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underneath and desert boots alan begged to join him the gary gently denied his little brother's request upon arriving
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at the Civic Center Rosalind Medill immediately headed in to watch the concert abena did not follow
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her younger sister inside instead she and her friend to Janice walked around to the corner where they
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had agreed to meet a [ __ ] colleague Gary Haywood Gary had parked his FJ Holden outside the front of the star
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bowling alley on friar Street and was in the company of three friends Victor Paul
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and de Lindsay the four were sitting inside the vehicle when a [ __ ] and Janice arrived the girls got in and Gary
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drove the group a short distance to Victoria Park Lake close to the heart of the city arriving a little after 9:00
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p.m. the park land surrounding the water had been a grazing paddock before they were transformed into public gardens
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with a swimming pool built into the lake itself at night the area was a popular Lovers Lane for local teens and young
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adults when Gary pulled up there was a station wagon with two couples inside parked
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nearby with its lights on and another car next to with Gary parked by the pool and the boys drank beer and offered a
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[ __ ] and Janice cans of vodka with orange juice Janice had one and Davina drink a few making her somewhat giddy
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and unsteady the girls got out of the car to get some fresh air and to visit the public toilets close by as the boys
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were becoming reality Janice expressed the desire to walk back to the Civic Center concerned that Gary
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appeared the most affected by the alcohol Abena was reluctant to make the almost 2 kilometer long journey on foot
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as she was wearing new shoes they returned to the car and within half an hour of arriving at the lake Gary agreed
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to drive everyone back to the Civic Center hey into Lindsay entered the building to
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watch the concert while Abena Janis Viktor and Paul went for a walk around the block when they returned they
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climbed to back into the Holden where Gary was waiting Janis was growing increasingly frustrated complaining to
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Obinna several times that she wanted to leave as Paul was quote molesting her at
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around 10:30 p.m. she exited the vehicle leaving a [ __ ] in the back seat and walked to the Civic Center alone to her
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relief she spotted her boyfriend and after a short while the couple decided to leave driving past the location where
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Gary Heywood had last parked his FJ Holden only to notice that was now gone [Music]
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Ian oka was eager to impress his girlfriend Davina and wanted to be on time to pick her up before the mud
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spectacular ended at 11:20 p.m. after leaving work and freshening up at home Ian walked over to the tavern a coffee
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lounge to join some friends his friend and housemate Peter hazel Minh then drove him to the Civic Center where they
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spotted her being a sister Roslyn when she explained that abena was out driving with Gary Haywood yin became noticeably
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angry he knew Gary worked with his girlfriend and struck with jealousy he shuddered that he would quote kill the
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bastard I'll belt him Ian and Peter took Roslyn home where they learned to [ __ ] was
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not back yet the young men drove around town on the lookout for Gary's FJ Holden and failing
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to spot the car returned to a Venus house and waited out front for her return Alma Medill had been visiting friends
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for the evening when she arrived home after 1:00 a.m. she was surprised to discover her daughter Urbina hadn't yet
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returned from the concert in a panic she woke her husband Fred to express her concern when Abena failed to show up by
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2:00 a.m. Fred drove to Shepard and police station to alert them to his daughters absence
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but the building was deserted as the two nightshift officers were out on patrol he returned home to try calling the
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police instead and managed to get through to night patrolman constable Frank air in the three years constable
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Eyre had worked in Shepparton his job had been mostly routine the evening of February 10 was shaping up to be another
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uneventful night until he received a call from Fred Medill expressing his concern for his
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daughter Urbina Constable heir and his partner constable John quark arrived at the
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middle house to get the particulars then headed out to check popular horns to see
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if a Beano was at any after a fruitless search the policeman returned to the middle house where her family had since
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learned that nabina was in the company of Gary Heywood police drove to the hayward residence and informed Gary's
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father Charlie of the situation the bedroom Gary shared with his younger brother was checked but his bed was
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empty Charlie and Alan Heywood joined Fred middle and the constable since searching for the young pair checking
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cars parked outside motels and other locations they thought the teenagers might be they found a no sign of them
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enter by 3:00 a.m. fred Medill headed back to the police station to formally report his daughter as missing
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the link between Gary and Davina puzzled both families although Gary had worked with and befriended a [ __ ] he never
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mentioned her to his father nor had a [ __ ] spoken of Gary to her family Charlie returned home and started
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contacting his son's friends to see whether they could shed more light on the night's events witness reports
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revealed that as Abena sat in his car at the Civic Center Gary asked his friends
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to get out so he could drive her back to the lake into Park by the banks of the Goulburn River the spot known locally
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has a lover's lane gary promised his friends he would return later to take them home and gave them a set of his
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keys and a Bennis wristwatch as a guarantee of their intention to return the pair were last seen driving off
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together in Gary's FJ Holden Gary kept his word returning to the Civic Center within half-an-hour but his friends had
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since departed when the concert ended shortly before 11:30 p.m. a witness saw Gary drive past the center but didn't
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notice if there was anyone else in the car Constable's heir and quark searched for hours with no results they suspected
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the teenagers had spent the night together and there was no cause for alarm constable quirks shift ended at 5:00
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a.m. so constable err gave him a lift home before returning to the police station as he drove back towards town
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he cited Gary's green FJ Holden parked haphazardly in Wyndam Street opposite Victoria Lake it was about five feet
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from the curb its engine was cold the tank was half empty and its windows were down
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a blue checkered rug Gary kept folded in the backseat was missing as were the ignition keys
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Charlie Haywood knew his son loved to the car and would never abandon it in such a careless manner the discovery of
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Gary's vehicle sparked a widespread police search one of the largest in Victoria at the time they were assisted
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by the missing teens families with the hey woods even taking their pet terrier along to see if she could detect - Gary
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sent friends locals and out-of-towners alike volunteered as well some speculated the couple had run off
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together but those who knew them didn't believe this to be the case describing Gary and Davina as casual
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acquaintances both were well-known entirely regarded in Shepparton and - neither had expressed a wants or need to
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leave moreover those who knew Gary was certain he would never abandon his beloved Holden after the car was
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discovered the Haywood family drove it home and parked it on their front lawn later that morning Gary's brother Alan
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started his regular routine of washing the vehicle spraying its boot with water from a hose
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realizing his son's actions could destroy valuable evidence Charlie quickly stopped Alan before he
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progressed any further X homicide squad detective Peter Parkinson was considered
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Shepherd ins toughest cop he took charge of the investigation into the disappearance of a beanie Medill and
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Gary Haywood described as old-school aggressive and at times excessive detective Parkinson was
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results-driven and uncompromising in his job he was already familiar with Gary Haywood and - knew how much he loved his
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car as he lived around the corner from the family and regularly saw the young man washing it when he passed by
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mindful that Gary would never ditch to hold and by choice one of Detective Parkinson's first
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actions was to seize the vehicle and examine it for evidence two unidentified fingerprints pointing downward were
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detected on top of the driver's side door an important discovery the police kept under wraps on the morning of
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Saturday February 12 an elderly man was cycling along a bridge spanning Castle Creek located 22 kilometers south of
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Shepperton and adjacent to the Goulburn Valley Highway he spotted a woman's white leather shoulder bags lying in the
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dry creek bed below and took it to the local police station it contained a 1 pound to note some change a powder
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compact key case her handkerchief and tissues as well as a metal disk engraved with the word Billie the name of bina
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Medill was printed on the bags inside of lining alongside her Maxwell Street address suspecting this indicated the 16
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year-old had met with foul play police began piecing together their theory that abena had been killed and her body
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wrapped in the rug missing from Gary's car given this spotlighted Gary as a possible suspect three detectives
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aggressively grilled his father Charlie trying to find out whether he was concealing his son from authorities
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meanwhile the Heywood's home was undergoing a thorough search police also questioned Gary's girlfriend Gail but
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she could offer nothing of value by Monday February 14 additional police resources arrived from Melbourne
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including a search-and-rescue team police divers and Allied aircraft more than 100 volunteers were now
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involved in the efforts to find the pair including all the employees of the Hayward's panel beaters although
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nobody's had been located Milburn's homicide squad also arrived in Shepparton to assist in the
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investigation by now the story had reached the front page of the Shepperton news and was even making headlines in
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Melbourne rumors spread that a fire at the mud spectacular might have something to do with Gary intervenors
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disappearance police appealed for a group of Melbourne rock-and-roll fans who had attended the show to come
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forward but the lead went nowhere on the sixth day of the search the questioning
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of a local 16 year old led detectives to the suburban strip of st. Andrews Road when they found an undergarment under a
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rock it was initially believed to have belonged to a [ __ ] but this was later disproved after further questioning the
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youth was released although police had been able to quickly determine that the underwear did not belong to a [ __ ] the
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story still went public causing great pain to her family the search continued for another two days extending to the
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rough country along the Goulburn River and into the thick bush land around Sheppard --an State Forest employees
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took to horseback has fixed the winged aircraft scoured from above and police divers submerged themselves in the
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numerous water holes throughout the region volunteers and officers tracked through wild six foot high grass with
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one police officer remarking if the two teenagers had been murdered and - their bodies dumped in the long grass
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searchers could pass within a few feet of them and to not know it their efforts were hampered by the number of snakes in
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the area with searchers killings 13 in a single day Saturday February 19 marked a nine days
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since the teenagers had vanished the region's annual duck hunting season commenced and shooters were asked to
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keep an eye out for clues in particular the check the blue rug that was missing from Gary's car
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friends of the teenagers were summoned to the police station and underwent intense questioning while a spate of
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alleged sightings were reported from all over Victoria and Australia placing the
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couple in far-flung locations such as Mildura terrain sale Wodonga and Sydney these supposed sightings gave the middle
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and Heywood families hope that their children were still alive 16 days after a beanie Medill and Gary Heywood
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vanished two 17-year old high school students Peter and Phillip set out from Melbourne to the small Riverside town of
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Murchison East for a weekend of rabbit shooting Peters family originally hailed from the town and he still visited his
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grandparents there regularly at 11 a.m. on Saturday February 26 they arrived at Murchison East railway station more than
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30 kilometers southwest of Shepherd n' and headed to feed his grandparents home for morning tea afterwards they set off
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down the gravel pack to River Road cutting across a paddock and climbing over a barbed wire fence to enter the
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lightly timbered State Forest along the Goulburn River the land was leased from the government by a local farmer and the
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teens regularly camped on the property during their shooting trips upon entering the bush lands the pair
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noticed the peculiar odor in the air which they presumed was emanating from a dead animal they carried on and
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approximately an hour later returned the same way as they came it was on their return track that Peter and Phillip
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discovered the source of the odor the severely decomposed body of a young woman was lying face-up in the paddock
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her legs apart and her arms near her sides she was naked from the waist down and had sustained severe head injuries
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peter alerted the owner of the farmlands who contacted police when they arrived the owner informed them that he too had
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smelled something near a collection of trees in his paddock about 300 meters from where the female body was found but
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had also assumed it was a dead animal when examining this area the police discovered the clothes the body of a
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male under a 30 foot read the gum tree he had a single bullet wound to his left temple the bodies were those of a bina
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Medill who had been sexually assaulted then beaten to death and Gary Heywood whose skull contained a 22 caliber
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bullet the area was immediately cordoned off as members of the Forensic Science Division the search and rescue squad the
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Homicide Squad and Shepherdsons crime investigation division began the laborious task of searching the 90 acres
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of paddocks around to the crime scene 64 meters west of a [ __ ] body were two pairs of her stockings each tied
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tightly in a loop of 50 centimeters matching fibers found on Gary's trousers indicated that his legs had been bound
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with the stockings his jumper was discovered near the stockings and in addition to being covered in grass seeds
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leaves and bark there were traces of blood on it a benas skirt and girdle were found a
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neatly folded nearby with one white shoe next to the pile and one on top there was also a second fired 22 caliber
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cartridge case indicating that the killer may have shot at Gary twice but only hit him once and a black piece of
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plastic which detectives believed might have been part of the murder weapon the keys to Gary's Holden were not at the
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scene nor was the rug he kept in the car and his upper dentures were also missing
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investigators ascertained that the assailant had abducted the pair at gunpoint near Victoria Lake dust on
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Gary's car matched samples taken from the paddock meaning the killer had driven or ordered the teens to drive to
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the area where their bodies were later found it appeared as though Gary struggled with his captor before either
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running off into the thicket of trees or was marched there before being tied up and executed the perpetrator then
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returned to a [ __ ] who was either restrained or unconscious and proceeded to rape her before bludgeoning her to
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death the careless way in which Gary's car was left back in Shepparton suggests that
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the killer had driven her back into town and abandoned that before or after discarding of Venus handbag near the
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Goulburn Valley Highway investigating police described the murders as beyond comprehension and the most brutal
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killing they had ever encountered the families of the two victims were extremely distraught Gary Hayward's
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mother Margaret lost a great deal of weight and struggled to maintain the will to live his brother Alan was left
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terrified thinking the killer would come after him next Abby no middles father expressed his shock at her murder in his
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formal police statement writing I cannot think of any reason why any person would
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want to harm my daughter an extra team of detectives arrived in Shepparton as officers worked upwards of
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16 hours a day to hunt down those responsible the double homicide had left the small and otherwise quiet city
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reeling and pressure to find the culprits was intense a $10,000 reward for information was on offer and Iraq
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matching the one that was missing from Gary's car was displayed in the window of a major store in the middle of town
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one individual came to police attention after a matching rug was spotted in his home demand a in Stanley lawful was in
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his late 30s until police he had stolen the rug from a dark blue Halden with South Australian registration plates
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parked outside a pub in Marut nur a town six kilometers west of Shepherd 'n police spoke with local mechanics to see
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if they'd seen any vehicles similar to the one lawful described and found a match convinced this was a promising
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lead police tracked the vehicle down to a car yard in South Australia only to find its drivers had airtight alibis for
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the night of February 10 police suspected two or more people had committed the crimes the region's
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fruit-picking season was at its peak and they considered the possibility that the
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murderers could be among the thousands of workers temporarily in town for casual employment when investigators
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asked the local orchard ist's to report any suspicious workers hundreds of tip offs came in but none led anywhere as
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such police were inclined to believe the murders were committed by locals as the
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remoteness of the crime scene indicated the killers were familiar with the area they were soon concentrating on the
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town's teenagers in particular there were reports of a party held near the Goulburn River close to the west side of
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Victoria Lake on the night of the murders it involved a car race and ended in a fierce brawl between attendees when
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one vehicle hid another police believed the Gary may have been present and participated in the brawl and was then
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killed by his opponents for revenge one senior detective told the media we feel some of the young people in
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Shepparton know something of the movements of Gary on the night he was murdered although many people have come forward
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and volunteered information most of the youths we have interviewed have been knows we have sought out ourselves we
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believe they are not telling all they know no one raised this much suspicion as a [ __ ] boyfriend Ian er'ka he was
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viewed as a prime suspect due to his jealous outburst after learning a [ __ ] had left with Gary Heywood whom he then
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threatened to kill over the matter at the time the Melbourne homicide squad had a reputation for being hard officers
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who were tough on criminals often beating a confession out of a suspect if necessary
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ian was regularly summoned to the station for formal police interviews during which he was verbally abused
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slapped and kicked by detectives they believed he was assisted by his friend and housemate Peter hazel Minh
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who drove him around on the night of the murders Peter was also questioned and subjected
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to aggressive treatment at the hands of the police as were several of their other friends
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despite these heavy-handed tactics Ian did not admit any involvement in the crime detectives presumed he was too
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tough to crack with one remarking to a uniformed officer that he had quote belted and belted Irka but he will not
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confess when a uns older sister Heather noticed how miserable he was she asked what the police interviews involved but
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he seemed ashamed and refused to answer Ian confided in friends that he was very
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scared of the police and what might happen to him he began borrowing a car from his father or a friend in order to
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camp out instead of returning home where officers could find him one day he arrived home and informed his family he
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was quote going to tell them he did it to stop the police from hurting him even though Victorian laws at the time
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meant a confession would have most likely resulted in his execution Heather convinced him not to confess the
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funerals for Gary Heywood and Debenham their duel took place on Friday March 4 1966 marking the largest memorial
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services Shepperton had ever seen gary's was held at st. Brendan's Catholic Church at 1:00 p.m.
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voilá penis was at Scott's Presbyterian Church two hours later the city came to a standstill as shops closed for the day
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and people gathered to watch while each procession passed by both the churches were filled to
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capacity with mourners spilling out onto the streets during a penis funeral a grief-stricken a inner cat was sighted
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standing at the rear of the church with his sister Heather he had bought a dozen
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red roses and a card that read with all my love Ian the siblings kept their distance to
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avoid drawing attention to themselves but once the congregation noticed their presence suspicious glances and tense
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whispers were exchanged amongst them a [ __ ] and Gary were both laid to rest that Shepherd in public cemetery their
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graves located just 20 metres from one another several months later in mid-1966 having failed to obtain the
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confession they expected police officially ruled a inner cut out of their investigation two detectives
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visited the home of his sister Heather to inform the family and reluctantly acknowledged that they're questioning
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event had been particularly tough due to the seriousness of the case despite alien being cleared the media community
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and some police members still believed him to be guilty harassment remained a part of his daily life leading him and
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his alleged accomplice Peter hazel Minh to relocate into state Ian moved to Western Australia picking
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up work on an oil rig before travelling to Singapore for further work Peter worked on an oil rig off the Victorian
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coast for two years but then returned to Shepperton the town's attitude towards him had not
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changed prompting Peter to relocate again eventually settling in the Northern Territories capital city of Darwin the
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black piece of plastic found at the crime scene was identified as the plug the screwed into the butt end of an
00:36:26
American Mossberg 22 self-loading rifle forensics confirmed the firearm was used
00:36:33
to execute Gary Heywood and bludgeon Abena Medill though there were four semi-automatic
00:36:39
models that the recovered shells could have come from nos bugs were obtainable from most Australian gun dealers but it
00:36:47
wasn't a particularly common weapon anyone knowing the whereabouts of any Mossberg semi-automatic firearms were
00:36:55
asked to contact the police some were confiscated including a sawn-off version from a 20 year old who
00:37:02
lived close to where the bodies were found manufacturers in the United States were asked the supplied records of
00:37:10
rifles imported to Australia and police tracked down owners from local gun sellers records once a rifle was found
00:37:18
police fired it to compare against the shell casings with a total of 353 Mossberg being tested throughout the
00:37:26
investigation inquiries began in Shepard owned and at surrounds later expanding to all parts of Victoria and eventually
00:37:36
throughout Australia during this time a police constable attended a farm in art Moana a locality in the Goulburn Valley
00:37:45
ten kilometers west of Shepherd in' he was looking to question a 22 year old man named - Raymond Edmonds after his
00:37:53
name came up in one of the investigations many tip-offs although the exact reason for the visit was never
00:37:59
recorded the property owner advised the constable that Edmonds who had lived and
00:38:06
worked on the land for the past two years as a share farmer was no longer in the district as he had recently moved
00:38:12
with his wife and their three young children - may roll a small community in southern New South Wales the property
00:38:21
owner provided a forwarding address for Edmonds and the constable thanked him adding will get the boys up there to
00:38:28
pick him up after the constable left the property owner recalled Edmonds owned a
00:38:34
22 semi-automatic Mossberg rifle which he used to go rabbit shooting and presumed this detail was the reason for
00:38:42
the officers visit an inquest into the unsolved murders of gary hayward and Davina module was held
00:38:51
in June 1970 four years after the teenagers bodies were found it had been postponed by the case investigators and
00:38:59
when asked why Senior Constable Peter Parkinson explained inquiries have been at many stages looking good and to then
00:39:09
come to utterly nothing at many stages we have had great hopes of solving it but without result
00:39:16
by this stage inquiries had been made across the country in Queensland New South Wales and South Australia as well
00:39:25
as overseas in the United States accepting the breakthrough they were hoping for remained out of reach the
00:39:32
inquest into the double homicide was finally scheduled to commence on Tuesday June 9 Frank Medill spoke at the inquest
00:39:41
describing his daughter as a normal girl of her years who followed the modern teenage trend
00:39:48
he couldn't think of a reason why anybody would want to harm her Charley Heywood described his son as a regular
00:39:56
boy who respected his parents and always did as he was asked when called to the stand Senior Constable Peter Parkinson
00:40:04
told the coroner that 3478 individuals had been interviewed and investigations were still ongoing after
00:40:14
hearing evidence from 16 witnesses the coroner was unable to offer new evidence or insight announcing that Gary and
00:40:22
Davina were murdered by a person or persons unknown in the early hours of February 11 1966 despite being
00:40:33
officially cleared a intercuts name was mentioned at the inquest with evidence put on the record that he was quote very
00:40:41
annoyed upon learning abena had gone driving with Gary Ian was living in Singapore at the time of the inquest and
00:40:50
was not called to give evidence he had built a new life for himself overseas earning
00:40:56
good money working as a maintenance specialist on offshore drilling rigs two years later on Friday February 11 1972
00:41:05
almost six years to the day since his girlfriend was murdered in her coat and a colleague returned to Singapore
00:41:13
following a work trip to Sumatra they disembarked their flight shortly after midnight and to left the airport in
00:41:21
Ian's vehicle the cream-colored mg sports car while driving down a highway crashed the vehicle at high speed
00:41:31
killing both himself and his passenger instantly his funeral was held at Scots Presbyterian Church the same place where
00:41:41
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[Music] located nearly 200 kilometers south of Shepard on his the Melbourne suburb of
00:47:48
Don Vale in the 1960s Don Vale was characterized by dense bush land farms and orchards but by the early 70s the
00:47:58
area was changing with clusters of residential homes cropping up in place of the large blocks of rural land on the
00:48:07
evening of Monday July 26 1971 25 year-old Suzanne was at her Don Vale home with her three children while her
00:48:16
husband was out visiting friends after putting the children to bed Suzanne decided to mop the kitchen floor
00:48:24
and at around 10:00 p.m. she went to fetch some clean water from the laundry when she entered the hallway she was
00:48:33
confronted by a man she initially talked to be her husband until she noticed his
00:48:38
face was covered in a mask made from a stocking he raised his right hand which held a
00:48:45
long butcher's knife causing Suzanne to scream the masked intruder told her to keep quiet and explained that he didn't
00:48:54
want to hurt her before backing her into the kitchen and demanding money he then
00:49:00
ordered her to undress anticipating what would happen next Suzanne disclosed that she had recently
00:49:08
given birth and still had stitches the assailant replied that he was just going to tie up her hands and feet then leave
00:49:16
and ordered her to sit on the floor after he finished restraining Suzanne's hands behind her back with a stocking he
00:49:25
tied her ankles together then began rubbing her breasts she screamed too loudly and the men fled Suzanne managed
00:49:36
to untie herself and immediately phoned the police two detectives arrived within minutes
00:49:43
and soon realized that the assault shared a number of similarities with a rape committed in don vale eleven days
00:49:51
earlier the suburb of greensboro lies roughly 17 kilometres northwest of Don Vale four years after the attack on
00:50:01
Suzanne 23 year old Cathy was spending the night of Friday January 31 1975 in her Greensboro home with her two
00:50:09
children while her fiance was away interstate Cathy and her son were both sleeping in her bed while her infant
00:50:18
daughter slept in a cot in the nursery at approximately 4:10 in the morning Cathy was woken by a noise she thought
00:50:27
was her daughter rattling the side of her cot she listened to quietly for several minutes before hearing the sound
00:50:35
again from the direction of the laundry she switched on her bedroom light and saw a man standing in the doorway of the
00:50:43
bathroom brandishing a 12-inch knife up high in his right hand Cathy screamed then told the intruder
00:50:52
that a friend was staying over in the guest room and had luckily heard her and called the police the man responded it's
00:51:01
a lie no one will see you for a couple of days until your husband gets back he forced her back to her bed placed a
00:51:10
blanket over her terrified son and raped her police collected small amounts of evidence from the scene including the
00:51:21
perpetrators fingerprints consisting of a small count loop on the right hand index finger and discard right hand
00:51:28
pinkie these matched fingerprints recovered from the 1971 Don viola sold two years later on Monday February 14
00:51:39
1977 another sexual assault was reported this time roughly 55 kilometers south in
00:51:46
the suburb of Chelsea Heights the crime scene yielded the same distinctive fingerprints as the dawn
00:51:53
veil and de greensboro attacks investigators were well aware that were dealing with a serial rapist between
00:52:02
1971 into 1979 there were 12 assaults attempted rapes and raids throughout Melbourne attributed to an unknown
00:52:10
attacker police had dubbed the Don Vale rapist named after the location he spree
00:52:16
had begun many of the victims were married women who were either home alone or with their young children when the
00:52:24
Don Vale rapist struck he appeared to stalk his victims waiting until he knew they were alone or vulnerable before
00:52:33
launching an attack police were certain he deliberately targeted young mothers in order to control his victims by
00:52:41
threatening to harm their children descriptions provided by survivors allowed for the creation of a composite
00:52:49
sketch of the rapist which was circulated widely among the police and public the suspect was between the ages
00:52:56
of 34 and 44 had a pasty fair complexion stood between 5 foot 4 inches to 5 foot
00:53:03
10 inches tall and had sandy light brown or reddish blond hair with long bushy sideburns as more details came to light
00:53:13
police tasked the sculptor with creating a bust of the perpetrator the first time
00:53:19
a three-dimensional likeness was made of a wanted man in Australia 8 survivors and 2 witnesses from the most recent
00:53:27
crimes helped design the sculpture which took 45 hours to build a hairdresser colored and combed a wig and a makeup
00:53:36
artist that had skin tones to the bust which police nicknamed Boris Boris was used to gain the public's assistance in
00:53:46
identifying its real-life counterpart who was described as having soft hands being well-spoken and often going
00:53:53
barefoot a few survivors thought he had a slight accent that might have been Scottish or northern English another
00:54:02
descriptor that appeared in several survivors statements was that their attacker had an offensive odor described
00:54:09
as a combination of strong cigarette smoke body odor bitumen or diesel as such a newspaper
00:54:17
sub-editor dubbed the unknown rapist mr. stinky in 1982 five individual sets of fingerprints associated with the state's
00:54:34
most notorious unsolved crimes were prominently displayed in the office of the Victoria Police fingerprint Bureau
00:54:41
in the hope that staff would memorize and recognize them instantly among them were the fingerprints belonging to mr.
00:54:50
stinky the bureau had no computers so the team of 67 men and women would spend every day
00:54:59
sifting through hundreds of Polaroid photographs taken at crime scenes to find matching characteristics with
00:55:05
prints on file on Monday July 12 sergeant Andrew wall decided to examine some fingerprints from cold-case files
00:55:14
and came across the ones lifted from the top of the driver's-side door of Geary Hayward's FJ Holden sedan 16 years
00:55:22
earlier the prints which were suspected to belong to Gary Haywood and Debenham Adele's killer showed impressions of an
00:55:31
individual's right middle and ring fingers they immediately appeared familiar to Sergeant wall who quickly
00:55:38
realized they matched to those belonging to mr. stinky although this breakthrough
00:55:46
didn't bring authorities any closer to identifying mr. stinky had offered them a new suspect in the double homicide On
00:55:55
January 4 1983 the development saw the reward for information about the crime increased from 10,000 to $50,000 in May
00:56:07
the following year a new task force was formed to identify and apprehend mr. stinky headquartered at the offices of
00:56:15
the Victorian police academy in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley the team comprised the four detectives who
00:56:22
were led by detective senior sergeant Dennis Hanna within two ways they added a 13th rape to the list of attacks
00:56:31
attributed to mr. stinky this most recent assault had occurred several weeks earlier and within a
00:56:38
kilometer of the task force's base given the perpetrator was still active the team understood the urgency of their
00:56:46
task people who had crossed paths with the 13 survivors were examined in an effort to find a connection between them
00:56:55
a computer database was created of individuals who had been in Shepparton in the 1960s into Melbourne ceased in
00:57:03
suburbs during the 1970s with investigators planning to cross-check the extensive
00:57:09
lists to see if there was any overlap between the categories details from other cases were also studied to uncover
00:57:17
more potential victims or perpetrators mr. Stinky's fingerprints were circulated to police stations throughout
00:57:26
Australia and in July 1984 two detectives were sent to the central fingerprint bureau in Sydney to spend a
00:57:34
week searching through their databases for a match though their efforts came up at dry they left copies of mr. Stinky's
00:57:42
prints for Sydney detectives to keep on file with no significant progress achieved by the end of 1984 the task
00:57:51
force was disbanded and its detectives were ordered to return to their normal duties
00:58:01
the town of Aubry is nestled on the northern banks of the Murray River which acts as a watery border between the
00:58:08
states of New South Wales and Victoria to the south on Saturday March 16 1985 local resident Pat help--and was
00:58:18
operating a cash register in the electrical goods department at all Brie's Waltons department store where
00:58:24
she'd worked for 30 years in between serving customers Pat would gaze out the large display windows nearby people
00:58:32
watching and keeping an eye on passers-by as lunch time drew near she noticed the beefy man with a potbelly
00:58:40
and sandy colored hair sitting in a Ford station wagon outside parked parallel to
00:58:46
the curb he was wearing a blue singlet and had the driver's seat tilted back in a reclining position Pat looked away but
00:58:56
found her attention drawn back to the man several minutes later she noticed that he had a tense expression on his
00:59:03
face before realizing he was masturbating Pat alerted a number of other employees and the stores manager
00:59:11
called the police two police cars containing three constables arrived at approximately 12:30 p.m. and parked at
00:59:21
the rear of the store to avoid alerting the man to their presence constable Glen Taylor approached the
00:59:27
vehicle and tapped on the window shocking the car's occupant the men initially denied any wrongdoing but grew
00:59:35
quiet when he realized he had been caught when asked what his name was he replied Raymond Edmonds while the other
00:59:45
two officers took statements from witnesses constable Kevin savage took Edmonds into
00:59:51
custody and charged him with willful and obscene exposure he had his fingerprints taken in
00:59:57
accordance with New South Wales law which dictated that all offenders be fingerprinted on Monday March 18 41
01:00:06
year-old Raymond Edmonds pleaded guilty in an augury Court and was fined 400 dollars before being released as per
01:00:15
standard procedure Edmonds fingerprints were sent to the central fingerprint Bureau in Sydney for filing several days
01:00:25
later at around 5:00 p.m. on Thursday March 21 Raymond Edmonds fingerprints were
01:00:31
examined by a senior detective working late at Sydney's central fingerprint bureau the index fingers were strongly
01:00:39
defined while a scar cut across the little finger on the right hand he immediately recognized them as matching
01:00:46
a set of prints that Victorian detectives had left at the office eight months prior that belonged to a serial
01:00:53
rapist and suspected killer known only as mr. stinky Raymond Edmonds was born in Melbourne on March 12 1944 as his
01:01:09
birth mother was young and unwed Edmonds was adopted by a married couple named Harold and to Mavis Edmonds though he
01:01:16
wouldn't learn of his adoption until his teenage years he was the couple's only child and they doted on him leading some
01:01:24
of the family's relatives to believe he was spoiled and undisciplined by the time Edmonds was 6 years old
01:01:32
he started exhibiting signs of being withdrawn and struggled to connect with others
01:01:38
Harold Edmonds was a businessman who bought and sold farms and his family often relocated to various towns
01:01:45
throughout Victoria for his work in the mid 1950s when Edmonds was 13 years old the family made their sixth move since
01:01:55
his adoption around at the same time his father purchased him a gift an automatic
01:02:02
Mossberg 22 rifle with a fold-down grip as a child Edmonds had issues with bedwetting which continued through to
01:02:12
his early teens on one occasion Mavis took her son to see a doctor for a diagnosis the doctor found no physical
01:02:22
cause for the problem but noticed that Edmonds only had one testicle he prescribed a drug to treat the issue but
01:02:29
later confessed to Mavis that he had prescribed the incorrect medication one that was used to accelerate puberty
01:02:37
Mavis shared this information with friends but little else is known about the matter as the doctors records were
01:02:44
not retained as a teenager Edmonds didn't form any close friendships with other boys his age and was almost
01:02:53
exclusively fixated on sex and young women when he was 16 years old he impregnated a girl who gave the child up
01:03:02
for adoption at 17 Edmonds was seduced by an older woman who was a friend of his family they participated in
01:03:12
experimental and violent sex and she encouraged him to watch sex acts between herself and her girlfriend years later
01:03:21
Edmonds admitted quote that was when my problems started in the mid-1960s the family resided in Yarrawonga and
01:03:33
township roughly 270 kilometers northeast of Melbourne on the border of Victoria and in New South Wales it was
01:03:41
there that he met Leslie Crawford a tall blond teenager two years his junior the
01:03:48
pair had an on-and-off relationship until Leslie broke up with Edmonds towards the end of the year they
01:03:55
reunited several weeks later and on Leslie's 16th birthday they conceived a child Leslie's parents disliked Edmonds
01:04:05
and offered to support their daughter and her baby themselves but Leslie chose to state with her child's father in the
01:04:13
hopes they could have a happy life together [Music] the couple married in September of 1961
01:04:24
and moved to a dairy farm where Edmonds and his father worked Edmonds was unfaithful to Leslie from the outset of
01:04:32
their marriage but was also extremely jealous of any attention she received when their first child was born he
01:04:40
refused to visit his wife in hospital and she briefly returned to live with her parents the couple reconciled again
01:04:48
and soon had a second child Edmunds had a violent temper that could erupt at any time and he often took his
01:04:58
anger out on the animals he worked with he earned a reputation for animal cruelty after he almost beat a cow to
01:05:06
death with an iron chain an incident that deeply disturbed those who witnessed it on another occasion he
01:05:14
killed a farm dog that had taken an instant dislike to him in retaliation a furious co-worker lepton Edmondson
01:05:22
stabbed him in the arm with a knife Leslie was also a victim of Edmonds violence he beat and raped her often and
01:05:32
abused her emotionally and financially by humiliating her in front of other people and withholding money
01:05:39
by the time Leslie was 19 she was pregnant with the couple's third child around 2 this time she walked in on
01:05:47
Edmonds molesting their 3 year old daughter Leslie began to scream and her husband simply exited the room in
01:05:56
silence like his father Edmonds never stayed in one place for too long by 1966 Edmonds and Leslie lived with their
01:06:09
three young children on a dairy farm in art Moana a rural area ten kilometers west of Shepard n' on the evening of
01:06:18
February 10 1966 the night Gary Haywood and Abena Medill went missing Edmonds went out for the evening and didn't
01:06:26
return the next morning Leslie heard the news about the two missing teenagers on
01:06:33
the radio and felt a twinge of suspicion wondering where her husband had been the
01:06:38
night before but ultimately dismissed her concerns during the investigation into the double homicide a police
01:06:48
officer visited the farm in art Moana to question Edmonds only to discover he and
01:06:54
his family had since relocated to New South Wales the officer indicated they would alert their interstate
01:07:01
counterparts that Edmonds was wanted for questioning but the lead wasn't pursued
01:07:05
further by 1968 Leslie had given up any hope that her husband would change she returned to live with her parents
01:07:15
and as punishment Edmonds refused to let her have any contact with their children
01:07:21
and she didn't see them for four years several years later Edmonds began a romantic relationship with his live-in
01:07:31
housekeeper Colleen who had two children by 1971 the couple had a child together
01:07:38
and moved to the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond where Edmonds took a job as a tram conductor he officially divorced
01:07:47
Leslie and married Colleen by mid-1975 Edmonds was working as a night patrolman for a security firm in Melbourne sayst
01:07:56
and suburbs but was eager to relocate again he moved to a farm in the Gippsland town of officer which was
01:08:05
close enough to commute to Melbourne for work at the end of 1976 he took another
01:08:12
farm share job at a property in Chelsea hides a Bayside suburb in Melbourne south police in Melbourne were notified
01:08:23
as soon as the detectives in Sydney matched Edmunds fingerprints to those of mr. stinky suspecting he was still in
01:08:32
Aubrey arrangements were immediately made for investigators to travel there but before that could happen he was
01:08:39
tracked to a factory in the Melbourne suburb of Hyatt at 7:50 a.m. on Friday March 22 1995 detectives Denis Hanna and
01:08:50
Ken Mansell went to the factory and to instantly recognized the man behind the front desk in the Foreman's office as
01:08:57
Raymond Edmonds he remained calm as the detectives told him he was being taken into custody for questioning over the
01:09:07
murders of a young shepherding couple in 1966 at the time Victorian law only permitted police interviews to run for a
01:09:17
maximum of six hours so time was of the essence for the detectives state laws also allowed people to decline having
01:09:25
their fingerprints or footprints taken but Edmunds consented to both although his fingerprints matched to those taken
01:09:33
from Gary Hayward's vehicle he staunchly denied any connection to the double homicide
01:09:39
when asked if he had been in Shepparton at the time he evasive li replied on light and might not have been he also
01:09:49
denied responsibility for any of the rapes that occurred throughout Melbourne in the 1970s but as the interview
01:09:56
progressed his confidence began to fade he refused to look the investigators in the eyes averting his gaze into giving
01:10:05
listless responses shortly after 10:30 a.m. Edmonds finally cracked stating I've asked myself why
01:10:15
many times I don't want to hurt anyone anymore although he wasn't religious he asked the detectives to contact a priest
01:10:26
whom he could confess his crimes to who could then relayed the information to police a Catholic priest was summoned
01:10:36
and the pair spoke in privacy for 15 minutes before the detectives were called back into the room with Edmonds
01:10:43
agreeing to repeat his confession on the night of February 10 1966 Edmonds claimed he went to Shepherd N and met a
01:10:54
large group of people outside a hotel on the town's Main Street who introduced him to Garry Haywood and Davina Medill
01:11:02
when the rest of the group left to attend the mod spectacular concert at the Civic Center
01:11:08
Garry and Davina invited him to go for a drive in Garry's car during the course of the drive Edmonds claimed that Abena
01:11:17
climbed into the backseat and are they engaged in consensual sex which made Garry angry and jealous as he drove
01:11:25
Garry revealed he was carrying a 22 caliber automatic sawn-off rifle and started shooting out the driver's side
01:11:33
window they eventually arrived at the rural Riverside village of Murchison where
01:11:39
Edmunds and Gary went for a walk they got into an argument about a [ __ ] and Edmonds shot Gary when he returned to
01:11:49
the car and told abena that Gary was dead she tried to run away but Edmonds chased her and beat her to death he
01:11:58
claimed he had ditched the murder weapon near her body despite it never being recovered from the same Edmunds
01:12:06
concluded his confession by saying unfit and healthy but I must be sick in the head I think I need destroying
01:12:17
the detectives showed at Mensa film made in 1966 that recreated the movements of
01:12:24
Gary Hayward's car on the night of February 10 he identified the teenagers FJ Holden as well as various local
01:12:32
landmarks while this confirmed he had a knowledge of the crime the detectives didn't believe his version of events in
01:12:40
the slightest as many k details didn't add up physical evidence indicated the victims
01:12:48
had been tied up that Edmonds claimed he had no memory of doing this in addition
01:12:54
several witness statements placed the Gary and Urbina away from the hotel during the period Edmonds claimed to
01:13:01
have met them there he also denied ever owning a firearm and claimed the rifle belonged to Gary Haywood the Gary's
01:13:10
firmly established he had never owned a gun Raymond Edmonds was formally charged with the double
01:13:18
homicide he was also charged with three counts of rape and two counts of assault with
01:13:24
intent to rape in relation to five attacks committed by the Don Vale rapist when his wife Colleen asked if he really
01:13:32
murdered the two teenagers he admitted yes word of the arrest spread through Sheppard in providing both relief and
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sorrow to the families of the victims and to those wrongfully accused at the time of Gary Haywood and Debenham a
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duels murders Edmonds was 21 years old and worked at a dairy farm in art Moana that belonged to the Gorn family he got
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along well with the families 16 year old son Stewart and the pair often went out
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shooting foxes and rabbits together in 1985 Stewart was in his mid 30s and still resided on the dairy farm when he
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heard the news that Raymond Edmonds had been arrested for the infamous double homicide he immediately recognized his
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name and recalled that a detective had visited the farm following the murders looking for admins at the time the Gorn
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family had assumed his name must have come up when police were looking for Mossberg or offal owners
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news of the arrest also prompted Stewart to remember that years earlier he had found a cut-off piece of a gun stock and
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a telescopic sight from a rifle in a shed that Edmonds had used during his time on the farm he called the Shepherd
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and police to report the discoveries this information was hugely significant for investigators as they had not
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retained records of the officer visiting the farm in 1966 the question admins and
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were unaware that he ever owned a Mossberg rifle on Sunday March 24 detectives visited the gorn's dairy farm
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to collect the items Stewart showed them a spot where he and Edmonds used to shoot targets and the decision was made
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to dig for ballistics evidence a large quantity of soil was excavated from the area revealing 922 caliber cartridge
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cases that match to those found near the bodies of Abena Medill and Garry Heywood
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20 years earlier forensic evidence also confirmed that the pieces of the gun stock and the
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telescopic sight would fit a 352 K model Mossberg despite Edmunds confession he was yet to enter a plea and was remanded
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in custody while detectives continued building a case against him they traced his movements over the years and
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discovered that unsolved sexual assaults had occurred in every area he had resided investigators believed Edmonds
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was responsible for 27 other rape and assault cases but he had since retained a lawyer and refused to respond to any
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subsequent questioning without a formal interview police were unable to press charges they conducted extensive
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interviews with Edmonds ex-wife Leslie and his current spouse Coleen uncovering detailed information about his violent
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and sexually abusive tendencies Leslie admitted that she had intuitively believed Edmonds could be responsible
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for the murders of gary hayward and Debenham Adil from the start but refrained from going to the police
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because she didn't truly think he was capable of the crime she had also been concerned that her suspicions would be
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dismissed as an unhappy wife trying to get her husband in trouble investigators compiled 260 pages of
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statements taken from 66 witnesses and managed to debunk Edmonds original confession confirming that his father
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had given him a Mossberg rifle when he was a teenager a five-thousand word summary of the case was prepared ahead
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of Edmonds committal hearing with detectives outlining their theory that the accused had kidnapped his victims
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when they were sitting in Garry's Holden near Lake Victoria he then held them at
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gunpoint forcing Gary to drive - Murchison East where he restrained him with stockings before raping a [ __ ]
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Gary likely managed to break free prompting Edmonds to shoot him before finally killing her bina
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on Monday October 21 1985 Edmonds committal hearing commenced at the Melbourne Magistrates Court where he
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pleaded not guilty to all seven charges evidence was presented over five days after which the magistrate concluded
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there was enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial while awaiting trial Edmonds changed his plea to guilty of
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all charges on Thursday April 3 1986 he appeared at the Melbourne Supreme Court to receive his sentencing the state of
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Victoria abolished capital punishment in 1975 meaning had Edmonds been caught in
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1966 when he carried out the murders he would have faced the death penalty instead for the murders of gary hayward
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and Urbina Medill he was sentenced to two terms of a life imprisonment with no minimum term sentencing for the three
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rapes and two attempted sexual assaults took place on Tuesday October 28 1986 justice Alastair Nicholson remarked you
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chose women who were alone or who were caring for young children as your prey you attacked them at night in what must
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have been horrifying circumstances in four cases you had a knife the fact that you write to these women with children
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in bed with them just didn't matter to you you treated women as some sort of inferior species upon which you could
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inflict your desires he then sentenced Edmonds to an additional 30 years following his older brother's murder
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Allan Haywood had been consumed by thoughts of vengeance in a 1987 interview with the journalist and author
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Andrew rule Allen revealed how his family had struggled to cope in the aftermath of the violent crime though
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his father was still alive his mother's health the tear rated following Gary's death and she
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passed away nine years later four months after the murders Alen carried a sawn-off rifle in his school bag
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terrified that his brother's killer would pursue him next he practiced the shooting and became a crack shot hoping
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the opportunity for revenge would one day present itself when Raymond Edmonds was arrested Alain thought his chance
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had finally arrived and considered attending the committal hearing to execute the murderer himself his wife
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talked him out of it by pointing out that revenge was futile as he would only be putting his family through more
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suffering and destroying his own life in 1988 injury rule published a book about
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Edmonds crimes titled a cuckoo in it he described how a number of Edmonds survivors experienced ongoing trauma and
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suffered personal losses as a result of his crimes but found support him one another and the detectives who
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investigated their cases since his capture Raymond Edmonds has been considered a
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suspect in several other high-profile cold cases during his first police interview on March 22 1985 Edmonds
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became morose and began to make references towards the murders of two other young women but the six our
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interview limit was reached before the detectives could question him further the first was 17 year old Bronwyn
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Richardson who was abducted outside a supermarket in Aubrey in October 1973 her semi naked body was discovered in
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the Murray River two days later with an autopsy revealing she had been raped and
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strangled her clothes were folded neatly nearby in a similar manner to the way Abena models
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clothing had been found in 1966 several men have been charged with bronwen's murder over the years but the case has
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never proceeded to trial the second crime took place on Thursday January 3 1980 39 year-old Elaine Jones was
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camping with her husband Alan and to their two children in the Riverside town of toca Mall near the New South Wales
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and Victorian border she walked to a shop two kilometres away to buy chocolates and cigarettes but never
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returned the following morning Alan and to their seven-year-old daughter discovered Elaine's naked body in the
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Murray River while out in their dinghy she had been sexually assaulted her skull was fractured and her throat had
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been cut as Allen attempted to pull her body into the boat he suffered a heart attack and died resulting in their
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daughter having to swim to shore alone to seek help Raymond Edmonds was reported to have
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been camping 17 kilometres away on a loopner Island at the time leaving the campsite the same night that Elaine
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disappeared Edmonds has also been linked to the unsolved the disappearance of eight-year-old Heloise Wallace who was
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abducted from her home in the Bayside suburb of Boat Morris on the night of Monday January 12 1976 her home was 14
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kilometres northwest from the Chelsea Heights farmhouse that Edmonds moved into later that same year in 2003 an
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inquest into Eloise's disappearance mentioned that Edmonds had been investigated in relation to the case but
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no conclusive evidence was uncovered proving his involvement he has also been listed as a person of
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interest in the slayings of six women in Tainan North covered in episode 46 of case file but was ultimately dismissed
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as a suspect the mandatory process in New South Wales of fingerprinting all offenders was
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crucial to the eventual apprehension of Edmunds at the time Victoria lacked a similar policy and had
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Edmunds been arrested across the border he may have gone undetected since then Victoria has been an early
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adopter of forensic advancements and it was the first state in Australia to introduce widespread criminal DNA
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testing in the early 1990s in 2002 Victoria was also the first to introduce the requirement that all offenders of
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serious crimes provide DNA samples in 2017 the cold-case team of Victoria's sexual crime squad launched a review of
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the investigations into crimes suspected to have been committed by Raymond Edmonds in January 2019 he was charged
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with thirty-one historical offences relating to eleven different incidents that took place across six Melbourne
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suburbs beginning in 1971 the charges included eight counts of rape three counts of indecent assault one of
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abduction of a female by force two counts of false imprisonment one count of grievous bodily harm and two 10
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counts of burglary on Wednesday September 11 2009 teen the now 75 year-old Raymond Edmonds formally
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pleaded guilty to all of the new charges two weeks later he was sentenced to an additional 23 years and five months on
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top of his existing life sentences following the announcement of these charges Detective Inspector Steve Wilson
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of the sexual Crime Squad told the media I want victims to feel heartened that we
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are charging someone this week over incidents that occurred as much as 47 years ago it is never too late for you
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to speak to police to come forward until your story or make a report I also want
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offenders to understand that police won't give up trying to provide these victims with the justice they deserve
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