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please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website 23 year old Paul onions arrived in
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Australia from his hometown of Birmingham England on December 22 1989 like many international backpackers
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before him Paul had heard great things about the land down under and was looking forward
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to a summer of travel and adventure before embarking on a six-month working holiday he spent the first six weeks of
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his trip staying at a hostel in Sydney where he visited the sights of the city and hung out with fellow travelers
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before deciding to head south to Victoria to save he could find a job fruit-picking
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Paul considered catching a bus for the near 1,000 kilometer journey the several other backpackers advised him that
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hitchhiking was easier and a great way to save money they recommended he take the tried and tested around catch a
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train to Liverpool in Sydney's southwest walk to the Hume Highway then hitch a ride south to Melbourne
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following this advice On January 25 1994 lanyons boarded the train to Liverpool arriving at approximately 1 p.m.
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he set off for the Hume Highway on foot carrying all of his possessions in an old green coloured army rucksack
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although traffic was busy Paul wasn't having any luck hailing a riot and after an hour of wandering along in the
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oppressive afternoon Sun he veered off the highway at the town of Casula to refresh with a drink and a chocolate bar
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lost resting at Lombardo's news agency Paul was approached by a stocky tan to skin man with dark hair and to lie to us
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he had a bushy horseshoe-shaped mustache the paul likened two famous Australian cricket player Murph Hughes the men
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introduced himself as bill and asked the British backpacker if he needed a lift offering to drive him as far as Canberra
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a 280 kilometers rife south Paul gratefully accepted the ride [Music] the two men climbed into Bill's silver
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Nissen patrol four-wheel drive vehicle which had a red stripe down the side chrome-plated sidesteps
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a bull bar curtains on the rear door windows and two lamb's wool seat covers bill through Paul's rucksack onto the
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backseat before getting behind the will and heading south along the Hume Highway
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the pair engaged in small talk about the hot weather and Paul's upcoming travel plans bill was friendly and easy to talk
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to explaining his family was from Yugoslavia and that he lived a locally where he worked for the roads and
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traffic authority in Liverpool he was recently divorced than currently on a break from work taking the opportunity
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to head to Canberra for a holiday with friends Paul politely responded to Bill's
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questions advising that he had no family in Australia and that up until recently
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he had been in the British Navy bill last Paul if he had any Special Forces training in the military to which he
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responded no he worked as an air conditioning engineer Bill's demeanor then started to shift a conversation
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about immigration ensued during which bill started to get agitated as he made several anti British and Aunty Asian
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remarks the pair drove onwards in silence Paul taking the moment to study his stance driver noticing how bill kept
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eyeing the rearview mirror and would gradually slow the car down before speeding up again as though
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contemplating whether or not to stop bill then explained to that at this point on the highway the radio signal
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started to fade and he would need to pull over shortly to grab some cassette tapes to listen to instead Paul noted
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this as odd as there was already a number of cassette tapes within easy reach between the driver and passenger
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seats as they came to a rise in the road about one kilometre from the entrance the Berlanga low state forest bill
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pulled the car over and started rummaging around under the driver's seat saying he was looking for some tapes
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Paul emerged from the vehicle to stretch his legs an act that immediately drew billed zyre who ordered his passenger to
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get back in Paul did as it was told and fastened his seatbelt bill rummaged under the driver's seat once more before
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lifting out a revolver and pointing at a Paul's face saying this is a robbery Paul cited the shiny copper ends of at
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least four bullets in the handgun cylinder confirming the weapon was loaded he sat in complete disbelief
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wondering if Bill was just having a laugh at his expense after all he was a backpacker
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travelling on a tight budget with nothing of value he had nothing to steal yet the menacing-looking bills I assured
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him this was no joke Paul slowly started on buckling his seatbelt causing bill to bark put that
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[ __ ] seatbelt back on when bill pulled out a bag full of ropes Paul knew he had to escape the situation
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immediately the bag of ropes seemed far more sinister to him than the gun did in
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a split-second decision he unclipped his seatbelt and left from the car racing northwards up the Hume Highway bill
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yelled out stop or I'll shoot before firing at pour the bullets missed as the backpacker started running in a zigzag
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motion to make himself a harder target to hit poor lung Ian's quote I started running across the roadway and three or
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four casts worth to miss me but nobody would stop I looked up and didn't see any cars coming and I turned around for
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the first time and there was bill chasing me he was yelling at me get back in the car get back in the car the two
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men reached the grassy median strip in the centre of the highway where bill launched the poor grabbing him by the
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right sleeve of his shirt the fabric tore giving Paul one last chance to escape he ran towards oncoming traffic whilst
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frantically waving his arms in the air as the turaga van with a female driver approached Paul stood directly in its
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way deciding he would rather be run over than face whatever bill had in store for
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him when the van came to an abrupt stop Paul ran to the passenger side sliding door
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pulled it open and to jump inside he locked the door behind him while yelling at the confused driver he's got a gun
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he's got a gun the driver of the turaga Joey and Barry sped away and took Paul straight to barrel police station where
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he reported his near death confrontation with Bill he explained that his rucksack
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was in bills car containing all of his belongings including clothing a camera a plane ticket $500 cash his British
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passport a gold chain and some personal papers a message was broadcast over police radio notifying officers to be on
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the lookout for a silver Nissen patrol four-wheel drive vehicle being driven by a man with a Murph hust old moustache
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given that Paul was unable to take note of the vehicles number plate he was advised that the chances of locating his
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assailant would be slim before Paul left the police station a senior officer pulled him aside to tell him how lucky
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he was to be alive hoping the experience provided the foreign backpacker a valuable lesson on the dangers of
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hitchhiking Paul was handed money for a train trip back to Sydney where he returned to his former hostel and warned
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other travelers of his ordeal Paul remained in Australia for several months before returning to England vowing to
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never hitchhike again four years later the unsolved murders of James Gibson Deborah Everest
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Simone Schmidt or Gabor Nagi Bella Anna ham shade Joanne Walters and Caroline Clark received heavy coverage by
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international media outlets they titled the killer the Beast of the bush as UK tabloids published unsubstantiated
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claims that the perpetrator had murdered 20 people across two decades one crude headline read Crocodile Dundee adventure
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girls found it dead in the woods whilst Australia phobic articles declared 250,000 people a year tracked
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to danger as a direct result of the murders Australia was ranked by foreign media as one of the five most dangerous
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locations for tourists to accept a ride from strangers listed alongside South Africa Chile Zimbabwe and to the United
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States meanwhile the Berlanga low area had reached instant notoriety prompting visitors to venture into the forest to
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satisfy their morbid curiosity Berlanga low signs along the Hume Highway was stolen on two separate occasions by
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visitors seeking in the car souvenir as Englishmen Paul Onion's read the news reports of the seven backpackers found
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murdered in Australia he felt a shiver run up his spine he immediately recognized the similarities between the
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crimes and his encounter with Bill on the Hume Highway in January 1990 Paul picked up the phone and contacted
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Australian authorities realizing he may have survived a brush with the belenko low serial killer Paul Onion's harrowing
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escape was corroborated by his rescuer Joanne berry who had independently reported the incident via the taskforce
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air hotline the formal statement the British backpacker provided beryl police immediately following the attack had
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been misplaced over the years however one officer who had been on duty that day still had a notebook that contained
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some details she had jotted down about the incident including that the perpetrator had a distinct horseshoe
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mustache in the same style as Australian cricket player Murph Hughes drove a silver 4-wheel Drive was of Yugoslavia
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in descent and claimed to have worked at the roads and Traffic Authority four and a half months after the last of
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the seven young backpackers who are uncovered in Belenko lo a shared memorial service was held in the forest
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that the former side of the police command post February 5 in 1994 was a scorching hot day that despite the heat
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of the two hundred mourners gathered to pay their respects to the victims and to
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their loved ones with relatives friends locals and officials in attendance for Anglican
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Reverend Steve Davis the service aimed to help the community and Families come to terms with the tragedy closing one
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chapter while ensuring the case remained in the spotlight until it was solved Reverend Davis explained the service
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talks about injustice in our world and to the fact as it were that the good guys seem to often get it but the bad
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guys get away with it where is the justice that's the question I'll be asking with the families today New South
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Wales premier John Fay acknowledged the tireless efforts of the New South Wales Police Force and state emergency
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services before unveiling a memorial plaque honoring the victims at red this plaque commemorates the memory of the
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following persons whose remains were found in the Belen Gallow forest during 1992 into 1993 Caroline Jane Clarke
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United Kingdom Deborah Phyllis Everest Australia James Harold Gibson Australia Anna ham sheet Germany Gabor Kurt Naga
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Bella Germany Simone Loretta Schmidt or Germany Joanne Leslie Walters he knighted
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Kingdom nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord wreaths were laid alongside the plaque
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as James Gibson's mother peg thanked to those present for their prayers and support saying as a mother of one of the
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young people buried here in the forest I feel I can talk for my own family but also I feel whatever I say will be
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echoed by the other families involved premier Fay said police would not stop hunting for the killer remarking this is
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a crime which the New South Wales Police would dearly love to solve and I'm sure
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the entire New South Wales community would want to know that someone has been brought to justice
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to assist investigators with identifying a suspect several criminal experts were
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called in to create a psychological profile of the bolongo serial killer the first was assembled by forensic
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psychiatrist dr. rod Milton who had visited each crime scene upon their discovery he concluded the murders
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followed a similar pattern and were premeditated by someone of sound mind yet the way the bodies were haphazardly
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covered by forest debris suggested that even though the killer planned to commit
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the attacks they may have been ill prepared when the opportunity actually presented itself it was clear to dr.
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Milton that the perpetrators acts were driven by a need for power and that they derived pleasure from brutality
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after attending Joann Walters and Carolyn Clark's crime scene dr. Milton devised the theory that he stuck by
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throughout the discovery of the remaining victims as all seven backpackers were killed in a number of
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different ways with varying levels of violence the forensic psychiatrist was certain the murders were not the work of
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a soul perpetrator but a killer pair working in tandem the separation of the paired Berlanga low victims indicated
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the perpetrators sought privacy from one another whilst carrying out their assaults a concern typically reserved
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for offenders who are related dr. Milton concluded the killers were brothers with the oldest being the more
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dominant of the pair the frenzied stabbings were probably committed by the rebellious younger brother who wanted to
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leave a mark while the calm and controlled older brother used the firearm dr. milton
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believed the familiarity in which the killers traversed the forest implied they lived too locally possibly together
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they were probably low income earners which compelled them to keep the backpackers belongings not just the
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service trophies but because the items were valuable and useful their interest in firearms could mean they belonged to
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a gun club or participated in related hobbies such as hunting dr. milton stressed that profiling was not an exact
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science and acknowledged the similarities across crime scenes also employed the killer may have acted alone
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however he proposed these commonalities could have been the result of the dominating older brother who had the
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final word on how the crimes were carried out dr. Milton's multi perpetrator theory
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was supported by dr. Richard Basham a psychological anthropologist who also provided insight into the profile of the
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Berlanga low serial killer dr. Basham explained the killer's use of a silencer suggest that he lived in a
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fantasy world where he viewed himself as an outlaw and to therefore he my owner motorcycle he believed the
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perpetrator didn't live in a remote or rural area otherwise they would have used their own property to carry out the
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attacks although he too was open to differing possibilities dr. bascomb agreed the separation of the paired
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victims strongly indicated that more than one killer was involved in the crimes however he conceded that a killer
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acting alone may have divided his victims for control purposes or because he was unable to perform in front of an
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onlooker dr. Bassianus theory centered around the belief that the perpetrator began his killing spree alone then
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enlisted the help of an accomplice over time one month after the first victims James Gibson and a Debra Everest were
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killed the line perpetrator attempted to abduct Paul onions but failed rattled by
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this misstep he seemed to have laid a low for a year before launching another attack Simone Schmitt all would have
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presented as the ideal victim for the killer to resume he spray as he would have perceived the solo female
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backpacker has easier to control once the killer regained confidence his focus returned to targeting travelling pairs
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but he was now cautious of the risks presented when acting alone as such he teamed up with an accomplice
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for the murders of Gabor Nagi Bella and Dania have shade then Joanne Walters and
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Caroline Clark like a dr. Milton dr. Basham agreed to the murders could be the work of siblings saying I would
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suspect brothers particularly if you are talking about crimes of this magnitude he believed the barbaric act of
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decapitating Anya was carried out by the more dominant of the two as a statement
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to the other proving his power over both victim and subordinate [Music] experts from the United States Federal
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Bureau of Investigation formed the contrary opinion believing the murders were the work of one man as their
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studies showed it was incredibly rare for two or more serial killers to operate together agents from the
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bureau's behavioral science unit helped Australian authorities create a criminal
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profile of the Bangalow serial killer using their renowned techniques their method collated psychological
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evaluations case reports personal histories and interviews conducted with serial killers to narrow down a suspects
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potential age sex race physical build social habits and family background the advanced system which had a proven
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success rate of 78 to 80% identified the Berlanga low killer as a Caucasian male
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of strong build aged between 25 and 45 although considered a loner who was not very good at establishing close
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relationships he was socially adept and came across as friendly and charming to avoid arousing suspicion he probably
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held a higher birth order status in his family possibly the firstborn son with a
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father who had a stable work history his childhood was inconsistent marred with troubles at school and to then dealings
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with police during his adolescence he may have been a back woodsman who spent a lot of time in the bush either working
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hunting or hiking and was very comfortable in that environment in terms of employment he was a school 2
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tradesman with an erratic work history although he may well hold down a steady job
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the killer had a preference for high-risk victims specifically hitchhikers with no familial connections
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in the area his crimes were methodically and carefully planned to deter detection
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providing him feelings of superiority control and cleverness there was a strong chance he kept the belongings of
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his victims and followed the media reports about his crimes as all seven backpackers were abducted during holiday
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periods including Christmas the Easter long weekend or the summer school breaks profilers believed that the killer was
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propelled to act by some type of situational stress around these times be it financial marital or work-related he
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would want to elicit a certain reaction from his victims such as fear or passivity whilst acting out his emotions
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via torture mutilation dismemberment or other perversions while he was likely angry or depressed prior to the murders
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committing the acts put him in a relaxed mood when the bureau's detailed profile
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of the Berlanga low serial killer was released to the public and media had caused some criminal experts to express
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concern they believed that he increased attention might provoke an unfamiliar sense of desperation in the perpetrator
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leading him to explode and conduct one final murder spree knowing it was only a matter of time before he was caught he
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may intentionally put himself in a situation that forced the police to end his life rather than allow himself to be
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arrested and face punishment when asked for his prediction FBI special agent les
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Davis warned in all likelihood he will kill again around Easter of 1992 months before any of the bolongo victims had
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been found news of the disappearance of several foreign backpackers was a topic of conversation a building supply
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company baurel industries employee 38 year old richard miller was described as a quiet man but was known to become more
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talkative when he smoked cannabis as his workmates discussed the missing backpackers bridgid who was clearly
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under the influence of marijuana allegedly commented to his colleague Dez Butler I know who killed the Germans
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months later in September 1992 the murders of Joanne Walters and Caroline Clarke were being discussed the round of
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the workplace during one conversation about the crime has stoned Richard allegedly told another colleague Paul
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Douglas there are two Germans out there they haven't found them yet later that day during a discussion about
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Joanne and Caroline's known plans that hitchhike south along the Hume Highway Richard allegedly remarked you could
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pick up anybody on that road and you'd never find them again you'd never find out who did it either a few weeks later
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the topic came up again during which Richard allegedly stated there are more bodies out there they haven't found them
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all yet a year later shortly after James Gibson and Deborah Everest saw remains were uncovered in
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Belanger lo an unrelated a rape case was making national news Richard mullet was
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discussing the new story at work when according to Paul Douglas he allegedly remarked stabbing a woman is like
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cutting a loaf of bread Paul was taken aback by the sinister remark but shrugged it off as Richards
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bizarre comments were widely considered to be nothing more than drugging juice the ramblings it wasn't until the final
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three illunga low victims were discovered German citizens simone Schmidt or Gabor Nagi Bella and Dania
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have shade the Paul felt uneasy recalling the time Richard allegedly claimed that they hadn't found
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the Germans yet Paul voiced his concerns to fellow colleague des Butler who was reminded of his own strange conversation
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with Richard during which the men allegedly made the ominous statement I know who killed the Germans des Barlow
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called the Crime Stoppers Hotline as his wife passed on Richard mullets details to a detective she knew personally a
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background check revealed Richard had prior convictions for breaking and entering theft cannabis possession and
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various traffic offenses as a precaution his details were handed over to Task Force Air the Millat name had actually
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been on Task Force s radar since mid October 1993 when only four of the seven Belenko victims had been found during
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investigations at the time detectives visited the pistol Club in barrel the community on Berlin gallows outskirts
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where a club leader advised them to speak to one of their members named Alexander Muller the 53 year old who
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went by Alex attended Beryl police station two days later to detail an incident he witnessed on April 26 1992
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one week after British backpackers Joanne Walters and Caroline Clark went missing whilst the driving home from the
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pistol Club with a friend Alex passed two vehicles her brown Ford Falcon sedan and a brown four-wheel drive the two
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vehicles were entering the access road into Berlanga low state forest both vehicles contained several male
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occupants with one woman positioned in the backseat of each vehicle between two men
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upon passing the vehicles Alex made our contact with the women who were gagged and frightened he could no longer recall
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the vehicles license-plate numbers but was able to provide an extraordinary level of detail in his descriptions of
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the men in the cars including their complexions hairstyles and tattoos when asked why he didn't think to report this
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incident to the police when it happened or after Joanne Walters and Caroline Clark's remains were found
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Alex mallet explained he thought it was quote just some young blokes taking some
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girls into the forest to have a good time detectives questioned Alex is driving companion Bill Ayers who also
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witnessed the two vehicles heading into Berlanga lo that day the bill could not corroborate Alex's account of the two
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restrained women Alex's statement raised the many questions for the head of task force
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their superintendent Clive small who later commented in his book inside Australia's biggest manhunt given he had
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been looking through the window of a moving vehicle the level of detail in Alex's statement was extraordinary
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not to say bizarre questions began to pile up in my mind was it a complete fabrication if so what was Alex's motive
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was Alex involved in the murders and playing a game with the task force did Alex know something about the murders
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and was he trying to tell the taskforce something without coming out directly and providing that information
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Alex's statement was passed between Task Force Air detectives over the course of
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the investigation until one recognized the Millat surname from other tip offs provided by the public
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Alex's younger brother Richard had been named dropped to investigators for the chewing remarks he allegedly made to
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co-workers about the murders and a third Malay brother Ivan had been named through
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the hotline as he had family with property not far from Belanger Lowe drove a four-wheel drive and possessed
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several firearms curious to discover what else they could find about the three siblings
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a team of five detectives were tasked to conduct a further investigation into the
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Millat family as described in the book sins of the brother by Mark Whitacre handle as Kennedy the Millat family was
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extensive consisting of 14 children in total ten sons and four daughters the family's patriarch Stephen mullet moved
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to Sydney from Croatia in 1926 seeking better employment prospects in 1934 32 year-old Stephen was walking
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along the street when a 14-year old girl named Margaret Hiddleston rode into him
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on her bicycle Margaret invited Stephen back to her home for a cup of tea and to the two
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started spending time together reading listening to the radio and going to the movies
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Stephen proposed the Margaret when she was 15 years old and to the pair were married in her parents backyard a year
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later the newlyweds moved to a small flat in a working-class suburb of Sydney where Stephen laboured as a war fee on
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the harbor's waterfront in 1937 they relocated to the rural area of Kenley Vale to a property with no
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electricity or plumbing their first child Olga was born two years later followed by 13 more children over the
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next 23 years Alexander Morris Mary Ivan Shirley William Michael Walter George Margaret
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Richard David and Paul at one stage Stephen partnered with his father-in-law to establish a market garden that
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ultimately provided him enough money to buy a significant block of land in the southwest Sydney suburb of more Bank in
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the Liverpool district he quit working on the wharves and with the help of his many children grew tomatoes cabbages and
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other vegetables although their garden was successful the Millat family remained in the poverty line living in a
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two-room Shack with dirt packed floors where everyone worked a long hours sustaining the crops and slept on the
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ground Stephen started drinking heavily and was prone to violent outbursts at his wife and children with neighbors
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describing him as a brute when Stephen was 52 his entire harvest of tomatoes was stolen in the middle of the night
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prompting him to give up gardening and accept a job working 12-hour shifts as a labourer for a concrete manufacturer
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each day he walked the twenty kilometre round trip to his new workplace giving them a lot children plenty of time
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without the supervision and discipline of their father the Millat siblings had spent so much of their youth working in
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their father's gardens that they had socialized the very little with other children many days were spent exploring
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the bush surrounding their rural property where they shot targets rabbits and birds
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the Millat brothers attended a Catholic High School in Liverpool where the teachers were known to hand out
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disciplinary beatings leading the boys to have a disdain for authority figures several developed a reputation for
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getting into fights skipping class and finding themselves in trouble with the law every couple of days the police
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would appear on Margaret mullets doorstep to report some kind of incident involving her son's the mother was quick
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to defend her children insisting the officers had made a mistake into naming other children in the neighborhood as
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the ones to blame Margaret would then withhold the boys misbehavior from their father to spare them from harsh
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punishment in 1969 Stephen and Margaret Millar sold the more Bank property and bought a house on Campbell Hill Road in
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the Western Sydney suburb of Guildford where many of their children remained well into their adult years in 1971
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their youngest daughter 16 year old Margaret was killed in a car accident just one kilometer from the family home
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while her brother Walter was behind to the wheel the loss had a devastating impact on the family just over a decade
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later in 1983 Stephen mullet died of cancer at the age of 81 by 1993 many of the Millar siblings still lived in the
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south west Sydney area and some resided in the Southern Highlands region her cursory background check into the Millat
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family revealed some members had criminal records ranging from minor traffic offences to more serious crimes
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including extortion and armed robbery one of the more problematic MLAT sons eivin was a loner who had a proclivity
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towards anti-social and criminal behavior from a young age at 13 years old he was sent to a
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residential school for adolescent boys with behavioral issues but it had the little impact on curbing his troublesome
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ways when he returned home a year later ivan began committing thefts and break-ins resulting in a six-month stint
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in a juvenile detention center at age 17 in 1963 19 year old ivan broke into a shop and stole a car battery but managed
00:37:38
to flee the scene before police arrived officers found Ivan's older brother Boris waiting in a car nearby and
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subsequently charged him for the robbery boris refused to name his accomplice and
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he's the loyalty ensured ivan went unpunished the following year ivan received his
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first adult conviction for break-and-enter and was sentenced to 18 months in prison
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a month after his parole Ivan and his brother William or bill as he was known were arrested for driving a stolen car
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Ivan went on the run prior to court proceedings leaving bill to face an 18-month prison term for the crime with
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the help of his mother Ivan was able to evade police detection for several months before his eventual capture in
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court Boris mallet perjured himself on the witness stand in an attempt to provide
00:38:34
his brother a false alibi but Ivan was found guilty and sentenced to two years harder labor at the notoriously rough
00:38:42
Grafton maximum-security prison after being released on parole in April 1967 Ivan commenced the work for the roads
00:38:52
and traffic authority in Liverpool five months later he and his brother Michael were found a guilty of theft
00:38:59
Michael was sentenced to two years while 22 year old Ivan was sentenced to three
00:39:06
while Ivan and Michael served time several other mullets were getting into their own troubles
00:39:12
having developed a formidable reputation around town they were fiercely loyal and
00:39:17
protective of one another yet Ivan didn't trade his brothers with the same level of respect they showed him
00:39:25
instigating romantic affairs with several of their partners in 1975 30 year-old Ivan began work as a driver for
00:39:37
a Liverpool based trucking company a majority of his runs were along the Hume Highway to places like Goldman Canberra
00:39:45
and EOS but he was also given several long-haul interstate jobs - Melbourne Brisbane Perth Adelaide and to the Gold
00:39:53
Coast Ivan was introduced to a 16 year old girl named Karen who had fallen pregnant to one of his cousin's just six
00:40:02
weeks earlier this didn't stop Ivan from pursuing a relationship with the teenager on their first date Ivan
00:40:11
grabbed current by the throat and raped her after Curran forgave Ivan for the act the two officially became a couple
00:40:19
remaining together after the birth of current son and moving into a caravan in the backyard of the millat family home
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in Guildford in October 1976 31 year-old Ivan left his truck driving job and went
00:40:35
back to working for the roads and Traffic Authority which sends him across the state for weeks at a time to places
00:40:42
like the Hunter Valley let's go Newcastle the Blue Mountains entered down the south coast
00:40:49
he spent his spare time on shooting trips with his brothers or meticulously working on his car
00:40:55
constantly polishing washing and vacuuming it he was also dedicated to maintaining his
00:41:02
strong physique keeping in shape by lifting homemade weights he had constructed out of metal pipes and
00:41:08
buckets of cement by 1981 Ivan bought a house in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of
00:41:15
blackett he had become increasingly controlling of Karen isolating her and forbidding her from associating with her
00:41:23
friends or family they married at the registry in 1983 leading Karen to lose her single mother pension and rely
00:41:32
solely on Ivan's income for which he demanded she account for every single cent she spent following the death of
00:41:40
his father in 1983 the physical emotional and sexual abuse Ivan inflicted on his wife worsened with the
00:41:48
smallest thing setting him off after his fall and outbursts Ivan would spend several days at his mother's house
00:41:56
threatening never to return to Karen around 2:00 this time workmates noticed Ivan started reading gun magazines and
00:42:06
carrying a pistol which he kept either tucked into his boots or underneath the driver's seat of his car
00:42:12
after a wave of robberies hit the Blackett area Ivan became obsessed with security and started a neighborhood
00:42:20
watch program he even bought an engraving kit imprinting his name on all of his possessions from valuable items
00:42:27
to the kitchen toaster in early 1987 Ivan threw a glass at Corinth and narrowly missed hitting her young son
00:42:37
this was the tipping point for Karen and the next time Ivan was away for work she
00:42:43
packed up and left devastated by his wife's departure Ivan refused to return to their home in blackett moving in with
00:42:51
his mother in Guildford he sold the blackett property for well under market value
00:42:57
forging current signature on documents to facilitate the quick sale he refused to give her any of the payout instead
00:43:05
using some of the money to buy himself a silver Nissen patrol four-wheel drive registering it under the name of his
00:43:12
brother Bill a year after Ivan and Karen's separation a fire broke out in her parent's garage that destroyed all
00:43:21
of its contents including two Nichols Avant was questioned as he had previously threatened to burn their
00:43:29
house down if they didn't tell him where Karyn was now living he denied all responsibility and as there was no solid
00:43:37
proof linking him to the arson no charges were filed the roads and traffic authority started garnishing Ivan's wage
00:43:47
in order to provide a maintenance payments to Karin motivating him to quit his job after 12 years of service to
00:43:54
avoid her getting a cent of his money he then used his brother bills name and birthdate for his next two jobs to avoid
00:44:02
having his wages docked for spousal support payments meanwhile Ivan reignited a relationship with an old
00:44:10
flame a woman named Marilyn the two had a long and sordid history that began when Ivan was 19 years old first
00:44:20
becoming romantically involved while Marilyn was in a relationship with Ivan's older brother Boris
00:44:26
their affair spanned two years resulting in the birth of a daughter and to generating an abundance of tension
00:44:33
within the Millat family in 1971 Marilyn chose to marry Boris officially ending things with Ivan and leaving him
00:44:43
heartbroken as both of their marriages had since failed the former lovers reconnected and started spending their
00:44:52
weekends together driving to remote areas where Ivan would shoot birds and other targets Marilyn noted a change in
00:45:00
Ivan's personality he had developed a hardened edge and violent temper seemingly taking pleasure in the
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suffering of the creatures he hunted in August of 1989 Marilyn ended their relationship for a second time after
00:45:16
Ivan admitted he had no desire to marry again the breakup left Ivan devastated two months later his divorce from Karen
00:45:27
was finalized and as he was no longer financially indebted to his ex-wife he returned to work at the roads and
00:45:34
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00:45:45
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00:45:53
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00:46:08
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00:46:15
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00:46:38
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00:46:48
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00:46:55
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their real names started on foot from Liverpool towards the Hume Highway they planned to hitchhike south the Melbourne
00:52:21
to visit Grace's mother they had barely ventured far from the train station when
00:52:26
a car pulled up beside them the male driver explained he was heading south and offered to take the pair part of the
00:52:32
way to Melbourne Grace and Marissa gratefully accepted the ride and climbed into the car Marissa had taken three
00:52:41
sleeping pills and soon crashed out in the backseat grace who was riding in the passenger seat had taken a valium and
00:52:49
she to eventually dozed off when the young women are woke a while later they realized that were no longer on the Hume
00:52:58
Highway but instead a parked down a gravel road dead driver turned to them and said I'm going to have sex with both
00:53:06
of you before threatening to kill them if they didn't obey grace attempted to reason with the man stating she and
00:53:15
Marisa were both psychiatric patients undergoing treatment for sex related disorders urging him to leave them alone
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grace mentioned God causing the man to explain that he no longer believed in God because his sixteen-year-old sister
00:53:31
had been killed in a car accident they argued back and forth for some time before gray said she was going to be
00:53:38
sick and tried to get out of the car but the man grabbed her by the neck he pulled out two knives and two lengths of
00:53:46
nylon cord again threatening to kill the women if they refused to have sex with him
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Marissa promised they wouldn't go to the police if he just let them go giving him
00:53:58
permission to tie them up so he could get away he'd be under grace by the hands and feet then started to restrain
00:54:05
Marissa telling her you know what I'm going to do I'm going to kill the both of you
00:54:11
you won't scream when I cut your throats will you either one of you has sex with
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me or I will kill you both terrified and desperate Marissa complied with her assailants demands grace was ordered to
00:54:27
keep lookout as the man proceeded to rape Marissa inside his vehicle afterwards he told them they would all sleep
00:54:35
together in the car the grace complained if she was still feeling sick he agreed
00:54:41
to take the young women to get a drink driving them into the nearby regional town of golden before pulling into a BP
00:54:48
service station grace remained in the car with Arab dr. Mesmer Issa rented the store alone once inside she proceeded to
00:54:58
inform a staff member about her ordeal and explained that her attacker was armed with a knife the attendant wanted
00:55:06
to call the police but Marissa urged her not to as her friend was still in danger at that point
00:55:13
the man entered the service station to ask Marissa if she needed more money they purchased the three cans of soft
00:55:20
drinks and then walked outside to his car unbeknownst to either of them a group of men had overheard Marissa
00:55:28
speaking to the attendant and followed her out of the store their presence gave the two young women the confidence to
00:55:35
execute an escape and they both ran from the car their assailant drove off heading northward along the Hume Highway
00:55:44
police were contacted in two patrol car scouting the highway spotted the suspects me who had attempted to pull it
00:55:51
over the driver hit the accelerator and sped away only to be brought to a stop by a police roadblock that had been
00:55:58
assembled a little further up the road upon his arrest the suspect was identified as 27 year-old Ivan Muller he
00:56:08
denied raping Marissa insisting it was a consensual act the two survivors were taken to Goulburn
00:56:16
hospital for treatment and although the doctors found - no bruises or injuries on Marissa there were red marks around
00:56:23
the Grace's wrists consistent with her having been restrained police searched Ivan's car have failed
00:56:30
to find any ropes or knives nor were there signs of a struggle regardless he was charged with rape and his mother
00:56:39
fronted bail costs to enable his release pending court proceedings three months after Ivan was released on
00:56:49
bail he joined his younger brother Michael to conduct a string of armed robberies and home invasions with the
00:56:56
help of two accomplices the brothers robbed a corner store near Grandville followed by a small Bank in
00:57:02
Kenley ayats a few days later they used the stolen vehicle for both crimes but after the second Ivan was dropped off at
00:57:11
his car by his accomplices where an observant passerby jotted down his vehicles license-plate number police
00:57:19
eventually obtained confessions from three of the offenders including Michael mullet although Michael would later
00:57:26
state his was given under duress after sustaining beatings from interviewing officers he and Ivan were charged with
00:57:34
two counts of armed robbery and despite the pending rape charge against him Ivan
00:57:40
was again granted bail three months later in October 1971 Ivan met with his lawyer John Marsden outside court to
00:57:50
discuss their defense tactic for his armed robbery charges Marsden admitted to his client that his
00:57:56
prospects of beating the charge were quote stuff all and - that there was a high chance he would receive a 16 year
00:58:03
jail term or longer Ivan excused himself explaining he was going to smoke a cigarette but never returned his failure
00:58:14
to appear at his committal hearing resulted in a warrant being issued for his arrest later that same day police
00:58:21
found Ivan's car and a pair of his shoes at the top of the gap an oceanside cliff face in eastern
00:58:28
Sydney known to be a notorious suicide spot three years later in 1974 the MLAT family's matriarch Margaret was admitted
00:58:39
to hospital during her treatment her call was placed at the New South Wales police informing them that ivan was
00:58:46
present at his mother's bedside as it turned out ivan had staged his suicide at the gap in 1971 before fleeing to new
00:58:55
zealand has traveled between the two countries didn't require a passport at the time he spent a year overseas before
00:59:03
returning to Australia where he laid a low for the next few years adopting his brother bills identity to
00:59:10
avoid detection as he was one of the Millat sons who hadn't been in any recent trouble with the law upon his
00:59:18
discovery ivan was promptly arrested and - this time refused bail pending trial for both his rape and armed robbery
00:59:25
charges Ivan's trial for armed robbery began in December in 1974 his brother Michael had
00:59:36
since received the 16 year sentence for his involvement in the crimes indicating
00:59:40
the outcome didn't look good for Ivan however the detectives who originally worked on the case had become the
00:59:48
subject of serious corruption allegations which cast doubt on the evidence they had obtained against the
00:59:54
defendants furthermore Michael entered the two other accomplices involved in the robberies refused to testify against
01:00:02
Ivan and none of the witnesses could provide a positive identification with all these factors combined the jury
01:00:10
returned a verdict of not guilty Ivan's rape trial was scheduled for the following day and his lawyer John
01:00:19
Marsden advised that a jail sentence seemed highly likely yet that evening Marsden unintentionally
01:00:28
stumbled across the situation that he recognized as having the potential to change Ivan's fate whilst the dining at
01:00:35
a game two lesbian wine bar in Sydney Marsden spotted Ivan's two survivors Greyson - Marisa who were holding hands
01:00:43
and sharing several intimate moments although Marsden was gay himself the situation presented a decisive
01:00:51
opportunity for his client when Marissa took the stand in court the next day the
01:00:58
defense counsel questioned her whereabouts on the previous night Marissa explained she had been at home
01:01:04
with her parents allowing John Marsden to catch her in a lie he pressed her about her presence at the bar in Sydney
01:01:12
causing Marissa to break down in tears and admit the truth with the witness's sexuality and integrity now under the
01:01:20
scrutiny of the conservative jury Marsden put forth the accusation that the sex acts between Marissa and his
01:01:27
client were consensual the further she was questioned by the defense the more Marisa began to doubt
01:01:34
her original allegations Marsden asked her thinking back he wanted this man to have sex with you didn't you to which an
01:01:44
emotionally exhausted and uncertain Marisa responded yes when later speaking about his actions in court that day in
01:01:54
his book I am what I am John Marsden said juries in those days were extremely prejudiced against gays in the lesbians
01:02:03
and on top of that we had to put into their minds the possibility that the sex may have indeed been consensual I'm not
01:02:11
proud of my conduct that day but as the solicitor operating in a courtroom environment at the time I had no choice
01:02:18
but to go down that path I had to act according to the ethics of the profession grace took the stand after
01:02:27
her friend maintaining that she had been forcefully tied up by Ivan enter that he
01:02:32
had raped Marisa despite her testimony the defense tactic to undermine the survivors credibility proved
01:02:40
advantageous with the jury returning a verdict of not guilty [Music] the 1971 attack on Grayson to Marissa
01:02:53
for many similarities to the crimes committed against the seven backpackers murdered between 1989 and 1992
01:03:02
investigators believed to that just like Grayson to Marissa the young hitchhikers
01:03:07
were offered a lift by a man who took them along the Hume Highway towards palanga low before threatening them with
01:03:13
a weapon and restraining them with ropes the near forty nine year old Ivan the lad
01:03:20
also bore a striking resemblance to the man identified as bill who had attempted
01:03:24
to abduct English backpacker Paul onions in early 1990 Ivan intermittently sported a bushy horseshoe style mustache
01:03:34
was stocky and had a Yugoslavian father Ivan was also known to go by his brothers name bill when hesitant to use
01:03:43
his own at the time of Paul Amiens attack Ivan was the owner of a silver Nissen patrol four-wheel drive the same
01:03:51
vehicle used by Paul's assailant additionally Paul's attacker stated he worked for the roads and traffic
01:03:59
authority in Liverpool which Ivan did at the time further inquiries revealed Ivan
01:04:06
was not at work on January 25 1990 the day of paul onions failed abduction likewise he was confirmed to have been
01:04:16
on leave on the dates all seven belén Guillou murder victims went missing Ivan claimed to work colleagues that he
01:04:24
had been in Queensland throughout early to mid January in 1991 yet his missin patrol was photographed by a red-light
01:04:33
camera in Sydney at midnight on the 16th proving he was back home when Simone Schmitt all disappeared only days later
01:04:42
just over a week after Gabor Nagi Bella and Dania have she disappeared Ivan approached his next-door neighbor a
01:04:50
former mechanic and panel beater asking if he could fix a hole in his missin patrol when the neighbor inspected the
01:04:58
damage he immediately recognized that as a bullet hole Ivan explained he was on a
01:05:04
hunting trip when he's gun discharged from the driver's seat and impact at the front passenger side door the hole was
01:05:11
patched and Ray sprayed with the fast phidias Ivan recording the repair job in his vehicle's manual upon his return to
01:05:20
work I haven't pointed out the repair job to his coworkers which was evident given
01:05:25
that the paint used to cover the hole was not an exact match to the car's original color
01:05:30
Ivan later sold the Nissen and replaced it with another four-wheel drive a red Holden jackaroo alternating between
01:05:38
driving this vehicle and his beloved harley-davidson motorcycle after confirming Ivan the lat was unaccounted
01:05:49
for when all Berlanga low victims went missing he became a prime suspect for their murders however Task Force Air
01:05:57
investigators still had insufficient grounds to justify an application to have a phone intercept door listening
01:06:03
device installed in Ivan's home or to request the search warrant On February 26 1994 Ivan was placed under police
01:06:14
surveillance as investigators watched the home he shared with his sister Shirley on Cinnabar Street in Eagle Vale
01:06:20
as well as his work site in southwestern Sydney cinnabar Street residents noticed
01:06:27
the irregular activity in the neighborhood which began with the plumbing van parked on the street corner
01:06:33
followed by the ongoing appearance of an electricity van the Holden Commodore was
01:06:39
also seen driving around the area on numerous occasions prompting concern to locals to fear that a gang was scoping
01:06:46
out their neighborhood to plan an elaborate robbery one neighbor called police to report the suspicious vehicles
01:06:54
and was advised that they were part of a major operation which quickly became the
01:06:58
talk of eagle-vail during the early days of the surveillance operation on Ivan the lat
01:07:05
superintendent small was interviewed about the Belenko low serial killer case for the ABCs current affairs program
01:07:12
four corners the interview took place in smalls office where he firmly denied that there were any suspects in the
01:07:20
killings unbeknownst to the superintendent the footage captured a whiteboard positioned behind him which
01:07:27
displayed the words air slash Malay when the program aired on March 4 1994 an astute viewer noticed this detail and
01:07:37
contacted both the ABC and Task Force Air detectives to complain the viewer was Alex mullet who was unaware his
01:07:47
younger brother was being viewed as a suspect for the murders Alex was concerned the whiteboard
01:07:53
featured his surname due to the previous statements he had provided to police regarding the two gagged women he
01:07:59
witnessed being driven into Berlanga lo four corners agreed to pixelate them a Latin name during reap aids of the
01:08:06
episode and nothing further came of it task force air had narrowly avoided a close call that could have jeopardized
01:08:13
their entire operation as the surveillance continued into mid-march investigators grew increasingly
01:08:22
concerned that their suspect may be on to them inquiries by one detective hadn't been estreet as directed and Ivan
01:08:31
had been informed by colleagues and associates that police were investigating him in relation to the
01:08:36
Berlanga lo murders Ivan appeared to be unfazed and would grin at the news saying he had nothing to worry about
01:08:44
in one instance Ivan was driving with a co-worker who observed a car that appeared to be following them
01:08:51
Ivan calmly stated that's the coppers they're watching me although the surveillance operation
01:09:01
failed to uncover anything incriminating it was noted that Ivan suddenly started
01:09:06
paying unannounced visits the people he hadn't seen in years including old neighbors and work colleagues
01:09:13
investigators believed he may have been digging around to see just how far their
01:09:17
inquiries had progressed concerned that the surveillance might compel their suspect to dispose of evidence in early
01:09:26
April Superintendent Clive small ordered a temporary halt on the operation while
01:09:32
investigators assess the risk 18 days later the surveillance was deemed safe to continue as the operation recommenced
01:09:42
police were anxious to uncover some hard evidence to link Ivan Milat to the Belanger load murders they sought
01:09:49
assistance from the person that could most likely help identify their suspect Paul Onion's Paul arrived in Sydney from
01:10:00
England on May 2 1994 where he agreed to reenact the events from four years earlier Paul took detectives from the
01:10:09
Liverpool train station to Lombardo's news agency in Casula where he had accepted a ride from the
01:10:14
man who introduced himself as bill Paul then drove with detectives along the Hume Highway where he pointed out the
01:10:22
area that his violent confrontation with Bill occurred a location just the 900 meters north of the Berlanga Lowe forest
01:10:30
entrance afterwards Paul was shown a video containing the photographs of 13 different males and
01:10:37
was advised to point out any that he recognized this the man who assaulted him in 1990 the video played through in
01:10:45
full after which Paul requested to view it again after the second of viewing he asked to have another look at images
01:10:54
four and seven when number four came up Paul said that's him photograph number four was of
01:11:04
Ivan Milat task force air now had enough evidence against Ivan Milat to charge him with the attempted
01:11:13
abduction and armed robbery of palo onions this permitted them to obtain a listening device on the telephone line
01:11:20
connected to wyverns eagle-vail property they considered installing additional listening devices inside the house and a
01:11:28
complex electronic security system which Ivan activated every time he left home was near impossible to bypass without
01:11:36
detection despite poor lanyons positively identifying Ivan as the men who attacked
01:11:42
him near Berlanga low investigators still hadn't obtained any concrete evidence that proved Ivan's involvement
01:11:49
in the murders of James Gibson Deborah Everest Simone Schmidt or Gabor Neugebauer
01:11:54
Aniyah have she'd Joanne Walters or Caroline Clark as criminal profilers were certain the Berlanga low serial
01:12:04
killer would have retained some of his victims belongings as morbid trophies the task force considered conducting a
01:12:11
raid of Ivan's home yet there was a huge risk if they proceeded and found nothing
01:12:18
their cover would be well and truly blown but if they managed to find a single item to link Ivan to the crimes
01:12:26
like one of the murder weapons or a backpack sleeping bag or passport belonging to one of the seven victims
01:12:34
they could make their case after weighing up the pros and cons task force err decided to go through with the
01:12:43
raid the surveillance team were ordered to continue to keep a close eye on Ivan in the days leading up to the event in
01:12:50
case he attempted to dispose of any evidence the day before the scheduled raid on Ivan Milat home - task force err
01:13:01
detectives paid a visit to the southern highlands town of Bargo to question Ivan's younger brother bill and his wife
01:13:07
Carolyn hoping their visit might generate some chatter on Ivan's phone line the detectives were greeted by the
01:13:15
couple's daughter Deborah who was at the house with her infant son Matthew while
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her parents holidayed in the South Coast town of Lake to bury the detectives advised the Deborah they wanted to speak
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to Bill about Ivan's habit of registering vehicles using his name when Deborah later phoned her father to
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inform him of the visit he instructed her to pass the information on to Ivan Deborah spoke to her uncle that night
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but Ivan brushed off her concerns instead inquiring about his baby nephew stating don't worry about it now how's
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little Matthew that same day detectives traveled down to Lake to berry to question bill in person explaining their
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inquiries were in relation to an armed robbery as to why Ivan registered vehicles under his name bill stated it
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was to make use of his rural address his registration and insurance were cheaper
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in his area bill later phoned his brother but once again Ivan expressed a note worried the police were actively
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investigating him detectives listening in on the calls pondered whether Ivan's calm reaction was a cover as he
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suspected his phone calls were being monitored the surveillance team maintained watch
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of Ivan the entire day observing that at 1:27 p.m. he traveled to the town of Casula to visit Lombardo's news agency
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the very place he once offered a ride to the young foreign traveler Paul Onion's elsewhere that same day the
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day before the raid was scheduled at Ivan's house other detectives traveled to Queensland to visit Ivan's brother
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Alex who had since relocated interstate from his southern highlands home the timing of his move was of interest to
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investigators has it occurred shortly after Joanne Walters and Caroline Clark's remains were discovered in
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Belanger lo after he and his wife Joan welcomed detectives inside Alex once again maintained his story about
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witnessing to restraint women being driven into Berlanga low in 1992 scrupulously sticking by his original
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statement since the spotlight had been cast on Ivan investigators considered the possibility that Alex knew his
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brother was involved with the murders and made up the bizarre citing as a way to tip police off without blatantly
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coming forward and betraying his younger sibling Alex admitted to owning ammunition and
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presented his life supply which included several 22 caliber Winchester brand when
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a model bullets the exact same type recovered from Caroline Clark and the gabor Nike Bauer's crime scenes Alex
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made a no comment about the potentially incriminating ammunition detectives spoke with Joan and Alex further during
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their conversation Joan suddenly made an unprompted comment about serial killers
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and how they often liked to keep souvenirs from their victims stating quote you know
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like backpacks the standard detectives remained stayin faced as they asked the Joan if she owned any backpacks Joan
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nodded and presented a blue salawa brand pack adorned with a lilac patent the detectives recognized that immediately
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it was identical to the one carried by Simone Schmidt all Joan opened up the top flap and pointed
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out a pair of initials that were imprinted underneath I am when asked where she got the backpack from Jane
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replied Ivan gave it to me in the early hours of Sunday May 22 1994 superintendent small briefed fifty
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police officers in preparation for their deployment to Wiegel Vale quote we're here to arrest Ivan Milat over the
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attempted abduction and attempt to shoot Paul Onion's Milan is considered a violent and
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dangerous person he's believed to be well-armed we don't know what to expect and for not taking any chances
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six squad cars blocked off cinnabar Street at both ends while tactical police secured the inner perimeter of
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Ivan's property where their suspect and his girlfriend the chillin da were sleeping inside by 6:30 6:00 a.m. the
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house was surrounded police negotiator detective Wayne Gordon placed a phone call to the home and a groggy Ivan Milat
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