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Cold case detectives launch a fresh hunt for serial killer
The Age
John Silvester
7 hours ago (as at 07:30 AEDT 21 October 2017)
By the time Homicide arrived at the unmade road it was already a cold trail - but now, 37 years later, police have a million reasons to believe they may catch a serial killer suspected of murdering six women taken from Melbourne streets.
It is perhaps Victoria's most baffling murder mystery - six females, aged from 14 to 73, all grabbed seemingly at random in an 18-month period and dumped in scrub. All were on foot when abducted from or near main roads - all but one in broad daylight.
In each case experts could not establish a cause of death and personal items had been removed from the victims, either to conceal identity or to be kept as trophies by the killer.
By the time the first body was found at Tynong North, on December 6, 1980, the killer had struck five times if, that is, there was only one murderer.
There were several homicide investigations, followed by a taskforce probe, Canadian and US crime profile examinations and two criminal intelligence reviews. More than 2000 people were interviewed, 11,400 pages of notes taken and detailed coronial inquests held.
But no charges were laid. Now police will offer a $1 million reward for information they hope will lead to the person or persons responsible for the murders of two women whose bodies were found in Frankston and four found in Tynong North.
There were several homicide investigations, followed by a taskforce probe, Canadian and US crime profile examinations and two criminal intelligence reviews. More than 2000 people were interviewed, 11,400 pages of notes taken and detailed coronial inquests held.
But no charges were laid. Now police will offer a $1 million reward for information they hope will lead to the person or persons responsible for the murders of two women whose bodies were found in Frankston and four found in Tynong North.
Read more at:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/c...h-hunt-for-serial-killer-20171019-gz49pa.html
The Age
John Silvester
7 hours ago (as at 07:30 AEDT 21 October 2017)
By the time Homicide arrived at the unmade road it was already a cold trail - but now, 37 years later, police have a million reasons to believe they may catch a serial killer suspected of murdering six women taken from Melbourne streets.
It is perhaps Victoria's most baffling murder mystery - six females, aged from 14 to 73, all grabbed seemingly at random in an 18-month period and dumped in scrub. All were on foot when abducted from or near main roads - all but one in broad daylight.
In each case experts could not establish a cause of death and personal items had been removed from the victims, either to conceal identity or to be kept as trophies by the killer.
By the time the first body was found at Tynong North, on December 6, 1980, the killer had struck five times if, that is, there was only one murderer.
There were several homicide investigations, followed by a taskforce probe, Canadian and US crime profile examinations and two criminal intelligence reviews. More than 2000 people were interviewed, 11,400 pages of notes taken and detailed coronial inquests held.
But no charges were laid. Now police will offer a $1 million reward for information they hope will lead to the person or persons responsible for the murders of two women whose bodies were found in Frankston and four found in Tynong North.
There were several homicide investigations, followed by a taskforce probe, Canadian and US crime profile examinations and two criminal intelligence reviews. More than 2000 people were interviewed, 11,400 pages of notes taken and detailed coronial inquests held.
But no charges were laid. Now police will offer a $1 million reward for information they hope will lead to the person or persons responsible for the murders of two women whose bodies were found in Frankston and four found in Tynong North.
Read more at:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/c...h-hunt-for-serial-killer-20171019-gz49pa.html
