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Snowtown murders (also known as the bodies in barrels murders) were a series of murders committed by John Justin Bunting, Robert Joe Wagner and James Spyridon Vlassakis
A quarter of a century has passed since the discovery of the Snowtown bodies-in-the-barrels serial killings
In the outer suburbs of Adelaide in the 1990s, unimaginable horrors were taking place. The Snowtown killings of 11 people have been described as the worst serial murders in Australia. This week, the ABC revealed accomplice Mark Ray Haydon will soon be released, but victims' advocates say loved ones still face a life sentence of trauma and pain.
On Friday, May 21, 1999, Adelaide newspaper reporter Anna *advertiser censored* was preparing for a quiet last day.
"(They) said to me, 'oh, we've had a tip from one of the photographers that there's some dismembered bodies in acid-filled vats in a bank vault in Snowtown'," she recalled.
"I was like, 'well you can't really make that up can you?'"
"These crimes have had an enduring impact on victims' families — they've suffered and continue to suffer unimaginable trauma," Ms Quick said.
"Many still suffer from nightmares, PTSD, lack of motivation.
"Many remain fearful and they find it very difficult to trust people, to let people into their lives, so there is a sense of isolation for many of the victims."
Michael O'Connell said there was huge intergenerational trauma.
"The victims were human beings," he said.
"They were genuine people, they were innocent people, they were going about their life and their lives were stolen.
"Their loved ones now live with the loss for the rest of their lives and that loss carries over generation after generation after generation."
www.abc.net.au
A quarter of a century has passed since the discovery of the Snowtown bodies-in-the-barrels serial killings
In the outer suburbs of Adelaide in the 1990s, unimaginable horrors were taking place. The Snowtown killings of 11 people have been described as the worst serial murders in Australia. This week, the ABC revealed accomplice Mark Ray Haydon will soon be released, but victims' advocates say loved ones still face a life sentence of trauma and pain.
On Friday, May 21, 1999, Adelaide newspaper reporter Anna *advertiser censored* was preparing for a quiet last day.
"(They) said to me, 'oh, we've had a tip from one of the photographers that there's some dismembered bodies in acid-filled vats in a bank vault in Snowtown'," she recalled.
"I was like, 'well you can't really make that up can you?'"
"These crimes have had an enduring impact on victims' families — they've suffered and continue to suffer unimaginable trauma," Ms Quick said.
"Many still suffer from nightmares, PTSD, lack of motivation.
"Many remain fearful and they find it very difficult to trust people, to let people into their lives, so there is a sense of isolation for many of the victims."
Michael O'Connell said there was huge intergenerational trauma.
"The victims were human beings," he said.
"They were genuine people, they were innocent people, they were going about their life and their lives were stolen.
"Their loved ones now live with the loss for the rest of their lives and that loss carries over generation after generation after generation."
In May 1999, police made a chilling and gruesome discovery in a country town's old bank vault
In the outer suburbs of Adelaide in the 1990s, unimaginable horrors were taking place. Eleven people died in what were described as the worst serial murders in Australia. Accomplice Mark Ray Haydon will soon be released but victims' advocates say loved ones still face a life sentence of trauma...
www.abc.net.au
