Australia Claremont Serial Killer, 1996-1997, Perth, Western Australia - #7 *ARREST*

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http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/c...d-with-claremont-murders-20161223-gth517.html

Press article (link above) says he works as an electrical engineer and had previously worked for Telstra - which fits with sleuthing that proposed that the white van and station wagon could have been Telstra work vehicles.

Last week, before this guy was arrested I asked my father, who worked for Telstra until 1993 (my dad is in his 70's so don't worry, he's not this Bradley Edwards guy) whether there was a telephone exchange in Claremont and he said 'yes and there still is a Claremont Exchange'.

I asked if the technicians (Dad was one for about 30 years) used white Holden station wagons back in the 90's and he said they did.

I said I wondered if the CSK could have been a Telecom/Telstra employee (because he was clearly a 'details person'/intelligent in the way he stalked and abducted his victims without witnesses) and whether he might have used a work vehicle to abduct his victims in.

Dad said that the markings on the side of the vehicle would have likely not been something a killer would want to have on his car though and so I had to agree that a killer wouldn't want to be wandering around abducting people with a big Telstra sign on the side of his car.

I was interested to find out about the Telstra link though, from the press reports today and I'm overjoyed at the news of this arrest.

If this guy is the one (and clearly the police have great confidence that he is, given that they've made an arrest) it is a good Christmas gift to W.A and especially to the families of the murdered girls and also to the surviving victims.
I too thought this. A Telstra car would be so identifiable and to abduct using a branded car would be brazen to say the least however, wasn't it mentioned in the profiling that the killer had a way of making the women feel he was trustworthy? I cannot find a link and cannot remember if it was on a forum or in the profile they released at some stage. Anyway, would a 'worker' make someone feel safe?

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So the young woman at his house is confirmed his stepdaughter crazy knowing she fits the age description of his victims....does he have children of his own...??hope he confesses 👍
 
Thoughts on why/why not?

1. Size. Bradley "The CSK" Edwards is imposing. MM appears tall without being imposing.

2. Hair colour. MM's appears to be brown. Who knows if BE's hair was lighter back then but right now it appears a lot darker.

3. Hair type. MM's appears to be thin and straight. BE's appears to be thick and wavy.

I assume we will know either way sooner or later.
 
I wonder if BE was a regular poster here.
Have any of the regular posters gone awol?
I notice a few regulars haven't posted for a while.


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havent posted on this thread before but just wanted to say merry christmas everyone!
what incredible news for WA
am elated that this breakthrough has come.
:great::skip::cheer::santahat::australia:
 
Excellent news regarding the arrest and charges.

With regards to SS, you can't be charged with murder with no dead body (well you can, but it wont get up in court). WAPOL will try and make a deal with him to lead them to the body, IMO.
 
I just did a search of Acton Avenue Kewdale on Google earth, comparing house photos in the press reports to houses on the street view.

Check out 344 Acton Avenue, Kewdale. Picture was taken by google in October 2015.

The house looks the same as the bits you can see in the press photos and in the Google earth street view pic, what is the car you can see parked in the driveway? A station wagon with a Telstra sign on the side?

Interesting, if this is his house, to say the least.
 
This is so fantastic. I hope he gives answers ,though thats probably unlikely :/
Looks like someone I wouldnt willingly get in a car with. Definitely has a creepy look to me in the fb pic -the clowns topped it off.
Im so glad the families will get to see some justice
 
I feel sorry for Lance Williams. He really has had his character dragged through the mud, along with others.
 
Excellent news regarding the arrest and charges.

With regards to SS, you can't be charged with murder with no dead body (well you can, but it wont get up in court). WAPOL will try and make a deal with him to lead them to the body, IMO.
Tell that to bradley murdoch

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BE's partner posted this on her daughter's Facebook site back in July 2014 as a warning for her!!.....eerie

Subject: NEW TRICK FOR RAPISTS OR POSSIBLE ATTACKERS
Know what money you are carrying! You will see why as you read!
Be sure every lady is aware of this. Share it with your freinds.
Know what money you are carrying. This was the first I have heard of a
scheme like this.. I wanted to pass it along. Be safe! It is something
very serious to pay attention to.
Criminals are coming up with craftier, less threatening methods of
attack, so we have to be extra cautious. Read on.
I live near the Blue Mountains but I often work at North Ryde , staying
with friends when I'm there. As you know from Australia 's Most Wanted
TV program,as well as the new media, there is a serial killer in the
area. I just want to let you know about an "incident "
that happened to me a few weeks ago, and could have been deadly.
At first I didn't go to the police or anyone with it because I didn't
realise how serious this encounter was. But since I work in a jail and I
told a few people about it, it wasn't long before I was paraded into
Internal Affairs to tell them my story.
It was proximately 5:15 a.m. I had stayed with a friend there and was
on my way to work. I stopped at the Caltex Station to get petrol. I got
$10 petrol and a Diet Coke. I took into the store two
$5 bills and one $1 coin (just enough to get my stuff).
As I pulled away from the store, a man approached my truck from the back
side of the store (an unlit area). He was an approachable-looking" man
(clean cut, clean shaven, dressed well, etc.). He walked up to my window
and knocked. Since I'm very paranoid and "always looking for the rapist
or killer," I didn't open the window I just asked what he wanted. He
raised a
$5 bill to my window and said, "You dropped this." Since I knew I had
gone into the store with a certain amount of money, I knew I didn't drop
it.
When I told him it wasn't mine, he began hitting the window and door,
screaming at me to open my door, and insisting that I had dropped the
money!
At that point, I just drove away as fast as I could. After talking to
the Internal Affairs Department and describing the man I saw, and the
way he escalated from calm and polite to angry and volatile....it was
determined that I could have possibly encountered the serial killer
myself.
Up to this point, it had been unclear as to how he had gained access to
his victims, since there has been no evidence of forced entry into
victim's homes, cars, etc. And the fact that he has been attacking in
the daytime, when women are less likely to have their guard up, means he
is pretty BOLD.
So think about it...what gesture is nicer than returning money to
someone that dropped it?????
How many times would you have opened your window (or door) to get your
money and say thank you.... because if the person is kind enough to
return something to you, then he can't really be a threat....can he????
Please be cautious! This might not have been the serial killer... but
anyone that gets that angry over someone not accepting money from them,
can't have honourable intentions. The most important thing to note is
that his reaction was! NOT WHAT I EXPECTED! A total surprise!
But what might have happened if I had opened my door? I shudder to
think!
Forward this to everyone you know...maybe they can be as fortunate as I
was!
P.S. Ladies, really DO forward this to EVERYONE you know Even if this
wasn't a serial killer, he looked nice, he seemed polite, he was
apparently doing an act of kindness, but HE WAS NOT A NICE PERSON!!!
Men send it to all the women in your life. What you do today is
important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. Make it
a good one! Please forward to anyone you think might benefit from this
story.
 
Please, I beg of the participants in this thread to be respectful of the privacy, presumption of innocence and right to a fair trial of anyone charged with these offences.

The thought of justice being jeopardised at this point is unbearable. The distress of social media potentially compromising the natural course of this matter is beyond words.

Thank you so much for your help in this.

Most people have never heard of this site. So don't fuss. It is all over the media and I doubt people will take too much notice of that in either ... it is almost Christmas, remember. Minds are elsewhere.
 
This is so fantastic. I hope he gives answers ,though thats probably unlikely :/
Looks like someone I wouldnt willingly get in a car with. Definitely has a creepy look to me in the fb pic -the clowns topped it off.
Im so glad the families will get to see some justice

Yes, just found his page on Facebook. He has put his face onto some Duplo characters and added David Hasselhoff's face onto Yoda's for some reason. The malevolent clown is a disturbing image and I hope the police have a good psychologist who can tell us what kind of a person would find such things amusing.
 
Yes, just found his page on Facebook. He has put his face onto some Duplo characters and added David Hasselhoff's face onto Yoda's for some reason. The malevolent clown is a disturbing image and I hope the police have a good psychologist who can tell us what kind of a person would find such things amusing.

I have searched and searched can't find his facebook - irony is I post this then find it

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BE's partner posted this on her daughter's Facebook site back in July 2014 as a warning for her!!.....eerie

Subject: NEW TRICK FOR RAPISTS OR POSSIBLE ATTACKERS
Know what money you are carrying! You will see why as you read!
Be sure every lady is aware of this. Share it with your freinds.
Know what money you are carrying. This was the first I have heard of a
scheme like this.. I wanted to pass it along. Be safe! It is something
very serious to pay attention to.
Criminals are coming up with craftier, less threatening methods of
attack, so we have to be extra cautious. Read on.
I live near the Blue Mountains but I often work at North Ryde , staying
with friends when I'm there. As you know from Australia 's Most Wanted
TV program,as well as the new media, there is a serial killer in the
area. I just want to let you know about an "incident "
that happened to me a few weeks ago, and could have been deadly.
At first I didn't go to the police or anyone with it because I didn't
realise how serious this encounter was. But since I work in a jail and I
told a few people about it, it wasn't long before I was paraded into
Internal Affairs to tell them my story.
It was proximately 5:15 a.m. I had stayed with a friend there and was
on my way to work. I stopped at the Caltex Station to get petrol. I got
$10 petrol and a Diet Coke. I took into the store two
$5 bills and one $1 coin (just enough to get my stuff).
As I pulled away from the store, a man approached my truck from the back
side of the store (an unlit area). He was an approachable-looking" man
(clean cut, clean shaven, dressed well, etc.). He walked up to my window
and knocked. Since I'm very paranoid and "always looking for the rapist
or killer," I didn't open the window I just asked what he wanted. He
raised a
$5 bill to my window and said, "You dropped this." Since I knew I had
gone into the store with a certain amount of money, I knew I didn't drop
it.
When I told him it wasn't mine, he began hitting the window and door,
screaming at me to open my door, and insisting that I had dropped the
money!
At that point, I just drove away as fast as I could. After talking to
the Internal Affairs Department and describing the man I saw, and the
way he escalated from calm and polite to angry and volatile....it was
determined that I could have possibly encountered the serial killer
myself.
Up to this point, it had been unclear as to how he had gained access to
his victims, since there has been no evidence of forced entry into
victim's homes, cars, etc. And the fact that he has been attacking in
the daytime, when women are less likely to have their guard up, means he
is pretty BOLD.
So think about it...what gesture is nicer than returning money to
someone that dropped it?????
How many times would you have opened your window (or door) to get your
money and say thank you.... because if the person is kind enough to
return something to you, then he can't really be a threat....can he????
Please be cautious! This might not have been the serial killer... but
anyone that gets that angry over someone not accepting money from them,
can't have honourable intentions. The most important thing to note is
that his reaction was! NOT WHAT I EXPECTED! A total surprise!
But what might have happened if I had opened my door? I shudder to
think!
Forward this to everyone you know...maybe they can be as fortunate as I
was!
P.S. Ladies, really DO forward this to EVERYONE you know Even if this
wasn't a serial killer, he looked nice, he seemed polite, he was
apparently doing an act of kindness, but HE WAS NOT A NICE PERSON!!!
Men send it to all the women in your life. What you do today is
important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. Make it
a good one! Please forward to anyone you think might benefit from this
story.

Interesting if it's true she lived in the Blue Mountains at the time of those disappearances. Did he live there, too? Or did he go and visit her?
 
Yes, just found his page on Facebook. He has put his face onto some Duplo characters and added David Hasselhoff's face onto Yoda's for some reason. The malevolent clown is a disturbing image and I hope the police have a good psychologist who can tell us what kind of a person would find such things amusing.

It is not Bradley Edwards face on those duplo characters it is his three mates. Check the comments, his friends note how strange it is to have themselves as his profile pic (prob feeling worse now seeing it cant be changed by anyone other than the police now). Bradley Edwards does not have a single pic of himself on that facebook page, The pic of Bradley Edwards is from his partners facebook page
 
Yes, just found his page on Facebook. He has put his face onto some Duplo characters and added David Hasselhoff's face onto Yoda's for some reason. The malevolent clown is a disturbing image and I hope the police have a good psychologist who can tell us what kind of a person would find such things amusing.

The sort who get off on creeping others out from my experience of friends I have that post such things.
The caption about being available for kids parties under the deranged clown pic is in such bad taste for someone who works with kids. I have no doubts this man is a bit twisted. Even asking his (ex) wife why he was tagged in her pic on her Facebook it seems
Reason he was being so protective of his pics being out there i guess..just waiting for the day the police come knocking.
His friends have dropped off his profile amazingly fast.
Im sure he's shown a few odd behaviors and quirks over the years. His sense of humor would have been quite dark and off I'd imagine
 
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