Found Deceased Australia - Russell Hill, 74, & Carol Clay, 72, Wonnangatta Valley, 20 March 2020 #2

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Vanishings haunt the Vic High Country

AS Australia moves into some form of ‘COVID normal’ and the Victorian High Country is open again, some adventurous travellers, four-wheelers and campers heading to the mountains may find a bit more than they bargained for ...

It’s been more than seven months since Russell Hill left his Drouin home and Carol Clay her Pakenham abode to go camping in the Wonnangatta Valley. This ‘Hidden Valley of the Alps’ is one of the most iconic destinations in the High Country, but it seems the mysteries that surround this verdant glen are increasing.

Maybe these latest disappearances will not be solved either. But perhaps a group of four-wheel drivers on a little used track will find something that will crack the cases wide open.
 
The fate of missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay will continue to haunt their families | Daily Mail Online

Russell Hill and Carol Clay won't be sitting down with their families for their traditional Christmas lunch this year.
Nine months after they disappeared, their loved ones remain in the dark, wondering what happened to them, where they are and whether they will ever see them again.
Detectives investigating the mysterious case know all too well that wishing for an answer just adds to the pain.
 
I just saw a teaser for a new series called ‘Under Investigation’ from the producers of 60 minutes with Liz Hayes and they’ll be investing this disappearance throughly, it should be interesting to see what they find.

It showed Gary Jubelin on the panel of investors.
 
I’m really looking forward the show Under Investigation because I think they will reveal new information, heck they might just have some interviews.

Oh yeah I’d love to see an interview with Ol’ Russell’s mrs. I’m thinking it might reveal a few new things.
 
I agree that not finding their bodies is why the case is so uncertain.

I don't know the terrain and ground cover and I wish I knew more, but I am very hesitant to assume that if their remains were in the vicinity, they would have been found.

For example, a man went missing in Joshua National Park in US: a place with no bushes or trees. His remains weren't found for 18 months, even though family had passed within 15 feet of his remains, and not far off the trail. Human remains found at Joshua Tree National Park have been identified as a missing Canadian man - CNN He was wearing earth toned clothing, and the body was on the slope above them.

The searches for a missing woman in Scotland passed repeatedly near her body, which was at the base of a tree with low, concealing limbs. A search by a close friend who, after 3 months, flew from the US found her remains quickly. A second search on Saturday located her corpse 25ft into the woods, just 100 yards off Loch Hoil Trail — which “significant numbers” of cops had used during their hunt (with cadaver dogs too).
How could cops have missed her?

100 yards is not that close: especially since she was also concealed by tree branches. Unless you were close to her and bent down and looked, she was invisible.

This is not to say they are nearby, just that to rule it out completely seems to me unwise in a wilderness area.
Very good point and back up info. There are many cases of bodies found in wilderness areas in locations already searched. Many searches are volunteers and after a short time may fatigue and loose concentration. We don't know if cadaver dogs were taken to Wonangatta but fruitless searching means little. FBI body dumping theory would suggest if murdered at the campsite their bodies would be within 100 feet of a road or track in the valley.
 
Wisdom and experience take journalist Liz Hayes to new investigative role | Have a Go News

Liz Hayes, stalwart of 60 Minutes, likes to stay open to new ideas and the proof is in the proverbial pudding.

The veteran journalist, turning 65, has helped conceive a serious new TV program, Under Investigation with Liz Hayes.

Welcomed with open arms by Channel 9 and to be launched after the Australian Tennis Open, the pilot series will spotlight crime and mystery.
The network said: “Experts will interact, pulling apart a mystery and revealing details only true experts can uncover.”

Upcoming subjects are how a forensic fire expert uncovers a murder in the remains of a bush campfire and how international scientists tracked Vladimir Putin’s chemical assassins. They will include Australia’s most intriguing recent mysteries and cases which have fascinated the nation in recent years.

Sitting around a ‘war table’, handmade from 100-year-old hangar beams, will be a panel of experts including ex-NSW homicide detective Gary Jubelin, re-examining the disappearance and murder of Janine Vaughan in Bathurst.

In another segment, the family of murdered Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley open-up to Liz and her team.

Liz and forensic specialists discover new clues in Victoria’s high country mystery, the disappearance of elderly lovers Russell Hill and Carol Clay from a remote alpine campsite.
 
Wisdom and experience take journalist Liz Hayes to new investigative role | Have a Go News

Liz Hayes, stalwart of 60 Minutes, likes to stay open to new ideas and the proof is in the proverbial pudding.

The veteran journalist, turning 65, has helped conceive a serious new TV program, Under Investigation with Liz Hayes.

Welcomed with open arms by Channel 9 and to be launched after the Australian Tennis Open, the pilot series will spotlight crime and mystery.
The network said: “Experts will interact, pulling apart a mystery and revealing details only true experts can uncover.”

Upcoming subjects are how a forensic fire expert uncovers a murder in the remains of a bush campfire and how international scientists tracked Vladimir Putin’s chemical assassins. They will include Australia’s most intriguing recent mysteries and cases which have fascinated the nation in recent years.

Sitting around a ‘war table’, handmade from 100-year-old hangar beams, will be a panel of experts including ex-NSW homicide detective Gary Jubelin, re-examining the disappearance and murder of Janine Vaughan in Bathurst.

In another segment, the family of murdered Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley open-up to Liz and her team.

Liz and forensic specialists discover new clues in Victoria’s high country mystery, the disappearance of elderly lovers Russell Hill and Carol Clay from a remote alpine campsite.
"New clues"?! I certainly hope so!
 
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