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Melbourne the Australian city well known for its vibrant culture Four Seasons in
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a day and of course it's coffee with a range of accolades including the world's
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most livable City 7 years in a row and the world's third most livable City in
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2023 statistics will tell you there is a lot to love about this place and I'm not
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here to disagree because personally I love the city for all of the right reasons but what if I told you that no
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matter where you are monsters live among us today we're trying something new and slightly different for coffee house
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crime by exploring several cases which occurred all across Melbourne this is the beginning of a new series one that
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covers the darkest corners of our most beloved cities join me today as I explore the morbid underbelly of
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Melbourne Australia before I begin and just let you know that I cover True Crime and Darkly fascinating stories so
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coffee to go and explore Melbourne's dark [Music]
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side welcome to Melbourne folks so with a personal connection so strong how
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would I describe this city if I had to sum it up in just one word I would say
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Blended and that's because almost every aspect of this city is chaotically
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combined with charm Modern Skyscrapers are Blended behind old Victorian
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buildings hot and sunny afternoons are blended with sporadic showers and almost
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every type of food you can think of can easily be found within walking distance and so when I say that this city is for
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everyone I sincerely mean it Melbourne will charm you with its many laneways beautiful suburbs and cozy architecture
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and of course it's well known for its great food and its great coffee I'm here at light up coffee in South Melbourne
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and I have to say this suburb really does have it good with more brunch spots than days in the year I don't think I
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could ever eat my way through all of them now I'm often asked what my favorite coffee is and I have to say it's the flat white interesting fact but
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did you know that Australia invented the flap white apparently back in the 1980s some random guy wanted something between
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a latte and an espresso fast forward 40 years and is now one of the most popular coffees to date enough about coffee
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today though our story today takes us 10 mil north of here to a suburb named Brunswick and it's about a woman who
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left her life in to start one down under and her name was jel
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Maya born on October the 30th 1982 to her parents George and Edith McKeon Jill
Jill Maegher
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grew up in drada located in northeastern Ireland she grew up in a tiny village
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and a small family of four alongside her brother Michael Jill was always known to be a happy goodlucky child was always
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seen smiling and played with all of the neighboring kids and the neighborhood combined knew her as a little Irish
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Beauty however the young girl would find herself thrust into a very different lifestyle when she was just 9 years old
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when her father George was reassigned to work in the Western Australian city of Perth from here she attended Bull Creek
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Primary School before graduating from Rosa Mo High School much like an island Jill was popular and made many friends
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in Perth with her keeping in touch with many of them while she grew up after 6 years of employment in 1996 her father
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mother moved the family back to Ireland where Jill continued her studies and after graduating college back in Ireland
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Jill would pursue a Bachelor of Arts at the University College of Dublin moving forward her parents moved back to Perth
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in 2004 when Jill herself was 22 Jill took all of this International moving in
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her stride one of the many reasons her future husband Tom Mah was attracted to
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her the couple never seemed to have a problem and Tom was smitten with his part partner after graduating the pair
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often traveled between Ireland and Australia frequently visiting both Perth and Melbourne with Jill traveling for
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her work in the fashion industry the pair eventually married in 2008 in Ireland before taking the plunge and
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permanently moving to Melbourne in 2009 from here on out the newly Woods would
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build a very comfortable life together with Jill finding permanent work at the Australian Broadcasting Company known as
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ABC and so the couple settled into a very happy life together often traveling
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to Perth and Island to see their many friends and family they were absolutely smitten with each other happy with their
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budding lifestyle and loved their jobs and colleagues many of whom Jill was close to Jill spent many weekends away
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with her gal Pals and would often meet up for coffee or a few drinks after finishing work visiting the many bars
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and restaurants that Melbourne is famous for
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things were no different on September the 21st when Jill and a few of her colleagues decided to have a couple of
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drinks after work and taking the distinctive Melbourne tram they ended up in the inner suburb of Brunswick it is
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here on this vibrant street named Sydney Road that the group headed to a little bar and garden named the Brunswick green
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following an evening together Jill and her colleagues shared happy conversations over drinks and snacks the
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group then moved on to barut which could also be found along Sydney Road but sadly has since closed town now Jill she
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didn't live too far away from this very street right here and so she had no worries in traveling home alone and so
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with that in mind she stayed out to around 1:00 a.m. that night with her friends before eventually making her way home where her husband was waiting for
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her while on the way home Jill called her brother Michael sadly their father had fallen ill after having a stroke
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within this phone call Jill sounded both serious and collected so it's safe to assume that she was relatively sober and
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had her wits about her shortly after this she ended the call returning home in
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isolation back at home things were getting a little late for Jill's husband Tom it was now later than when she said
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she would be home which was beginning to worry him and so shortly after 2:00 a.m.
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he tried to call her but strikingly he was met with silence in a panic he
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called Jill's family and that is when her brother confirmed that she was already on her way home a while ago this
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further ignited Tom's fear and so blinded with worry he decided to go out
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and look for her for long growling hours passed and Tom spent all of them driving
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around Brunswick and its surrounding suburbs searching high and low for his wife but sadly with no luck he then
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handed her disappearance to the authorities police were on the case fast with Jill's family and friends actively
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working with officers to find her as quick as possible but sadly all of their efforts were to no avail and 3 days
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later they were still met with silence as the police searched for her Jill's friends took to social media to begin an
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online campaign using the hashtag help us find Jill Mah on Facebook and Twitter
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and although this Facebook page is now defunct it amassed more than 100,000 followers in only 4 days of searching
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and on Twitter you can still see many desperate pleas for her safety data forensic teams could roughly Trace
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Jill's movements using her mobile phone data and sadly the results were worrying
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as we know Jill left the bar at roughly 1:40 a.m. in the relatively Central suburb of Brunswick and although the
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signal would show that she got relatively close to home she then began to Veer off track at speed her phone
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appeared to travel Northwest driving by tarine airport and then Sunbury before
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finally arriving in the isolated town of gisborn by now the public had become
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well aware of juul's disappearance and many were worried that this may transpire to be a
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homicide a break would soon come for the authorities when they found Jill's handbag here on Hope Street just a stone
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sow away from the bar she was last seen at however what was strange is that the authorities had already searched the
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street in the hours after her disappearance so none of this made any sense to the investigation it turns out
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that a local shopkeeper had actually found the bank just after her disappearance but after hearing about her on the news he panicked and returned
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it to where he found it now it is confirmed that this is usually the route that Jill would have taken home and so
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finding her back here made total sense worryingly forensic experts would also
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realize a flat patch of Earth near where the bag was found which sadly can often
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indicate sexual assault homicide Squad detectiv have taken over the investigation into missing person
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Jillian Mah Jillian was was last seen at bar etiquette in Sydney Road Brunswick in
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the early hours of Saturday morning she has not been cited
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since this morning a handbag was located in a lanway off Hope Street in Brunswick
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and we've recently confirmed that the contents of that handbag belonged to Jillian so we're appealing for anyone
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that may be able to help us with regard to Jillian's disappearance we're particularly
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interested to hear from anyone from bar etiquette that may have seen Jillian in the early hours of Saturday morning or
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walking along Sydney Road in Brunswick with this information now available to the public local businesses in the area
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scoured their surveillance cameras with more scrutiny desperately searching for any sign of Jill or what may have
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happened to her that is when the very next day after the discovery of her bag a glimmer of hope and fear came in the
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form of surveillance footage on the Northern end of Sydney Road and just around the corner from Hope Street where
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Jill's bag was found a surveillance camera captured what is known to be her last recorded sighting this shop behind
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me formerly known as The Duchess Boutique captured this surveillance footage since then the company's moved
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due to unwanted attention and since then is once again up for sale the surveillance footage shows the view from
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a camera pointing out the front window of the old store a man in a blue hoodie can be seen walking by which initially
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is nothing unusual but what is strange is that this camera records him going
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back and forth and back again the camera then captures a glimpse of a young woman
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walking by resembling Jill on the night that she disappeared and worryingly she
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appears to be talking to this man in the blue hoodie they briefly stopped for a moment where Jill then appears to show
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the man something on her phone it is assumed that maybe he was asking her for directions that is when they both end up
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walking the same way combining all of this evidence currently available it became evident to the authorities that
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this was now a potential case of assault and even possibly homicide Jill's
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movements could be traced from the Brunswick green heading north on Sydney Road before turning into Hope Street
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where her bag was then found adjacent to oven Street and the camera which recorded the surveillance footage was
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directly on that pathway but this case required further forensic investigation to help blow the case wide open and
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thankfully a team of forensic officers had already been hard at work in the background using the digital Trail left
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behind by Jill's phone they checked all available surveillance footage from public and private allotments and
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fortunately for them this cat and mouse investigation revealed one car that was
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consistently present throughout the journey the vehicle was captured along Sydney Road and Hope Street where Jill
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was last seen but what was odd is that this was at 4:17 a.m. that being almost
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3 hours after she was caught on camera the vehicle was then spotted again at a sunre gas station which can be found
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halfway towards gisborn where Joel's phone was last detected in this footage
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the driver could be spotted wearing a beanie and a blue hoodie similar to the one in the shop surveillance footage
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furthermore it wasn't hard to identify y The Man Behind the vehicle's wheel and
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that's because he was already well acquainted with local officers for all of the wrong reasons and this man's name
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was Adrien nnest Bailey and so on September the 27th 2012
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the authorities decided to pay Adrien a little visit after knocking on the front
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door of his house in cobber he was arrested on the spot on suspicion of involvement in Jill's disappearance
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but who precisely was this 41-year-old man and why were the authorities so sure
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that he was potentially responsible for Jill silence well unfortunately they did
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have valid doubts because to put it bluntly this man was an utter monster
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Adrian's criminal history began in the year 1990 at the age of 19 years old
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when during this time frame he attacked a girl who was waiting at a bus stop now thankfully she did manage to get a away
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from him before he could pin her down but his failure here would not dissuade him in the future later that very same
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year he then attempted to sexually assault a 16-year-old hitchhiker after being arrested he pleaded guilty to both
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cases and was sentenced to 5 years in prison with a minimum of 3 years to be
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served however for one outlandish reason or another he was then released in 1993
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after serving a measly 22 months for his crimes and as far as far as we know he
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then behaved himself for the next 7 years that would be until the turn of the New Millennium in the year 2000 in
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the beautiful Coastal suburb of St kilder evil was a foot once again Adrien
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was on the prow it has to be said but I hate sharing a name with this guy it is very rare to find another Adrian in this
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world and of course it has to be with thishe head stent kilder is well known for its beautiful beaches Luna Park and
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its shopping strip on that strip you can find many cafes and restaurants filled with forests and young adults alike but
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Adrian would leave a scar in this community when five women many of them prostitutes came forward to accuse him
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of assaults eventually in the year 2002 he was found guilty of eight counts of
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sexual assault and was sentenced to 11 years behind bars with a minimum of
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AIDS Adrien would only serve the minimum sentence and be released in 2010 and 2
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years later he then met his next documented victim Jill Mah with Adrien
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confessing to his previous crimes we can only assume that he would do the same thing for Jill's disappearance and you
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would be correct in believing this Adrien would ultimately fault during his interrogation which took place over
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several hours led by detective Paul row now initially Adrien played a helpful
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and innocent character he first claimed that he and his girlfriend had gone out to a bar but after arguing over trivial
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matters he returned home to spend the night alive however with the surveillance footage at
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hand detectives knew that this story was a lie to Adrien it seemed like he'd
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gotten away with it using his Carefree attitude but after being slowly presented with various articles of
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evidence he realized that things were not so easy of course with this evidence
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ranging from him talking to Jill to his journey out of the suburbs towards Sunbury and gisborn as more and more
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evidence stacked up adrianne's demeanor progressively changed he became more quiet defensive and even dumbfounded but
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the straw that broke the camel's back was when he was presented with Jill Mar SIM card which was found in a warranted
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search of his home when asked where it came from all Adrien could repeat was I
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don't know how to explain it I don't know how to explain it I don't want to explain it Adrien broke down and began
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to sob and in true narcissistic fashion his interview suddenly became all of
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about him about how he wanted to get things off his chest and how he was a good person and that is when the truth
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finally came pouring out Adrien told detectives that he
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assaulted Jill after she had rebuffed his advances towards her he claimed that after touching her she slapped him and
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that is when he saw red he pushed her down assaulted her and then when she
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told him she'd be calling the police he silenced her by pressing down on her neck and although she tried to fight
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back Adrien was sadly far stronger than she was he then left the scene drove
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back to his home in cerg to collect a shovel and returned at 4:17 a.m. that of
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course being when his car was caught by a camera entering the laneways he then loaded her into the trunk took her body
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to gisborn and buried her in a shallow grave Paul appealed to his honesty with
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compassion and on September the 20th 8 2012 Adrian agreed to show them where
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Jill was it turns out that she had been buried in a grave close to where her phone last pinged and so in the end
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detectives were correct with their investigation forensic Pathologists would also confirm that the cause of her
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death was compression of the neck and that furthermore they could find lacerations all across her body with all
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of the evidence that they needed he was now formally arrested for the assault and murder of Jill Mah and play placed
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into police custody shortly after he would make a feeble attempt to take his own life but was
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unsuccessful moving into the legal proceedings of this case Adrien would have the nerve to try to contend his
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case and claim innocence in this he tried to play the well-meaning victim who never meant to harm Jill however it
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soon became apparent that the evidence against him was simply way too strong and so in April of 2013 and in a plead
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to reduce his future sentence Adrien Bailey pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of Jill Mah later that month he
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pleaded not guilty to three other separate charges of assault on other women which by the way is only three of
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the 20 that were publicly known at the time now much to Adrian's dismay when
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his pre-sentencing hearing took place the judge lifted the suppression order on his previous convictions this meaning
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that his prior convictions could be revealed and considered when deliberating his sentence this
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information spread like wildfire causing a surge in the Public's desire to see the man rot behind bars for the rest of
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his life and so finally in June of 2013 Adrien Ernest Bailey was sentenced to
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life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 35 years
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however the final nail in the cofin was yet to come for him because 2 years later three more women came forward to
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claim that they were assaulted by him these three new charges increased his sentence by an additional 18 years and
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further forced his parole back from 35 to 43 this means that Adrien will only
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be eligible for parole at the ripe old age of 95 making it highly unlikely that
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he will ever see the light of day again as a direct result of Jill marah's case
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laws against paroles in Victoria were tightened quite significantly in effect
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Jill has now saved sa D countless other women from reoffending dirt bags but sadly this information comes with poison
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it's a tragedy to know that a story had to happen for these changes to be
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made this case is one that shook Melbourne to its very core Jill's name could be found all over the news both
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here in Australia and back at home in the UK many women who formerly felt safe in this beautiful city tempor rarely
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lost all sense of security it was only after Adrian was convicted that their confidence was restored interesting fact
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but in the year 2021 Melbourne was ranked to be the eighth safest city in the world still that doesn't mean that
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anyone is ever safe from a monster with a motive jel Mayer fell in love with the city for all of the reasons that I have
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too and with this vibrant friendly and cultural background it fit her personality perfectly now some of you
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remember that around 2 years ago I covered the case of Sarah kafak and her killer Steven Hunter interesting fact
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but Steven and Adrien beat the out of each other in prison just last year I guess you could say that monsters seldom
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get along with each other although Adrien was stopped in his tracks after murdering Jill sometimes others aren't
Paul Denyer (Serial Killer)
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caught quickly enough and sadly that would be the case for Melbourne's most notorious serial
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killer now for this story I first have to take you beach side the southern
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suburbs of Melbourne our home to extraordinary beaches spritely High streets and some of the best markets
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that I've ever come across you have the likes of sent kilder Elwood and then Marvin stretching further down the coast
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brings you to Brighton and further afar down to the suburb of Frankston where
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our next story takes place Frankston can be found around 25 M south of Melbourne
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and in its previous years was considered to be one of the roughest suburbs to live in this this was usually due to
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Petty crimes such as theft burglary and the occasional bar fight well I say occasionally but it's more like a Friday
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night ritual here although this is what Frankston was previously known for the council has since tried to improve its
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reputation in and around town one of its most scenic areas is right here at Frankston Pier which has recently been
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voted one of Melbourne's cleanest beaches however if you cast yourself back to the '90s you'd be rather shocked
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to realize how far this destination has come in recent decades in fact today
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we'll be visiting that bygone era and turning the clocks back all the way to 1993 when there was one gripping thing
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on all of the locals radar and of course I'm talking about
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murder it was a year where Terror swept across the area of Frankston and Seaford
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a series of disturbing events would occur over the space of several months but they would only find out who was
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behind them after the lives of three innocent people were Tak taken We Begin
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this story in February of 1993 between both of these two towns where a woman
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living next to the train station of canano on Claude Street reported a very
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chilling incident the household comprised of Donna vains her husband and
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their newborn child she had previously contacted the police over several mysterious and threatening phone calls
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being made to her landline which eventually worried her so much that she was too scared to go any anywhere alone
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becoming so frightened by the anonymous calls Donna asks her husband if she and
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the baby could stay with him while he delivered pizzas just 1 hour later the
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family returned home and they were met with an agonizingly horrific scene blood
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covered the kitchen floor and upon closer inspection they found the body of
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their cat tragically it had been violently murdered a pornographic image
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had been placed on its LIF body with the words Donna you are dead Written in
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Blood the horror didn't stop there in the bathroom police discovered two dead
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kittens in the bathtub and in the bedroom more explicit images had been pasted over the Wardrobe even the
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innocent bed of their newborn baby wasn't safe inside of it was yet another
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explicit image understandably this terrified the family beyond all measures
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after this incident they wanted nothing to do with the apartment deciding to move out that very night as a result
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they moved in with Donna's sister nearby but little did they know that the evil they were trying to escape was now far
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closer than ever before although no human in this situation was hurt it did
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seem obvious to the police that they were dealing with an extremely dangerous individual and unfortunately just a few
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months later another terrible incident occurred on June the 11th of that same
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year a family called the authorities after their relative from overseas had gone missing the family was searching
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for an 18-year-old student named Elizabeth Stevens at the time of her disappearance she had moved to Melbourne
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from Tasmania and was staying with her aunt and uncle and now with her missing for several hours her family both near
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and far were growing worried sadly all efforts to find
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Elizabeth would be in vain instead her body was found here in Lloyd Park Reserve by a man who was collecting
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branches tragically she was found only 250 M from her home in this beautiful
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Park her body had been covered in Bushland it was obvious from the outset that Elizabeth was dead she had been
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strangled her throat had been cut and she had multiple stab wounds across her body Witnesses reported seeing her
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walking hand in hand with a man the evening prior assuming that he was her partner only unknown to them at the time
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she was actually single now it is possible that she was threatened and forced to hold the man's hand under
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direct order eliciting the facade of a relationship that would not concern others nearby regardless and sadly it
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was all too late to save Elizabeth her death traumatized her family and friends and left the community of Frankston in
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fear just 1 month later in the early evening of July the 8th a local was
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driving by Seaford North Reserve when a visibly pan woman ran onto the road and flagged him down she claimed to have
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been attacked by an armed gunman and urgently needed help the woman's name was Raja Toth and once she was back at
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her home she called the police immediately with Raja having a similar profile to Elizabeth and it being in the
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same area as her murder the authorities believed that the same killer must have conducted this and this incident would
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become even more worrying when a second call came through later that very same evening another woman failed to return
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home after popping out to buy some milk and with a 12-day old baby back at home
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the father was desperately worried the missing woman named Deborah freem was
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reported to the police within the hour however tragically all search efforts to
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find her alive would be in vain and just 4 days later on July the 12th her body
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was discovered by a farmer on Taylor's Road in caram Downs that being a short
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drive from Frankston and seford it appeared that the local authorities had a killer with a distinct drive for
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violence towards women on their hands within just a few months the towns had experienced two murders and several
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other terrifying incidents a wave of speculation and fear coasted the Beachside Community a public warning was
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announced and fear was spread far and wide amongst the public and with so much at stake the pressure was on for local
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authorities to track find and then end franken's new killer unfortunately
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despite their best efforts the authorities were not quick enough to stop whoever was behind these attacks
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because on the evening of July the 30th 1993 yet another phone call came through
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a 17-year-old student named Natalie Russell was reported as missing she was last seen walking home from John Paul
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College found behind me when she suddenly vanished Witnesses reported seeing her walk along this fenced
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pathway back towards Frankston North Station which was her iCal walk back home her disappearance was very
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concerning to officers not only did her profile match previous victims but the location did too with that in mind
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officers realized that they may be dealing with a newly emerging serial killer the Frankston serial killer was
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born and with that said the community around Frankston started to grow with fear and so an extensive search
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operation to find natal officially began detectives started their investigation at three basic points of interest that
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that being her school the station and her home after interviewing those who worked at the station they determined
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that she likely never arrived to catch her train meaning that the authorities could concentrate their efforts between
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the school and the station it didn't take long for detectives to find rather concerning Clues along the fenced
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walkway that led towards that station running between two golf courses on Sky Road the walkway was lengthy and far
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from surrounding neighborhoods and furthermore most of the path was surrounded by bushes and trees officers
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soon found a sizable hole along the fence line which was big enough for an adult to fit through it seemed that the
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bush through the hole had been Disturbed with branches snapped and fotage nearby appeared to be slightly flattened and
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upon closer inspection detectives noticed that three holes had been cut along different areas of the same fence
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line all of which had been cut using the same tool and then came The Morbid Clues
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one of those holes contained skin blood and hair after entering the hole officers made a horrific Discovery just
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meters away from the track in a small clearing of Shrubbery lay the body of Natalie Russell similar to previous
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victims she had been sexually assaulted and her throats had been
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cut police now had a third victim on their hands but this one was different
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Natalie had put up a tremendous fight against her asant meaning that this time
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they were able to collect DNA samples of the Killer's Hair Skin and blood meanwhile the detectives who also
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covered the initial break-in and the assault against rajha Toth now had more information to work with rajha described
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her aggressor as being about 20 years old tall with a round face and blue eyes
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and although this is now a somewhat archaic practice police drop a profile of their suspected killer to be
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distributed to the public side note but this method is seldom used nowadays as
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it can give people a false impression of the murderer and furthermore can give the killer a heads up to change their
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appearance if they feel they need to do so the authorities were on the lookout for a young adult male likely unemployed
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or with a menial job who lived alone in the local area and was likely average
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looking they also conducted an extensive door knocking campaign with this information visiting over 47 homes in
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the local area at the time this was the most extensive door knocking campaign in the history of the
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state of Victoria but despite their efforts it would end with nothing but
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finally authorities had a lead it's just tragic that it took Natalie's death for one to come
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through at 2:30 p.m. on the day of Natalie's disappearance a postal worker spotted a yellow Rusty toyot to Corola
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near this fenced walkway in frankstone the posty also noticed a man using binoculars in the area and with a this
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happening at a time before mobile phones were regularly available he then walked to the local police station to report
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this strange Behavior after arriving the authorities determined the car's license plate however none of the neighbors knew
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who this car belonged to not that they needed their input because later that day they were quick to trace the car's
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owner and that is when they learned of the name Paul Charles Dan and so on July the 31st 1993 officers made their way to
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his apartment on Frankston dandong road which is only 1 mile away from where Natalie disappeared after arriving and
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knocking at the units police were greeted by a woman who just happened to be Paul's girlfriend at the time Paul
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was polite and pleasant and even invited officers inside his demeanor gave them
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no reason to be suspicious or concerned but upon closer inspection the officers
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noticed that Paul's hands were dirty and covered in Cuts officers asked Paul what
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he was doing near the location of Natalie's murder to which he had no distinct answer for them next they asked
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him what he'd been up to during the time Elizabeth and Deborah were murdered but again he was unable to comment with any
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sort of precision the lack of information from Paul was worrying to the officers and sadly it wouldn't stop
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there after interviewing several of his neighbors many reported burglaries which were similar to the initial one scen at
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the veins residence but thankfully without as much Bloodshed speaking of
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the Vain's family it turned out that Donna Vain's sister lived in the same block of flats as Paul daa meaning that
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Donna her husband and their newborn child unknowingly moved substantially closer to the man who had threatened
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them and so with many leads pointing towards 21-year-old Paul denya he was
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taken into police custody for questioning but who precisely was this strange and rather suspicious man Paul
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Charles denya was born on April the 4th 1972 to his British immigrant parents
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Anthony and Meen daa he grew up in Campell Town found on the outskirts of Sydney before moving to Victoria for his
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father's work in 1981 meaning he made the move at 9 years old now many say
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that this move took its toll on Paul's mental health as a child as he never really assimilated into his new
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surroundings once moving to Melbourne but personally as someone who moved from the US to the UK as a child I'm calling
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on this excuse anyway for the sake of what is reported Paul never
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really fit in with the other kids leading to him failing all of his grades while facing a forever dwindling
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self-confidence this change in scenery was the beginning of Paul's downfall from here onwards he began to exhibit
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extremely concerning Behavior to begin with at the tender age of 11 he slashed his sister's teddy bear's throat right
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in front of her eyes and although this may seem harmless enough The Next Step would not be that very same year and
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still at the incredibly young age of just 11 years old he slashed the family cat's throat and then hung it from a
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tree by 13 he was arrested for stealing a car and by 15 he was arrested and
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charged for assaulting a classmate after graduating from high school Paul tried his hand in various jobs but was fired
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from all of them due to poor attendance terrible behavior and laziness and all of this brings us to the year 1993 where
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Paul was 21 unemployed and suspected of murdering three innocent women
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and with so many questions in mind his interrogation began the very day he was arrested let me tell you this interview
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was a strange one to say the least Paul was caught out on multiple questions making it abundantly clear that the
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truth was far from the story he had formulated in his mind and also indicating that he may have something to
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do with the recent murders of these local women for example when the interview began detectives highlighted
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that his hands were covered in carts and as I've mentioned blood was found on the jagged fencing at the scene of Natalie's
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murdering I must inform you that you're not obliged to say or do anything but anything to say or do may be given in
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evidence do you understand that yeah what is your age and date of birth I'm 21 years old I was born on the 14th of
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April 1972 okay are you an Australian citizen y are you currently employed no I'm
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unemployed at the present time all we'd like to do Paul is if you could just run
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through um starting with yesterday morning I got up in the morning about 20
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to 8 7:30 20 to8 right as I was coming down say past kingle Drive I
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noticed temperature gauge started to go right up to high so I just pulled over
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in Sky Road and right across the road is you know your golf course and that and everything so I pulled up there I
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checked under the car under the Bonnet and found out the hose could come loose when we saw you down at your flat this
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afternoon I noticed a number of cuts on your fingers yeah can you just um put your
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hands flat on the desk here so that turn just right up
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here this injury here is a long sort of a cut just explain how you got that
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injury and when you got that injury I got it yesterday and I was working on the car what how you saying it
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occurred well the fan spins this way so if I'm standing at the front of the car
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yeah like here fan spins that way the alternator sits there yeah and there's
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some wires running down underneath bottom of the radiator there's a wire at the top which was for a light that I
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just recently put on and it must have been when I was put my hand down there I caught the fans why did you have it
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running at that stage when you were checking the radiator worker on car the most
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disturbing detail about this is that upon closer and inspection of his hands his fingernails were still brown with
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what appeared to be dried blood under them this potentially being a trophy to the grizzly murder which took place
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tragically anyone examining the crime scene of Natalie's murder would have agreed that it would have been almost
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impossible for her as salant not to be covered in her blood what's even more puzzling and out of place is when Paul
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was asked what he was doing on the days of these murders he could now accurately recall every single hour of the day this
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included what he was up to and why which was suspicious to investigators as this
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was not a usual response in the interrogation room after all if those three days were just like any other then
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why would you mentally note everything that had happened in such great detail yesterday your car was parked opposite
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the location where the body of Natalie Russell was found mhm on the night that Debbie FR
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disappeared you walked over to Kenn railway station missed the train and walked back and on a
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night Elizabeth Stevens disappeared you walked in a very close proximity of
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Lloyd Park on your way to pick up this battery do you think that's fairly
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coincidental in all the all the [Music]
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circumstances
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are you responsible for the deaths of any of those women no as you can probably tell from Paul's deafening
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silence when asked if he had anything to do with these murders he was internally debating if he was in too deep to make
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it out of custody I mean he had even consented to his DNA being taken and compared to that found at the crime
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scene so he kind of knew that the game was already over at this point in the interrogation the leading detective left
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the room and left Paul to his own spiraling thoughts before doing so he showed absolute compassion by offering
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the man coffee and anything else that he might want and this was when Paul realized that it was all over for him
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with regret he reluctantly confessed to his own deplorable actions he spoke
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to detective oan here and um you detected over L that you were
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responsible for the murders of the three the three women is that
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correct just tell us in your own words Paul what happened in relation to the death of Elizabeth stens at Lang
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waren I saw get off the bus I walked up behind her stuck
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my this held her a g my head right here
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I started Ching her with my hands and uh she passed out after a
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while and then I pulled out my knife okay and I dragged her to she was F and
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I threw two branches on the body can you tell me
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why you tattoo on that night
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just just said [Music] just had the feeling I saw what sort of
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feeling can you possibly describe where you had this feeling just
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wanted just wanted to kill after this damning and finite
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confession Paul was more than willing to recount the murders in excruciating detail including how when and why he
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committed these crimes in short it seemed that he had a burning desire to kill women he also showed the
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investigators exactly where he attacked his victims recounted his actions in great detail and talked as if he was
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both excited and detached from the crime itself Paul Dena showed no remorse or
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empathy as he recalled his behavior a Tell-Tale sign of someone with a variation or kind of emotional
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personality disorder and alongside admitting to the murders he also admitted to the attack on Russia Toth on
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the same night he murdered Debbie saying that if she hadn't got away she almost certainly would have met the same fate
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as the other women these women were not his only victims Paul went on to admit that he had been stalking women around
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the Frankston area for multiple years already furthermore he found gratification in tormenting women and
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making them feel scared now we can only assume that Paul had been doing this for 6 or S years already in addition to this
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he also confessed that he' hared the urge to kill someone since he was just 14 years old in total Paul Den's
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interrogation lasted for approximately 5 hours now this may sound emotionally
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taxing but this wasn't very long considering he had to cover three separate murders one assault and his
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morbid history in fact during his interrogation Paul talked about women with great disdain and hatred it was
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evident that for one reason or another he held a lot of anger towards them which is a remarkably worrying
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observation when considering he had a girlfriend at the time on December the 20th 1993 after 4
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days of hearings Paul denya was officially charged with three counts of murder and one abduction all of which he
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did not deny in court it seemed that he had succumbed to his fate and accepted the consequences of his actions
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psychologists observed that Paul lacked any emotions regarding his crimes and had a single-minded desire desire to
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kill this eventually led to a diagnosis of sadistic personality disorder but was
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not a legally classed Insanity Paul's forensic psychologist would go on to say he found intentional maltreatment of
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victims to be insanely gratifying taking pleasure in torment anguish distress
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hopelessness and suffering of the victim in contrast to simple anger the behavior
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of sadistic personality is fully premeditated he is not suddenly exploding with rage the more aggressive
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he became the more powerful he fou Melbourne Supreme Court sentenced Paul to three consecutive life sentences with
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no option for parole despite this just 11 days later he lodged an appeal which
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was eventually addressed several months later I wish I could say that this was denied but unfortunately his appeal
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worked ignoring the fact that he sadistically murdered three young women and multiple cats he was granted the
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possibility of parole after 30 years behind bar meaning he would have been eligible for
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release just last year in 2023 during his time in prison Paul underwent a
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change of identity and quite the transformation 10 years into a sentence
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and in the year 2003 he revealed that he wanted to transition to female stating
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in one of his written letters I committed these disgusting crimes not because I hated womankind but because I
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never felt that I was male Paul now named Paula began to wear women's
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clothing and cosmetics in prison although he was advised not to for quite
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obvious reasons medical professionals evaluated Paula and found that she was
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not viable for gender reassignment surgery as they did not believe this transition was genuine eventually Paula
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would revert back to identifying as Paul shortly after his initial transition many believe this was just a stunt to
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gain access to a safer and more relaxed prison environment so he could could be placed either in a woman's prison or in
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his own confinement now personally I find it quite sickening for a man who abused and murdered multiple women in
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some of the most terrific ways possible to believe that they could simply become one instead now as mentioned Paul denya
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became eligible for parole just last year and no surprise applied for release
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thankfully this was denied and he still resides in Port Philip prison to this very day this came as a relief to the
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families of his VI victims as to this day they still believe he should never see the light of day
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again these three women never deserved the Fate that fell upon them each of
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them had most of their lives ahead of them and had aspirations and dreams moving forward and tragically they lost
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their lives in one of the most terrifying ways possible Elizabeth Stevens traveled to Melbourne to seek
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further education and better herself so that she could eventually join the armed services Deborah freem was a loving new
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mother who left the house to provide for her growing family and Natalie Russell
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an aspirational student innocently walking home from college who fought against her asant bravely the deaths of
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these three women have left a hole in three grieving families and dozens of friends all of whom still remember them
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to this day Natalie's tragic death allowed the authorities to find charge and convict a dangerous serial killer
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with violent and sadistic tendencies no doubt without her he would have gone on to kill countless other women we can
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only hope that the families of his victims will find peace in knowing that he'll potentially be behind bars for the
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rest of his life let's hope that he's never given that second chance following the tragic events which
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took place behind me this pathway is now being renamed as Nat's track in her memory a bench in Natalie's name rests
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on the southern side of the track resting next to a statue of a bag filled with 17 flowers each Daisy representing
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and celebrating a year of her life Natalie's name is visibly written at the
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entrance to her pathway and surveillance cameras have since been installed to keep other Travelers on this pathway
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safe our third and final case today is slightly different to the previous two and will be sure to leave you with many
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questions and that's the puzzling disappearance of Jake Lions statistically speaking more than 96% of
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disappearances in Australia are eventually solved this is much higher than America's 85% but unfortunately
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Jake would not fit into that
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number Jake's disappearance which happened here in the suburb of dandong North was strange to say the least and
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left his family riddled with Confusion And when I say that it's disappearance was strange I really do mean it so much
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so that there are now many theories as to what may have
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happened scaling back to the year 2014 Jake was a young adult who was heavily
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into video games he had several friends in the area but spent most of his hours in the day gaming or chilling in his
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room his family described him as very friendly and selfless to those he loved
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he also excelled in school and was known to be very intelligent now despite his calm demeanor intelligence and
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prosperous future Jake also expressed feelings of emotional Detachment and depression throughout his life but
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family and friends were not too worried because Jake seemed to have it together after all he did have aspirations for
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his future and expressed that one day he would like to join the military however
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on an average day in August of 2014 all of this changed when Jake unexpectedly
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disappeared and a trail of baffling evidence Left Behind would confuse his loved ones and the authorities August
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the 24th 2014 began like any other day Jake's parents made their way to work
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with his mother leaving early in the morning and his father Rick shortly after Rick recalls nothing seeming out
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of the ordinary and with this being a Sunday Jake was expected to stay home all day however when Rick returned home
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later that day he immediately sensed that something was wrong wrong to begin with Jake's car a 2006 Holden Astra was
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missing from the driveway and after approaching the front door the situation became even more troubling the front
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door to the property was unlocked venturing inside Rick found that the gas
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stove in the kitchen had been left running which was bizarre as nobody was home after making his way to the dining
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room Rick found his son's laptop and mobile phone dismantled on the table the
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situation ation was both concerning and highly perplexing if Jake had planned to leave then why didn't he take his phone
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with him and why would he leave the stove running Jake was also considered to be a responsible young man so why did
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he leave the door unlocked and furthermore what exactly was significant about the laptop riddled with worry Rick
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called the authorities to report his son as missing but despite his and their best efforts daylight faded with no
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response from his side and sadly the next few days harbored no fresh clues
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either Jake silence persisted for six growling long days but as his
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disappearance reached the one we Mark the police finally received a breakthrough a 12-minute drive away from
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his home at the Warner Reserve in Springvale and right here in this car park his vehicle which belonged to his
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father was found with a couple rather peculiar details the car remained undamaged out in the open with no signs
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of Foul Play furthermore there were no signs to indicate that Jake was in any sort of rush to abandon his vehicle upon
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closer inspection the authorities realized that the car keys were placed neatly underneath the chassis of the
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vehicle indicating that jakeer as as salent were not precious about the car being stolen with Jake's car now found
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the authorities were able to determine the most likely route he would have taken to get there with this information
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they learned that he had stopped at a gas station along the way while there he purchased a drink and some snacks before
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withdrawing $50 from his bank account and with the information available he appeared to be alone and was of normal
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function but this would be the last transaction ever to hit his bank account
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because after that it was never touched again additionally all of his social
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media accounts became entirely silent the authorities conducted a
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thorough search of Warner reserve and the surrounding area where his vehicle was found but sadly despite all efforts
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nothing new was located and unfortunately Jake's case has remained cold ever since Jake's father has
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expressed that although his son did suffer from depression he was receiving counseling at the time of his
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disappearance however he had never expressed any desire to take his own life and had many Ambitions for the
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future on numerous occasions Jake had previously expressed a desire to start a new life in the countryside he wanted to
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get away from the city and live a more simple lifestyle but saying that these thoughts and Ambitions did not seem to
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be serious at the time he expressed them and so this leads us to the leading theories of what may have actually
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happened to Jake some believe that his depression may have been far worse than others thought and he may as a result
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have disappeared after taking his own life however there are several problems to this Theory to begin with if he had
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taken his life near the Warner Reserve then his body would have almost certainly been found suburbs surround
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the park and the closest area of wilderness is a 3-hour walkway saying this we should never exclude all
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possibilities there is a chance that maybe Jake managed to make his way far enough into Regional Victoria or further
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refar into the Outback and let's be sober with the situation here there are
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a lot of places to disappear in Australia's vast Wilderness the next theory is that Jake simply ran away and
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didn't want to be found the reason he dismantled both his laptop and his phone is because they are both traceable
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objects he then withdrew $50 in cash which is enough to get a ride outside of
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Melbourne Jake may have disappeared to start a new life elsewhere using the $50
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to get public transport to another location I mean he had already expressed a yearning to live in the countrysides
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both to his counselor and his father but if that was the case then why did he leave the front door or unlocked and the
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stove on another theory is that Jake was met with Foul Play while walking around
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Warren Reserve however this Theory holds little weight as Jake's previous actions
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show some level of intention not to return furthermore there were no witnesses to report Foul Play he
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disappeared in the middle of the day and there was no evidence to suggest any sort of altercation whatsoever another
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option is that Jake slipped into some sort of psychosis had no idea who he was and has since
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disappeared or even died with no recollection of his former life Reddit posts are filled with potential theories
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but to this day his case Still Remains open I do hope that if you're out there
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Jake that you have found peace and that you can also bring peace to your family
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too after nine long years there are still many questions that remain unanswered
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but Jake's family are hopeful that one day he will eventually return home Jake's family have survived through nine
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Christmases nine birthdays and 9 years without him his disappearance remains puzzling to say the least and so with
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that in mind what do you think happened to Jake please let me know in the comments down
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below it's clear to see that Melbourne is a vibrant and beautiful city filled with charm Intrigue and damn good coffee
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regarded as one of the most cosmop Olan and Multicultural cities globally Melbourne offers a rich tapestry of Arts
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Cuisine shopping Sports and Leisure however that is not to say that it's
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immune to disappearance and murder and this video serves as a stark reminder
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that every city conceals a dark underbelly my journey across Melbourne allowed me to see parts of this city
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that I never knew existed but the real experience for me here was found while
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retracing the the final footsteps of this video's many victims in the realm of True Crime many of us observe from
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the safety of our own homes shielded by screens that distance us from the harsh
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reality of these true stories physically placing myself in these locations such
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as Nat's track Jill's Memorial and Jake's last known whereabouts was a profound experience it's an unusual
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feeling when you geographically attach yourself to a case and I feel the heavy absence of Jill Natalie Elizabeth
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Deborah and Jake and I hope that their loved ones are doing okay it's an
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important reminder that no matter where you are in the world none of us are safe from harm we must all actively look out
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for each other and ourselves and remember those who tragically were not
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so lucky and with so many of these victims in our case today being young women I do have to suggest that we
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should all be looking out for our lady friends more often
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ofen and with that said I think I'll end today's video here folks thank you so much for joining me in and around
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Melbourne I hope you found this one interesting now obvious to say this video was slightly different the usual
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so with that in mind please let me know what you think in the comments down below I would love to make this a new series scoping out the dark side of our
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cities and although I'm currently scoping out the likes of New York Toronto in Tokyo I have to ask where
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would you like to see me go next thank you once again for joining me today and as always I'll see you very soon for
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another one however until that moment arrives remember to look after yourself look after each other and of course stay
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safe thank you and
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goodbye