In the first high-profile murder case involving a He was last seen on June 17, 1979, hitchhiking, and witnesses claimed he got in a car that had at least three people inside. On numerous occasions while researching this story, I was told stories of men attempting to report such crimes but being jeered out of the station once the officer heard where theyd been, what theyd been doing. On 11 May 1990, Magistrate Gurry ordered von Einem to stand trial for the two murders of Barnes and Langley. It took a couple of days to even identify the victim. Thats pretty harsh., It wasnt they. There is a long pause. Interested Parties may contact Coroners & Medical Examiners for questions about: Finding Dallas death records; Locating death certificates; Order autopsy reports Von Einem also allowed police to take hair and blood samples, as well as carpets and other materials for testing. And thats how it went when Michael Lindsay, his two sisters, his de facto and a couple of mates came through the doors of the Hallett Cove Tavern around midnight. The jury came down on Verco and Londemas side. Police forces across the country have made huge advances in the way they deal with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities. I assumed that he must have had tyre trouble, he told police, and that he was getting the jack.. They had a wonderful social scene but they had to be very careful because they could easily be dragged before the courts.. While the Mullighan inquiry was underway, the mystery of Shaine Moores death was solved. What did the guy do that she killed? her housemate asked. It showed Pearce and Meerdink chasing Ruks, tackling him to the ground then kicking and punching him for several minutes. I formed the impression that the gay community in Adelaide, afraid of being lumped together with these sadistic paedophiles in the public imagination, had been making itself into as small a target as possible ever since. People thought he was one of the suspects. The street kids I hung out with used to go down to Popeyes boathouse near the River Torrens [the Number One beat where George Duncan was murdered]. The murders focused attention on the sort of things that went bump and grind in the night, and threw up rumours about a cadre of paedophiles in high places. Different beats have their own rhythms and cultures. They said a body had been found. But word had got out that police were suspects. In cars? WebDocumentary Biography. The reward for any information leading to an arrest for the murders was increased to $250,000, and this was later increased to $500,000 in September 1989 and then to $1,000,000 in March 2008. Woodlands dark-blue Commodore was parked in the Veale Gardens car park at the Adelaide Pavilion restaurant, while the 36-year-old's corpse was found 700 metres away at the far end of the beat, and off to the left in long grass. Now, it isnt at all peculiar that an officer investigating such a murder would focus on the allegations the victim had made. Indeed Shannon recalled a time in the late-80s when he was hanging around Veale Gardens: By six oclock in the morning youd start to get what we called the morning shift and all of these guys would come through who had told their wives, Im just ducking out to get the paper and milk.. As time has gone on, the desire for reform has got larger and more radical. Gay bashings and murders continue. A simple phone call could have saved his life.. I cant let him go, Lindsay replied. It was the era when poofter bashing became a sport. Furthermore, the quantity of fibres on Kelvin's clothes was far too large to suggest that Kelvin was in his company for only two hours. All 52 cards featured the faces of unsolved-murder victims. von Einem pleaded not guilty to both murders, and his defence counsel (now consisting of barrister Mark Griffin with assistance from Marie Shaw) immediately claimed that it would be an abuse of justice for their client if he was ordered to stand trial given the mass coverage of the murders in the media in the past year. Richard Kelvin - The Family Murders Rutkin asked his inspector friend why. Lindsay stole a Subaru Liberty and robbed an On The Run convenience store. What else was there to ask the Speaker and his staff about? He said, You better get going. Rubber burned. Plus, the quantity of fibres on Kelvin's clothes was far too large to suggest that Kelvin was in his company for only 2 hours. On Christmas Eve, 2001, hed been on his way to meet his parents for Midnight Mass when he stopped at a public toilet near Toowoomba, Queensland. Four days after the body was discovered, von Einem was questioned about the murder of Kelvin by police. But what those figures dont reveal are the broken ribs and ruptured spleens that were nurtured and unheeded by a society that was looking the other way. Both her stomach and bowel were swollen. Which brings us to the curious case of Robert Woodland. The now controversial forensic pathologist, Dr Colin Manock, had him pinned as a homosexual at his autopsy, owing to the funnel shape of his anus. And I just never felt comfortable with it.. A segment of his skull floated loose in his cranium. There were three major factors in von Einem's initial questioning that led police to become increasingly suspicious that they had found their prime suspect: As von Einem went on holiday to the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom during August and September 1983, the case against him began to mount up. I dont think he knew. Tall and thin, he was intensely shy, private and unable to swim. Richard Dallas Kelvin (1 December 1967 c.10 July 1983), was the son of Adelaide television personality Rob Kelvin. Family Murders: Friend of murder victim Richard Kelvin's emotional Farmed the kids out to friends. Suddenly there was a person behind me and they sort of said, Do you give it or take it? he told the ABCs Simon Royal in 2005. Worth another look, that one. Autopsy: The Last Hours of (TV Series 2014 ) - IMDb Case Search Medical Examiner-Coroner The family had a distant cousin Bob, a married man whod become a woman, explains Helen.