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Ivan Milat

Ivan Milat mug shot (1971)
Background information
Birth name: Ivan Robert Marko Milat
Also known as: The Backpacker Killer
Born: 27 December 1944 (1944-12-27) (age 65)
Guildford, New South Wales, Australia
Killings
Number of victims: 7
Span of killings: 1989 – 1993
Country: Australia
State(s): New South Wales
Date apprehended: 22 May 1994
.The Backpacker Murders is a name given to serial killings that occurred in New South Wales, Australia during the 1990s.^ Milat is serving life in prison for the murder of seven Australian and international backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo state forest in NSW in the early 1990s.
  • Milat accomplice claim rejected - National - smh.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.smh.com.au [Source type: News]

 ^ During the 1996 “backpacker murders” trial of convicted serial killer, Ivan Milat, the defence team challenged the admissibility of photographs of one of the victim’s skeletal remains.

 ^ In the early stages of the police investigation of the 1990s Backpacker Murders case in New South Wales, there was no particular suspect but a great mass of unconnected - but possibly relevant - information.
  • Perspective 13 August  2004  - James Franklin 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.abc.net.au [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .The bodies of seven missing young people were discovered partly buried in the Belanglo State Forest, 15 kilometres south west of the New South Wales town of Berrima.^ Their decomposed bodies were found by a group of orienteers in the Belanglo State Forest, south-west of Sydney, the following year.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Milat is serving life in prison for the murder of seven Australian and international backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo state forest in NSW in the early 1990s.
  • Milat accomplice claim rejected - National - smh.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.smh.com.au [Source type: News]

 ^ In October 1993, the bodies of two British tourists were found buried under twigs and ferns in an area of Australia's Belanglo State Forest known as "Executioner's Drop."
  • HD DVD Review: Wolf Creek | High-Def Digest 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC hddvd.highdefdigest.com [Source type: General]

 .Five of the victims were international backpackers visiting Australia, and two were Australian travellers from Melbourne.^ Milat is serving life in prison for the murder of seven Australian and international backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo state forest in NSW in the early 1990s.
  • Milat accomplice claim rejected - National - smh.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.smh.com.au [Source type: News]

 ^ He trained Australia’s first operationally proven cadaver recovery dog and gained international recognition for his involvement in the ‘Backpacker’ Murders Investigation and has been employed by five states police depts for his specialist dogs and skills.
  • Absolute Conferences & Events Pty Ltd 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.abcon.biz [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Another Australian commercial tool, NetMap, had an important role in investigating one of Australia's most infamous cases -- the so-called 'backpacker murders'.
  • DSstar: SOFTWARE HELPING BRING THE "BADDEST" TO JUSTICE 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.tgc.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Ivan Milat was convicted of the murders and is serving seven consecutive life sentences plus 18 years.^ Currently Serving a life sentence for murder and suffering from Parkinson's disease.

 ^ Ivan Milat is currently serving seven life sentences without parole for those slayings.
  • GMax - News: Two men convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for grisly killings 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.gmax.co.za [Source type: News]

 ^ Ivan Milat is currently serving seven life sentences for those crimes.
  • GMax - News: Australia's worst serial killers jailed for life 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.gmax.co.za [Source type: News]
.The term Backpacker murders specifically refers to the seven murders for which Ivan Milat was convicted.^ Australia's previous worst serial killings, the so-called backpacker murders between 1989 and 1992, took seven lives.
  • GMax - News: Australia's worst serial killers jailed for life 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.gmax.co.za [Source type: News]

 ^ During the 1996 trial of convicted serial killer, Ivan Milat, for the “backpacker murders” Milat’s defence team challenged the admissibility of photographs of one of the victim’s skeletal remains (R v Milat (1996) 87 A Crim R 446).
  • Grisly court evidence makes juries more likely to convict | Science Blog 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.scienceblog.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Milat is serving life in prison for the murder of seven Australian and international backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo state forest in NSW in the early 1990s.
  • Milat accomplice claim rejected - National - smh.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.smh.com.au [Source type: News]

 .There is speculation that he may not have been alone when committing the murders, and that he could have committed up to a total of thirty-seven murders; if the latter is proven, Milat would become the most prolific killer in Australian history (ahead of Martin Bryant, who shot dead 35 people in the Port Arthur Massacre) and one of the most prolific serial killers ever.^ Port Arthur massacre.
  • The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: News Blog 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC blogs.smh.com.au [Source type: General]

 ^ One of the events is said to be that of serial killer Ivan Milat.

 ^ There have been a few gruesome Australian Outback Serial Killers, the most famous is probably Ivan Milat.
  • USA Network Forums > Off Topic 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC forums.usanetwork.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.The events depicted in the 2005 Australian horror film Wolf Creek were loosely based upon his crimes.^ But the new Australian horror film Wolf Creek has changed everything.
  • Wolf Creek 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.absolutely.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Wolf Creek was marketed as being "based on true events".
  • The Hot Blog: Horror Porn Is... A Response To 9/11!!! 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.mcnblogs.com [Source type: General]

 ^ But saying “Wolf Creek: Based on True Events” is silly at best.
  • The Panic Blog: April 2006 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC panic-e.blogspot.com [Source type: Original source]

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Contents

Details

First and second cases

.On 20 September 1992 a group of orienteers discovered a decaying corpse while orienteering in the Belanglo State Forest.^ Milat is serving life in prison for the murder of seven Australian and international backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo state forest in NSW in the early 1990s.
  • Milat accomplice claim rejected - National - smh.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.smh.com.au [Source type: News]

 ^ Their decomposed bodies were found by a group of orienteers in the Belanglo State Forest, south-west of Sydney, the following year.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Normally, Ken bushwalked or ran the orienteering courses alone but on Saturday, 19 th September 1992, the club had organized a training day along some of the many trails that criss-crossed the forty thousand acres of the beautiful Belangalo State Forest.
  • Ivan Milat, the notorious Australian Backpacker serial killer -- the Crime Library - Crime Library on truTV.com 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.trutv.com [Source type: General]

 [2] The following day, police constables Roger Gough and Suzanne Roberts discovered a second body 30 metres from the first. .Early media reports suggested that the bodies were of missing British backpackers Caroline Clarke and Joanne Walters, who had disappeared from the inner Sydney suburb of Kings Cross in April 1992. However a German couple, Gabor Neugebauer and Anja Habschied, had also disappeared from the Kings Cross area sometime after Christmas, 1991 and Simone Schmidl, also from Germany, had been reported missing for more than a year.^ Among his victims were British backpackers Caroline Clarke and Joanne Walters, who disappeared from the Kings Cross area of Sydney in April 1991.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Milat was convicted of the murders of seven backpackers in the Sydney region in 1996, but speculation has persisted that he did not act alone and that he may be responsible for up to 30 more disappearances.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ A call was made to the office of detectives in Sydneys Kings Cross, as well as the Missing Persons Bureau, as they were known to be investigating the disappearance of several backpackers who were last seen heading south.
  • Ivan Milat, the notorious Australian Backpacker serial killer -- the Crime Library - Crime Library on truTV.com 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.trutv.com [Source type: General]

 It was also possible that the bodies were of a young Victorian couple, Deborah Everist and James Gibson, who had been missing since leaving Frankston in 1989.
A sign at the entrance to the Belanglo State Forest
Police quickly confirmed, however, that the bodies were those of Clarke and Walters. .Walters had been stabbed 9 times, and Clarke had been shot several times in the head.^ Miss Walters had been stabbed nine times and Miss Clarke had been shot several times in the head.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 .Despite a thorough search of the forest over the following five days, no further evidence or bodies were found by police.^ Their decomposed bodies were found by a group of orienteers in the Belanglo State Forest, south-west of Sydney, the following year.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ No one at the scene that day realized that the body that had been found would lead to the biggest murder investigation in Australias history.
  • Ivan Milat, the notorious Australian Backpacker serial killer -- the Crime Library - Crime Library on truTV.com 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.trutv.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Now I was in court as a spectator the day the police held up the backpacks as evidence.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .Investigators ruled out the possibility of further discoveries within Belanglo State Forest.^ Their decomposed bodies were found by a group of orienteers in the Belanglo State Forest, south-west of Sydney, the following year.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Milat is serving life in prison for the murder of seven Australian and international backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo state forest in NSW in the early 1990s.
  • Milat accomplice claim rejected - National - smh.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.smh.com.au [Source type: News]

 ^ He picked up backpackers and murdered them in Belanglo State Forest between Sydney and Canberra.

Third and fourth discoveries and body identification

In October 1993, a local man, Bruce Pryor, discovered a human skull and thigh bone in a particularly remote section of the forest.[3] .He returned with police to the scene and two more bodies were quickly discovered and identified as Deborah Everist and James Gibson.^ Over the next four years the bodies of another five victims, two Australians and three German backpackers, were discovered nearby.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ View Gallery » Discovery The Search Cause of Death Profile of a Killer One Man's Obsession Two More Bodies The Task Force How Many More?
  • Ivan Milat, the notorious Australian Backpacker serial killer -- the Crime Library - Crime Library on truTV.com 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.trutv.com [Source type: General]

 .The presence of Gibson's body in Belanglo was a puzzle to investigators as his backpack and camera had previously been discovered by the side of the road at Galston Gorge, in the northern Sydney suburbs almost 100 kilometres to the north.^ The dismembered bodies of eight of their victims were discovered four years ago steeped in acid in six black plastic barrels in a former bank vault in Snowtown, 150 kilometres north of Adelaide.
  • GMax - News: Australia's worst serial killers jailed for life 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.gmax.co.za [Source type: News]

 ^ Their decomposed bodies were found by a group of orienteers in the Belanglo State Forest, south-west of Sydney, the following year.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Milat is serving life in prison for the murder of seven Australian and international backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo state forest in NSW in the early 1990s.
  • Milat accomplice claim rejected - National - smh.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.smh.com.au [Source type: News]

Fifth, sixth and seventh discoveries

On 1 November 1993 a skull was found in a clearing in the forest by police sergeant Jeff Trichter. The skull was later identified as that of Simone Schmidl from Regensburg, Germany. .She had been last seen hitch hiking on 20 January 1991. Clothing found at the scene was not Schmidl's, but matched that of another missing backpacker, Anja Habschied.^ A call was made to the office of detectives in Sydneys Kings Cross, as well as the Missing Persons Bureau, as they were known to be investigating the disappearance of several backpackers who were last seen heading south.
  • Ivan Milat, the notorious Australian Backpacker serial killer -- the Crime Library - Crime Library on truTV.com 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.trutv.com [Source type: General]

 ^ I was a teenager and used to surf and hitch hike up and down the south coast of NSW around the time the backpacker killings happened...
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .Simone Schmidl was found to have died from numerous stab wounds to the upper torso.^ For the police to have planted that, they would have to have had it in their possession before poor Simone Schmidl was even found!
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]
The bodies of Habschied and her boyfriend Gabor Neugebauer were found on 3 November 1993 in shallow graves 55 metres apart. They had, like the other victims, been shot and/or stabbed.

Search for the identity of the serial killer

There were similar aspects to all the murders. .The killer had evidently spent considerable time with the victims both during and after the murders, as campsites were discovered close to the location of each body and shell casings of the same calibre were also identified at each site.^ During the 1996 trial of convicted serial killer, Ivan Milat, for the “backpacker murders” Milat’s defence team challenged the admissibility of photographs of one of the victim’s skeletal remains (R v Milat (1996) 87 A Crim R 446).
  • Grisly court evidence makes juries more likely to convict | Science Blog 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.scienceblog.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ With an MFA in sculpture I have spent vast amounts of time considering my intentions regarding this body of work.
  • Articulate: Nude portraits scoop prizes 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC blogs.abc.net.au [Source type: General]

 ^ Over the next four years the bodies of another five victims, two Australians and three German backpackers, were discovered nearby.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 .Joanne Walters and Simone Schmidl had been stabbed, whereas Caroline Clarke had been shot numerous times in the head and stabbed post mortem.^ Miss Walters had been stabbed nine times and Miss Clarke had been shot several times in the head.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Among his victims were British backpackers Caroline Clarke and Joanne Walters, who disappeared from the Kings Cross area of Sydney in April 1991.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 .Anja Habschied had been decapitated and other victims showed signs of strangulation and severe beatings.^ One victim, German Anja Habscheid had been decapitated and other victims showed signs of torture, strangulation and severe beatings.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 .Speculation arose that the crimes were the work of several killers, at least two, and Ivan Milat's sworn statement had suggested anywhere up to seven people were involved.^ He has recently cut off his little finger wi Photo: AFP Ivan Milat, who was convicted of killing seven young men and women including two Britons, used the knife to sever the finger from his left hand in his jail cell at Australia's highest security prison.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Milat was convicted of the murders of seven backpackers in the Sydney region in 1996, but speculation has persisted that he did not act alone and that he may be responsible for up to 30 more disappearances.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ After an intensive investigation and a round-up of potential suspects in the area, the real killer was apprehended : Australian outbacker Ivan Milat was convicted of all seven deaths, and today he remains sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
  • HD DVD Review: Wolf Creek | High-Def Digest 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC hddvd.highdefdigest.com [Source type: General]
On 13 November, police received a call from Paul Onions in Britain. .Onions had been backpacking in Australia several years before and had accepted a ride south out of Sydney from a man known only as "Bill" on 25 January 1990. South of the town of Mittagong, Bill pulled a gun on Onions who managed to escape, flag down Joanne Berry, a passing motorist, and report the assault to local police.^ Their decomposed bodies were found by a group of orienteers in the Belanglo State Forest, south-west of Sydney, the following year.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Murders Tuesday, September 25 at 9.30pm on Channel Nine A bush walker hiking through the Belanglo State Forest, south-west of Sydney stumbled across the remains of...

 ^ A call was made to the office of detectives in Sydneys Kings Cross, as well as the Missing Persons Bureau, as they were known to be investigating the disappearance of several backpackers who were last seen heading south.
  • Ivan Milat, the notorious Australian Backpacker serial killer -- the Crime Library - Crime Library on truTV.com 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.trutv.com [Source type: General]

 .Onions' statement was backed up by one from Berry, who also contacted the investigation, along with the girlfriend of a man who worked with Ivan Milat, who thought he should be questioned over the case.^ Ivan Milat should not be free.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ As we were accumulating evidence that pointed towards Ivan Milat being the offender, a woman rang from Canberra to say she remembered picking up a young man on the Hume Highway, near the Belanglo State Forest, who claimed to have just escaped from a man with a gun.

 ^ Crime Investigation Australia includes heartbreaking interviews from victims, loved ones and the investigators who brought the criminals to justice.
  • CIA: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AUSTRALIA: DVDs: Chaos.com 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC chaos.com [Source type: General]

Ivan Milat

Arrest

Milat quickly became a suspect. .Police learned he had served prison time and in 1971 had been charged with the abduction of two women and the rape of one of them, although the charges were later dropped.^ One man is under arrest after a police hunt for two men involved in a hit-and-run in the most literal sense north of the city this morning.

 ^ Currently A free man (acquitted of conspiring to murder Michael Drury, he served three years in the '90s for conspiring to pervert the course of justice), although the Police Integrity Commission recommended this year he be criminally charged on three counts.

 ^ The two killer theory is interesting and a viable option on the killings that were of two people at one time.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .It was also learned that both he and his brother Richard worked together on road gangs along the highway between Sydney and Melbourne, that he owned a property in the vicinity of Belanglo, and had sold a Nissan Patrol four-wheel drive vehicle shortly after the discovery of the bodies of Clarke and Walters.^ Among his victims were British backpackers Caroline Clarke and Joanne Walters, who disappeared from the Kings Cross area of Sydney in April 1991.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ He picked up backpackers and murdered them in Belanglo State Forest between Sydney and Canberra.

 .Acquaintances also told police about Milat's obsession with weapons.^ I've read 7 books about Milat, watched countless police reports and I have read dozens of these so called 'conspiracy' sites.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .When the connection between Onions and the Belanglo murders was finally made, Onions was asked to fly to Australia to help with the investigation.^ He picked up backpackers and murdered them in Belanglo State Forest between Sydney and Canberra.

 ^ The most controversial drama series ever made in Australia, BLUE MURDER , will finally screen in NSW and the ACT six years after it was prevented from broadcast.
.On 5 May 1994, Onions positively identified Milat as the man who had picked him up and attempted to tie up and possibly shoot him.^ Who picks up the tab?
  • iNoodle.com: January 2007 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC inoodle.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ As we were accumulating evidence that pointed towards Ivan Milat being the offender, a woman rang from Canberra to say she remembered picking up a young man on the Hume Highway, near the Belanglo State Forest, who claimed to have just escaped from a man with a gun.

 ^ And for those of you who still question his guilt, ask yourself one thing, Where did ivan milat get all the camping gear that convicted him?
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 [4] .Milat was arrested on 22 May 1994 at his home at Cinnebar Street, Eagle Vale, a northern suburb of Campbelltown, New South Wales after 50 police officers surrounded the premises.^ Brad Moore has been a police officer with the Ontario Provincial Police for the past 22 years.
  • Personnel at Lions Gate Investigations Group, Vancouver 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.lgig.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ The A-list: 50 great Aussie restaurants The A-list: Victoria The A-list: New South Wales The A-list: Queensland The A-list: ACT, NT, SA, WA, Tasmania Phillip Adams: Rush to judgment .

 .Homes belonging to his brothers Richard, Alex, Boris, Walter and Bill were also searched at the same time by over 300 police.^ In fact, Richard at times almost confesses himself (perhaps he is the number two killer, but needed his older brother to lead the way and didn't develop the same 'taste' for it and stopped when Ivan was incarcerated.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ At least one Milat brother (Boris) has gone public with his belief that Ivan did it and brother Richard doesn't seem to be sure if Ivan did it or not.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .The search of Ivan Milat's home revealed a cache of weapons, including parts of a .22 calibre rifle that matched the type used in the murders, plus clothing, camping equipment and cameras belonging to several of his victims.^ So the DNA is not Ivan Milat's nor any of the victims; whose DNA is it?
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He has recently cut off his little finger wi Photo: AFP Ivan Milat, who was convicted of killing seven young men and women including two Britons, used the knife to sever the finger from his left hand in his jail cell at Australia's highest security prison.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ BACKPACKER murderer Ivan Milat and freaky films like Wolf Creek have scared the life out of a once popular pastime of thrifty travellers.
  • Hitching a ride online | Travel | News.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.news.com.au [Source type: General]
Milat appeared in court on robbery and weapon charges on 23 May. He did not enter a plea. .On 30 May, following continued police investigations, Milat was also charged with the murders of seven backpackers.^ Milat was convicted of the murders of seven backpackers in the Sydney region in 1996, but speculation has persisted that he did not act alone and that he may be responsible for up to 30 more disappearances.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat cuts off finger in jail - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ BACKPACKER murderer Ivan Milat and freaky films like Wolf Creek have scared the life out of a once popular pastime of thrifty travellers.
  • Hitching a ride online | Travel | News.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.news.com.au [Source type: General]

 ^ He trained Australia’s first operationally proven cadaver recovery dog and gained international recognition for his involvement in the ‘Backpacker’ Murders Investigation and has been employed by five states police depts for his specialist dogs and skills.
  • Absolute Conferences & Events Pty Ltd 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.abcon.biz [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 At the beginning of February 1995 Milat was remanded in custody until June that same year. In March 1996 the trial finally opened. Milat's trial lasted fifteen weeks. .His defence argued that in spite of the amount of evidence, there was no proof Ivan Milat was guilty and attempted to shift the blame to other members of his family, particularly Richard.^ Ivan Milat is guilty.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The dna is not from any member of the Milat family.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The DNA evidence has cleared Ivan Milat and the whole Milat family.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]
.On 27 July 1996, a jury found Ivan Milat guilty of the murders.^ Ivan Milat is guilty.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ BACKPACKER murderer Ivan Milat and freaky films like Wolf Creek have scared the life out of a once popular pastime of thrifty travellers.
  • Hitching a ride online | Travel | News.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.news.com.au [Source type: General]

 ^ But by nobody with any PROOF. You dont have to agree with any thing that I say, except that Ivan Milat is in gaol for murder with no real evidence suggesting he is innocent.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .He was also convicted of the attempted murder, false imprisonment and robbery of Paul Onions, for which he received six years' jail each.^ For the past six years, we've been underestimating him—because we weren't allowed to see Blue Murder.

 ^ It holds no water on the single killings or the Paul Onions kidnapping and potential murder.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The most controversial drama series ever made in Australia, BLUE MURDER , will finally screen in NSW and the ACT six years after it was prevented from broadcast.

 .For the murders of Caroline Clarke, Joanne Walters, Simone Schmidl, Anja Habschied, Gabor Neugebauer, James Gibson and Deborah Everist, Milat was given a life sentence on each count, with all sentences running consecutively and without the possibility of parole.^ After an intensive investigation and a round-up of potential suspects in the area, the real killer was apprehended : Australian outbacker Ivan Milat was convicted of all seven deaths, and today he remains sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
  • HD DVD Review: Wolf Creek | High-Def Digest 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC hddvd.highdefdigest.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Among his victims were British backpackers Caroline Clarke and Joanne Walters, who disappeared from the Kings Cross area of Sydney in April 1991.
  • Backpacker killer Ivan Milat on hunger strike after cutting off finger - Telegraph 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.telegraph.co.uk [Source type: News]

 ^ BACKPACKER murderer Ivan Milat and freaky films like Wolf Creek have scared the life out of a once popular pastime of thrifty travellers.
  • Hitching a ride online | Travel | News.com.au 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.news.com.au [Source type: General]
.On his first day in Maitland Gaol, he was beaten by another inmate.^ Do you think he was mentally worse off than when he jumped on the head of another inmate until his skull caved in at the beginning of his gaol term?
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .Almost a year later, he made an escape attempt alongside convicted drug dealer and former Sydney councillor George Savvas.^ Six years after it was made, Blue Murder has been a triumph for the ABC. On Tuesday night it averaged 379,000 viewers in Sydney.

 .Savvas was found hanged in his cell the next day and Milat was transferred to the maximum-security super prison in Goulburn, New South Wales.^ Hallmark Cards calculated that the Super Bowl surpasses New Year’s Eve as the biggest party day of the year.
  • iNoodle.com: January 2007 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC inoodle.com [Source type: Original source]

Appeals

.Ivan Milat appealed against his convictions on the grounds that the quality of legal representation he had received was too poor, and therefore constituted a breach of his common law right to legal representation, established in the landmark case of Dietrich v The Queen.^ And for those of you who still question his guilt, ask yourself one thing, Where did ivan milat get all the camping gear that convicted him?
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ DNA evidence taken from the fingernails of the victims, which clears Ivan Milat and every member of the Milat family, do you think the jury would have still convicted him?
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The one man that did escape ivan milat, and identified him personally and gave evidence in his conviction (Paul Onions), did manage to get away when ivan was on his own...
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .However, Gleeson CJ, Kirby P and Mahoney JA of the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal held that the right to legal representation did not depend on any level or quality of representation, unless the quality of representation were so poor that the accused were no better off with it.^ No-one seems to want to mention the plethora of evidence against him - only insignifigant matters that would have invariably been raised at his appeals to the high court.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Ivan Milat has been found guilty by a District Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal, The High Court says there is reason to over turn his conviction and Milat's recent 474 appeal was also rejected by the High Court.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .The Court found that this was not the case, and therefore dismissed the appeal.^ Ivan Milat has been found guilty by a District Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal, The High Court says there is reason to over turn his conviction and Milat's recent 474 appeal was also rejected by the High Court.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]
In 2004, Milat filed an application with the High Court and which was heard by Justice McHugh. The orders sought were that Milat be allowed to either attend to make oral submissions in an impending appeal for special leave to the court and that, alternatively, he be allowed to appear via video link. The application was dismissed on the grounds that the issues raised could be adequately addressed by written submission.
.The grounds of his impending appeal were that the trial judge had erred by allowing the Crown to put a case to the jury unsupported by its own witnesses and had also put forward alternative cases to the jury, one of which had not been argued by the Crown.^ When I attended a civil case for damages (injury), there was no jury, just one very clearly biased judge.
  • Paedophiles part III 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC andrewbartlett.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Sometimes the Defence has a choice, whether a case is heard before a Jury or just a Judge in civil cases.
  • Paedophiles part III 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC andrewbartlett.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Following up on my previous pieces here on the controversies in Queensland surrounding Dennis Ferguson, Jeremy Gans at Charterblog writes about the possible impact of a new piece of legislation that allows for a judge-only trial in cases where pre-trial publicity may effect jury deliberations.
  • Paedophiles part III 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC andrewbartlett.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .McHugh J indicated that this appeal may be defeated because it has been brought out of time.^ If the real killer is out their killing all this time because of a sick fuck like you then you should take his place!
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

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Self-inflicted injury

.On 26 January 2009, Milat cut off his little finger with a plastic knife,[6] with the intention of mailing the severed digit to the High Court.^ American Idol Series eight will premiere in 2009 hot off the satellite in January on FOX8 The reality TV juggernaut American Idol launches its eighth season in January.
  • Foxtel rocks into 2009 :TV Tonight 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC www.tvtonight.com.au [Source type: General]

 ^ Spoiler for the movie*, there's this one part where he cuts off one of the girl's fingers and then stabs the machete into her spine.
  • USA Network Forums > Off Topic 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC forums.usanetwork.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Ivan Milat has been found guilty by a District Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal, The High Court says there is reason to over turn his conviction and Milat's recent 474 appeal was also rejected by the High Court.
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

 .He was taken to Goulburn Hospital under high security, however, on 27 January 2009, Milat was returned to prison after doctors decided surgery to reattach the finger was not possible.^ Posted March 11th, 2006 by Anonymous Friends and family of Ivan Milat are very concerned for his wellbeing in Goulburn High Risk Management Unit (H.R.M.U.).
  • Plans to Kill Ivan Milat in Goulburn Gaol | Sydney Indymedia 20 September 2009 1:44 UTC sydney.indymedia.org.au [Source type: Original source]

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This was not the first time Milat had injured himself while in prison. In the past, he swallowed razor blades, staples and other metal objects.

See also

  • Wolf Creek, loosely based on the Backpacker Murders

References

  1. ^ Walker, Frank: "This psychopathic violence insults Milat victims". The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 October 2005
  2. ^ Brown, Malcolm: Bombs, Guns and Knives: violent crime in Australia (Syd, New Holland 2000) ISBN 1864366680 p. 148
  3. ^ Brown, Malcolm: Bombs, Guns and Knives: violent crime in Australia (Syd, New Holland 2000) ISBN 1864366680 p. 149
  4. ^ Brown, Malcolm: Bombs, Guns and Knives: violent crime in Australia (Syd, New Holland 2000) ISBN 1864366680 p. 153
  5. ^ "Milat v R [2004 HCA 17; (2004) 205 ALR 338; (2004) 78 ALJR 672 (24 February 2004)"]. Australasian Legal Information Institute. 2004-04-20. Archived from the original on 2008-11-14. http://www.webcitation.org/5cK3uNzuE. Retrieved 2008-11-14. 
  6. ^ "Medics unable to reattach Milat's finger". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 January 2009. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/medics-unable-to-reattach-milats-finger-20090127-7qg5.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
  7. ^ "Ivan Milat cuts off finger in High Court protest". Herald Sun. 27 January 2009. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24968554-662.00.html. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 

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Simple English

The backpacker murders is when lots of people were killed in Australia from 1990-1996, and all of their bodies were found in Belangalo State Forest, which is close to Sydney. Police think that a person called Ivan Milat killed all of these people, and they say that 7 people died.

Contents

What happened

7 people were found in Belangalo State Forest. Some of these people were visiting Australia. Some of these people were visiting Sydney from other parts of Australia. Some of these people were from Sydney. Some of these people were by themselves. Some of these people were with a friend. The 7 people were all different from each other.

Television report

On the TV they said that tourists were killed, but not everyone who died was a tourist.

The crimescene

The 7 people were found all over Belangalo State Forest, which is a big area. Some of them had their heads chopped off. Someone had sex with some of them. Some of them had their clothes taken off. Some of them were wearing clothes that belonged to other ones. Some of them had bits of their bodies cut off and put somewhere else. Some of the bodies were mixups of other bodies. Some of the bodies were by themselves.

Deaths

Some of the people had been killed with a shovel. Some had been killed with an axe. Some had been killed with a gun. Some had been strangled.

The 7 people who died had nothing in common. People who tried to find out who did it said that it must have been 7 different people who killed them. They said that they were probably a part of a gang. They said that a big gang like the mafia might have killed these people.

Catching Ivan Milat

Ivan Milat was a man who lived near Belangalo State Forest. He tried to help police to find out what happened. Police said that he knew too much about the murders, so they thought maybe he had killed someone. So police started to spy on him to try to find out if he had killed people. They found out that:

  • Ivan Milat had a big gun and he liked to go on long trips in a car by himself.
  • One man in England said that he nearly got killed, and he said what the man called himself.
  • One day police looked in Ivan Milat's house, and they found a post card that said the same name that the man in England had said he had used.
  • Police then said that Ivan Milat must have tried to kill that man. They also said that meant that Ivan Milat must have killed all of the other people.

Ivan Milat went to court, and people in court said that Ivan Milat did kill all of these people.

The mystery

A man named Chopper Read said that he knew who killed the people in the "backpacker murders". He said it was a big gang in Melbourne that killed them.

Some people think that other people helped Ivan Milat. Some people said his brothers helped him, or a girl, or lots of other people. Police have said that there are more than 30 people that went missing that might have been killed by Ivan Milat.

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