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Leonard John Fraser also known as "The
Rockhampton Rapist" (June 27, 1951 – January 1, 2007) was
an Australian convicted
serial
killer.
Biography
Fraser was born in Ingham, Queensland.
Crimes
He was jailed for the abduction and murder of nine-year-old Rockhampton girl Keyra
Steinhardt in 1999. He had previously served a period in jail for
rape. He was subsequently charged
with four murders. Police found many trophies of his victims in his
flat and ponytails from
three different women, which could not be traced to any of his
known victims.[1] One
alleged victim, however, Natasha Ryan, was eventually found to be
alive and living secretly with her boyfriend after being missing
for five years.[2] In
2003, he was sentenced to three indefinite prison terms for the
murders of Beverley Leggo and Sylvia Benedetti, and the
manslaughter of Julie Turner in the Rockhampton area in 1998 and
1999.[3][4] At his
trial, the judge described him as a sexual predator who was a
danger to the community and his fellow inmates.[5]
Death
Fraser was being held at the Wolston Correctional Centre
and, after complaining of chest pains, he was taken to a secure
section of the Princess Alexandra Hospital
in Woolloongabba, on December
26, 2006,[6] where
he subsequently died of a heart attack on January 1,
2007.[5]
Media
Fraser's murders are the focus of the Crime Investigation Australia series 2
episode The Predator: Leonard John Fraser.[7]
Notes
References
- Doneman, Paula (June 2006).
Things a killer would know: The true story of Leonard
Fraser. Allen & Unwin. p. 240. ISBN
1741142318.
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