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[Music] nestled on the floodplains of the Goulburn River in the Australian state
of Victoria lies the regional town of Shepherd on a former sheep station turned to railway town that is now the
agricultural and manufacturing centre of the Golden Valley located 190 kilometres
north of the city of Melbourne Shepperton was used as a popular river crossing during the 1850s Gold Rush
allowing minors to travel east from the Bendigo and Ballarat Gold Fields by the 1960s the township had grown
exponentially due to a large number of Southern European immigrants that settled in the area in the previous
century Shepperton became the central entertainment hub for surrounding rural communities following the opening of a
drive-in movie theatre the star bowling alley and the development of a new Civic
Centre which gave the 15,000 locals of venues to hold public events concerts and dances
on the night of Thursday February 10 1966 the Civic Center was hosting a rock and roll concert dubbed the mod
spectacular a range of popular music acts were built for the event drawing in a crowd of 1500 local and regional
teenagers including sixteen-year-old Urbina Margaret Medill affectionately known to
friends and family as [ __ ] she was raised on a farm in the nearby township of Ventura by her parents Fred
and Alma the couple had five children one son and four daughters and Obinna was their middle child their son Rodney
planned to carry on the family tradition of farming but the couple felt their daughters needed a wider range of
educational employment and social opportunities so they decided to relocate to Shepperton in the early
1960s regarded as a spirited vivacious teenager who always wore a smile a [ __ ] now lived with her family in a
violet colored weatherboard house close to the center of town the models were parishioners at a presbyterian church
called st. Andrews and Davina played badminton and tennis at the churches Fellowship Association she had recently
left high school to start a full-time job as an office clerk at Shepperton motor panels the city's largest panel
beaters upon finishing work on February 10 1966 she headed straight home to get ready for the Maude spectacular with her
youngest sister Roslyn a being addressed in a matching blouse and skirt paired with new white sandals and a white
shoulder back at 8:40 p.m. Fred Medill drove his daughters to Shepperton Civic Center picking up the girls two friends
Janis frost and Ray Kroc spurred on the way the group of four were excited for the night ahead unable to get a parking
near the center Fred dropped the girls off nearby and headed home comforted by the fact that
abena had arranged for her boyfriend eighteen-year-old a in her kit to drive her and her friends home after the
concert in his brother and his two sisters were raised by their strict Scottish father on a fruit farm just
outside Shepperton following the death of their mother thirteen years earlier driven to succeed
and described by his sister Heather as a workaholic Ian's proficiency for motor mechanics
earned him an apprenticeship at a local Ford dealership his brother David had also been offered a role there and the
siblings worked alongside each other eager for some independence ian moved out of home shortly after commencing his
new job and rented a room in a boarding house near the center of shepherd n' he was regarded as a jovial person with a
mischievous sight and an inclination for pulling playful pranks Abena module resilience first real
girlfriend and he already held strong feelings for her as he was working late at the dealership that Thursday he was
unable to take her to the mod spectacular but had arranged to meet her there later in the night
[Music] [Music] eighteen year-old Gary Charles Hayward had been dating his girlfriend to Gail
for almost a year although most of Shepherd ins youths were heading out to the concert that evening shy and
soft-spoken Gail opted to forego the event preferring to have a quiet night at home instead
her boyfriend agreed to do the same as he was broke and his paycheck wasn't scheduled to arrive until the following
day Gary dropped to Gail laughs at her house shortly before 6 p.m. and she assumed he would spend the evening at
home as they had discussed gary did return home briefly to eat a quick meal but then decided to attend the concert
after all tall handsome and popular Gary was the oldest son of the prominent and
successful Haywood family and was employed as a panel beater at their vehicle repair business the same place
where abena module worked as a clerk fun-loving and kind-hearted Gary enjoyed horse riding and had previously been a
scout leader he was close with his family especially his younger brother 14 year-old Alan whom he often took on
outings Alan adored Gary and had helped him restore his prized possession a dark
green colored FJ Holden sedan gary meticulously cared for the vehicle and enjoyed driving it around town relishing
the attention it generated before Gary headed to the mod spectacular he and Alan washed his beloved car and as 7
p.m. arrived gary prepared to leave dressing in black trousers a Breann jumper with an orange checked shirt
underneath and desert boots alan begged to join him the gary gently denied his little brother's request upon arriving
at the Civic Center Rosalind Medill immediately headed in to watch the concert abena did not follow
her younger sister inside instead she and her friend to Janice walked around to the corner where they
had agreed to meet a [ __ ] colleague Gary Haywood Gary had parked his FJ Holden outside the front of the star
bowling alley on friar Street and was in the company of three friends Victor Paul
and de Lindsay the four were sitting inside the vehicle when a [ __ ] and Janice arrived the girls got in and Gary
drove the group a short distance to Victoria Park Lake close to the heart of the city arriving a little after 9:00
p.m. the park land surrounding the water had been a grazing paddock before they were transformed into public gardens
with a swimming pool built into the lake itself at night the area was a popular Lovers Lane for local teens and young
adults when Gary pulled up there was a station wagon with two couples inside parked
nearby with its lights on and another car next to with Gary parked by the pool and the boys drank beer and offered a
[ __ ] and Janice cans of vodka with orange juice Janice had one and Davina drink a few making her somewhat giddy
and unsteady the girls got out of the car to get some fresh air and to visit the public toilets close by as the boys
were becoming reality Janice expressed the desire to walk back to the Civic Center concerned that Gary
appeared the most affected by the alcohol Abena was reluctant to make the almost 2 kilometer long journey on foot
as she was wearing new shoes they returned to the car and within half an hour of arriving at the lake Gary agreed
to drive everyone back to the Civic Center hey into Lindsay entered the building to
watch the concert while Abena Janis Viktor and Paul went for a walk around the block when they returned they
climbed to back into the Holden where Gary was waiting Janis was growing increasingly frustrated complaining to
Obinna several times that she wanted to leave as Paul was quote molesting her at
around 10:30 p.m. she exited the vehicle leaving a [ __ ] in the back seat and walked to the Civic Center alone to her
relief she spotted her boyfriend and after a short while the couple decided to leave driving past the location where
Gary Heywood had last parked his FJ Holden only to notice that was now gone [Music]
Ian oka was eager to impress his girlfriend Davina and wanted to be on time to pick her up before the mud
spectacular ended at 11:20 p.m. after leaving work and freshening up at home Ian walked over to the tavern a coffee
lounge to join some friends his friend and housemate Peter hazel Minh then drove him to the Civic Center where they
spotted her being a sister Roslyn when she explained that abena was out driving with Gary Haywood yin became noticeably
angry he knew Gary worked with his girlfriend and struck with jealousy he shuddered that he would quote kill the
bastard I'll belt him Ian and Peter took Roslyn home where they learned to [ __ ] was
not back yet the young men drove around town on the lookout for Gary's FJ Holden and failing
to spot the car returned to a Venus house and waited out front for her return Alma Medill had been visiting friends
for the evening when she arrived home after 1:00 a.m. she was surprised to discover her daughter Urbina hadn't yet
returned from the concert in a panic she woke her husband Fred to express her concern when Abena failed to show up by
2:00 a.m. Fred drove to Shepard and police station to alert them to his daughters absence
but the building was deserted as the two nightshift officers were out on patrol he returned home to try calling the
police instead and managed to get through to night patrolman constable Frank air in the three years constable
Eyre had worked in Shepparton his job had been mostly routine the evening of February 10 was shaping up to be another
uneventful night until he received a call from Fred Medill expressing his concern for his
daughter Urbina Constable heir and his partner constable John quark arrived at the
middle house to get the particulars then headed out to check popular horns to see
if a Beano was at any after a fruitless search the policeman returned to the middle house where her family had since
learned that nabina was in the company of Gary Heywood police drove to the hayward residence and informed Gary's
father Charlie of the situation the bedroom Gary shared with his younger brother was checked but his bed was
empty Charlie and Alan Heywood joined Fred middle and the constable since searching for the young pair checking
cars parked outside motels and other locations they thought the teenagers might be they found a no sign of them
enter by 3:00 a.m. fred Medill headed back to the police station to formally report his daughter as missing
the link between Gary and Davina puzzled both families although Gary had worked with and befriended a [ __ ] he never
mentioned her to his father nor had a [ __ ] spoken of Gary to her family Charlie returned home and started
contacting his son's friends to see whether they could shed more light on the night's events witness reports
revealed that as Abena sat in his car at the Civic Center Gary asked his friends
to get out so he could drive her back to the lake into Park by the banks of the Goulburn River the spot known locally
has a lover's lane gary promised his friends he would return later to take them home and gave them a set of his
keys and a Bennis wristwatch as a guarantee of their intention to return the pair were last seen driving off
together in Gary's FJ Holden Gary kept his word returning to the Civic Center within half-an-hour but his friends had
since departed when the concert ended shortly before 11:30 p.m. a witness saw Gary drive past the center but didn't
notice if there was anyone else in the car Constable's heir and quark searched for hours with no results they suspected
the teenagers had spent the night together and there was no cause for alarm constable quirks shift ended at 5:00
a.m. so constable err gave him a lift home before returning to the police station as he drove back towards town
he cited Gary's green FJ Holden parked haphazardly in Wyndam Street opposite Victoria Lake it was about five feet
from the curb its engine was cold the tank was half empty and its windows were down
a blue checkered rug Gary kept folded in the backseat was missing as were the ignition keys
Charlie Haywood knew his son loved to the car and would never abandon it in such a careless manner the discovery of
Gary's vehicle sparked a widespread police search one of the largest in Victoria at the time they were assisted
by the missing teens families with the hey woods even taking their pet terrier along to see if she could detect - Gary
sent friends locals and out-of-towners alike volunteered as well some speculated the couple had run off
together but those who knew them didn't believe this to be the case describing Gary and Davina as casual
acquaintances both were well-known entirely regarded in Shepparton and - neither had expressed a wants or need to
leave moreover those who knew Gary was certain he would never abandon his beloved Holden after the car was
discovered the Haywood family drove it home and parked it on their front lawn later that morning Gary's brother Alan
started his regular routine of washing the vehicle spraying its boot with water from a hose
realizing his son's actions could destroy valuable evidence Charlie quickly stopped Alan before he
progressed any further X homicide squad detective Peter Parkinson was considered
Shepherd ins toughest cop he took charge of the investigation into the disappearance of a beanie Medill and
Gary Haywood described as old-school aggressive and at times excessive detective Parkinson was
results-driven and uncompromising in his job he was already familiar with Gary Haywood and - knew how much he loved his
car as he lived around the corner from the family and regularly saw the young man washing it when he passed by
mindful that Gary would never ditch to hold and by choice one of Detective Parkinson's first
actions was to seize the vehicle and examine it for evidence two unidentified fingerprints pointing downward were
detected on top of the driver's side door an important discovery the police kept under wraps on the morning of
Saturday February 12 an elderly man was cycling along a bridge spanning Castle Creek located 22 kilometers south of
Shepperton and adjacent to the Goulburn Valley Highway he spotted a woman's white leather shoulder bags lying in the
dry creek bed below and took it to the local police station it contained a 1 pound to note some change a powder
compact key case her handkerchief and tissues as well as a metal disk engraved with the word Billie the name of bina
Medill was printed on the bags inside of lining alongside her Maxwell Street address suspecting this indicated the 16
year-old had met with foul play police began piecing together their theory that abena had been killed and her body
wrapped in the rug missing from Gary's car given this spotlighted Gary as a possible suspect three detectives
aggressively grilled his father Charlie trying to find out whether he was concealing his son from authorities
meanwhile the Heywood's home was undergoing a thorough search police also questioned Gary's girlfriend Gail but
she could offer nothing of value by Monday February 14 additional police resources arrived from Melbourne
including a search-and-rescue team police divers and Allied aircraft more than 100 volunteers were now
involved in the efforts to find the pair including all the employees of the Hayward's panel beaters although
nobody's had been located Milburn's homicide squad also arrived in Shepparton to assist in the
investigation by now the story had reached the front page of the Shepperton news and was even making headlines in
Melbourne rumors spread that a fire at the mud spectacular might have something to do with Gary intervenors
disappearance police appealed for a group of Melbourne rock-and-roll fans who had attended the show to come
forward but the lead went nowhere on the sixth day of the search the questioning
of a local 16 year old led detectives to the suburban strip of st. Andrews Road when they found an undergarment under a
rock it was initially believed to have belonged to a [ __ ] but this was later disproved after further questioning the
youth was released although police had been able to quickly determine that the underwear did not belong to a [ __ ] the
story still went public causing great pain to her family the search continued for another two days extending to the
rough country along the Goulburn River and into the thick bush land around Sheppard --an State Forest employees
took to horseback has fixed the winged aircraft scoured from above and police divers submerged themselves in the
numerous water holes throughout the region volunteers and officers tracked through wild six foot high grass with
one police officer remarking if the two teenagers had been murdered and - their bodies dumped in the long grass
searchers could pass within a few feet of them and to not know it their efforts were hampered by the number of snakes in
the area with searchers killings 13 in a single day Saturday February 19 marked a nine days
since the teenagers had vanished the region's annual duck hunting season commenced and shooters were asked to
keep an eye out for clues in particular the check the blue rug that was missing from Gary's car
friends of the teenagers were summoned to the police station and underwent intense questioning while a spate of
alleged sightings were reported from all over Victoria and Australia placing the
couple in far-flung locations such as Mildura terrain sale Wodonga and Sydney these supposed sightings gave the middle
and Heywood families hope that their children were still alive 16 days after a beanie Medill and Gary Heywood
vanished two 17-year old high school students Peter and Phillip set out from Melbourne to the small Riverside town of
Murchison East for a weekend of rabbit shooting Peters family originally hailed from the town and he still visited his
grandparents there regularly at 11 a.m. on Saturday February 26 they arrived at Murchison East railway station more than
30 kilometers southwest of Shepherd n' and headed to feed his grandparents home for morning tea afterwards they set off
down the gravel pack to River Road cutting across a paddock and climbing over a barbed wire fence to enter the
lightly timbered State Forest along the Goulburn River the land was leased from the government by a local farmer and the
teens regularly camped on the property during their shooting trips upon entering the bush lands the pair
noticed the peculiar odor in the air which they presumed was emanating from a dead animal they carried on and
approximately an hour later returned the same way as they came it was on their return track that Peter and Phillip
discovered the source of the odor the severely decomposed body of a young woman was lying face-up in the paddock
her legs apart and her arms near her sides she was naked from the waist down and had sustained severe head injuries
peter alerted the owner of the farmlands who contacted police when they arrived the owner informed them that he too had
smelled something near a collection of trees in his paddock about 300 meters from where the female body was found but
had also assumed it was a dead animal when examining this area the police discovered the clothes the body of a
male under a 30 foot read the gum tree he had a single bullet wound to his left temple the bodies were those of a bina
Medill who had been sexually assaulted then beaten to death and Gary Heywood whose skull contained a 22 caliber
bullet the area was immediately cordoned off as members of the Forensic Science Division the search and rescue squad the
Homicide Squad and Shepherdsons crime investigation division began the laborious task of searching the 90 acres
of paddocks around to the crime scene 64 meters west of a [ __ ] body were two pairs of her stockings each tied
tightly in a loop of 50 centimeters matching fibers found on Gary's trousers indicated that his legs had been bound
with the stockings his jumper was discovered near the stockings and in addition to being covered in grass seeds
leaves and bark there were traces of blood on it a benas skirt and girdle were found a
neatly folded nearby with one white shoe next to the pile and one on top there was also a second fired 22 caliber
cartridge case indicating that the killer may have shot at Gary twice but only hit him once and a black piece of
plastic which detectives believed might have been part of the murder weapon the keys to Gary's Holden were not at the
scene nor was the rug he kept in the car and his upper dentures were also missing
investigators ascertained that the assailant had abducted the pair at gunpoint near Victoria Lake dust on
Gary's car matched samples taken from the paddock meaning the killer had driven or ordered the teens to drive to
the area where their bodies were later found it appeared as though Gary struggled with his captor before either
running off into the thicket of trees or was marched there before being tied up and executed the perpetrator then
returned to a [ __ ] who was either restrained or unconscious and proceeded to rape her before bludgeoning her to
death the careless way in which Gary's car was left back in Shepparton suggests that
the killer had driven her back into town and abandoned that before or after discarding of Venus handbag near the
Goulburn Valley Highway investigating police described the murders as beyond comprehension and the most brutal
killing they had ever encountered the families of the two victims were extremely distraught Gary Hayward's
mother Margaret lost a great deal of weight and struggled to maintain the will to live his brother Alan was left
terrified thinking the killer would come after him next Abby no middles father expressed his shock at her murder in his
formal police statement writing I cannot think of any reason why any person would
want to harm my daughter an extra team of detectives arrived in Shepparton as officers worked upwards of
16 hours a day to hunt down those responsible the double homicide had left the small and otherwise quiet city
reeling and pressure to find the culprits was intense a $10,000 reward for information was on offer and Iraq
matching the one that was missing from Gary's car was displayed in the window of a major store in the middle of town
one individual came to police attention after a matching rug was spotted in his home demand a in Stanley lawful was in
his late 30s until police he had stolen the rug from a dark blue Halden with South Australian registration plates
parked outside a pub in Marut nur a town six kilometers west of Shepherd 'n police spoke with local mechanics to see
if they'd seen any vehicles similar to the one lawful described and found a match convinced this was a promising
lead police tracked the vehicle down to a car yard in South Australia only to find its drivers had airtight alibis for
the night of February 10 police suspected two or more people had committed the crimes the region's
fruit-picking season was at its peak and they considered the possibility that the
murderers could be among the thousands of workers temporarily in town for casual employment when investigators
asked the local orchard ist's to report any suspicious workers hundreds of tip offs came in but none led anywhere as
such police were inclined to believe the murders were committed by locals as the
remoteness of the crime scene indicated the killers were familiar with the area they were soon concentrating on the
town's teenagers in particular there were reports of a party held near the Goulburn River close to the west side of
Victoria Lake on the night of the murders it involved a car race and ended in a fierce brawl between attendees when
one vehicle hid another police believed the Gary may have been present and participated in the brawl and was then
killed by his opponents for revenge one senior detective told the media we feel some of the young people in
Shepparton know something of the movements of Gary on the night he was murdered although many people have come forward
and volunteered information most of the youths we have interviewed have been knows we have sought out ourselves we
believe they are not telling all they know no one raised this much suspicion as a [ __ ] boyfriend Ian er'ka he was
viewed as a prime suspect due to his jealous outburst after learning a [ __ ] had left with Gary Heywood whom he then
threatened to kill over the matter at the time the Melbourne homicide squad had a reputation for being hard officers
who were tough on criminals often beating a confession out of a suspect if necessary
ian was regularly summoned to the station for formal police interviews during which he was verbally abused
slapped and kicked by detectives they believed he was assisted by his friend and housemate Peter hazel Minh
who drove him around on the night of the murders Peter was also questioned and subjected
to aggressive treatment at the hands of the police as were several of their other friends
despite these heavy-handed tactics Ian did not admit any involvement in the crime detectives presumed he was too
tough to crack with one remarking to a uniformed officer that he had quote belted and belted Irka but he will not
confess when a uns older sister Heather noticed how miserable he was she asked what the police interviews involved but
he seemed ashamed and refused to answer Ian confided in friends that he was very
scared of the police and what might happen to him he began borrowing a car from his father or a friend in order to
camp out instead of returning home where officers could find him one day he arrived home and informed his family he
was quote going to tell them he did it to stop the police from hurting him even though Victorian laws at the time
meant a confession would have most likely resulted in his execution Heather convinced him not to confess the
funerals for Gary Heywood and Debenham their duel took place on Friday March 4 1966 marking the largest memorial
services Shepperton had ever seen gary's was held at st. Brendan's Catholic Church at 1:00 p.m.
voilá penis was at Scott's Presbyterian Church two hours later the city came to a standstill as shops closed for the day
and people gathered to watch while each procession passed by both the churches were filled to
capacity with mourners spilling out onto the streets during a penis funeral a grief-stricken a inner cat was sighted
standing at the rear of the church with his sister Heather he had bought a dozen
red roses and a card that read with all my love Ian the siblings kept their distance to
avoid drawing attention to themselves but once the congregation noticed their presence suspicious glances and tense
whispers were exchanged amongst them a [ __ ] and Gary were both laid to rest that Shepherd in public cemetery their
graves located just 20 metres from one another several months later in mid-1966 having failed to obtain the
confession they expected police officially ruled a inner cut out of their investigation two detectives
visited the home of his sister Heather to inform the family and reluctantly acknowledged that they're questioning
event had been particularly tough due to the seriousness of the case despite alien being cleared the media community
and some police members still believed him to be guilty harassment remained a part of his daily life leading him and
his alleged accomplice Peter hazel Minh to relocate into state Ian moved to Western Australia picking
up work on an oil rig before travelling to Singapore for further work Peter worked on an oil rig off the Victorian
coast for two years but then returned to Shepperton the town's attitude towards him had not
changed prompting Peter to relocate again eventually settling in the Northern Territories capital city of Darwin the
black piece of plastic found at the crime scene was identified as the plug the screwed into the butt end of an
American Mossberg 22 self-loading rifle forensics confirmed the firearm was used
to execute Gary Heywood and bludgeon Abena Medill though there were four semi-automatic
models that the recovered shells could have come from nos bugs were obtainable from most Australian gun dealers but it
wasn't a particularly common weapon anyone knowing the whereabouts of any Mossberg semi-automatic firearms were
asked to contact the police some were confiscated including a sawn-off version from a 20 year old who
lived close to where the bodies were found manufacturers in the United States were asked the supplied records of
rifles imported to Australia and police tracked down owners from local gun sellers records once a rifle was found
police fired it to compare against the shell casings with a total of 353 Mossberg being tested throughout the
investigation inquiries began in Shepard owned and at surrounds later expanding to all parts of Victoria and eventually
throughout Australia during this time a police constable attended a farm in art Moana a locality in the Goulburn Valley
ten kilometers west of Shepherd in' he was looking to question a 22 year old man named - Raymond Edmonds after his
name came up in one of the investigations many tip-offs although the exact reason for the visit was never
recorded the property owner advised the constable that Edmonds who had lived and
worked on the land for the past two years as a share farmer was no longer in the district as he had recently moved
with his wife and their three young children - may roll a small community in southern New South Wales the property
owner provided a forwarding address for Edmonds and the constable thanked him adding will get the boys up there to
pick him up after the constable left the property owner recalled Edmonds owned a
22 semi-automatic Mossberg rifle which he used to go rabbit shooting and presumed this detail was the reason for
the officers visit an inquest into the unsolved murders of gary hayward and Davina module was held
in June 1970 four years after the teenagers bodies were found it had been postponed by the case investigators and
when asked why Senior Constable Peter Parkinson explained inquiries have been at many stages looking good and to then
come to utterly nothing at many stages we have had great hopes of solving it but without result
by this stage inquiries had been made across the country in Queensland New South Wales and South Australia as well
as overseas in the United States accepting the breakthrough they were hoping for remained out of reach the
inquest into the double homicide was finally scheduled to commence on Tuesday June 9 Frank Medill spoke at the inquest
describing his daughter as a normal girl of her years who followed the modern teenage trend
he couldn't think of a reason why anybody would want to harm her Charley Heywood described his son as a regular
boy who respected his parents and always did as he was asked when called to the stand Senior Constable Peter Parkinson
told the coroner that 3478 individuals had been interviewed and investigations were still ongoing after
hearing evidence from 16 witnesses the coroner was unable to offer new evidence or insight announcing that Gary and
Davina were murdered by a person or persons unknown in the early hours of February 11 1966 despite being
officially cleared a intercuts name was mentioned at the inquest with evidence put on the record that he was quote very
annoyed upon learning abena had gone driving with Gary Ian was living in Singapore at the time of the inquest and
was not called to give evidence he had built a new life for himself overseas earning
good money working as a maintenance specialist on offshore drilling rigs two years later on Friday February 11 1972
almost six years to the day since his girlfriend was murdered in her coat and a colleague returned to Singapore
following a work trip to Sumatra they disembarked their flight shortly after midnight and to left the airport in
Ian's vehicle the cream-colored mg sports car while driving down a highway crashed the vehicle at high speed
killing both himself and his passenger instantly his funeral was held at Scots Presbyterian Church the same place where
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[Music] located nearly 200 kilometers south of Shepard on his the Melbourne suburb of
Don Vale in the 1960s Don Vale was characterized by dense bush land farms and orchards but by the early 70s the
area was changing with clusters of residential homes cropping up in place of the large blocks of rural land on the
evening of Monday July 26 1971 25 year-old Suzanne was at her Don Vale home with her three children while her
husband was out visiting friends after putting the children to bed Suzanne decided to mop the kitchen floor
and at around 10:00 p.m. she went to fetch some clean water from the laundry when she entered the hallway she was
confronted by a man she initially talked to be her husband until she noticed his
face was covered in a mask made from a stocking he raised his right hand which held a
long butcher's knife causing Suzanne to scream the masked intruder told her to keep quiet and explained that he didn't
want to hurt her before backing her into the kitchen and demanding money he then
ordered her to undress anticipating what would happen next Suzanne disclosed that she had recently
given birth and still had stitches the assailant replied that he was just going to tie up her hands and feet then leave
and ordered her to sit on the floor after he finished restraining Suzanne's hands behind her back with a stocking he
tied her ankles together then began rubbing her breasts she screamed too loudly and the men fled Suzanne managed
to untie herself and immediately phoned the police two detectives arrived within minutes
and soon realized that the assault shared a number of similarities with a rape committed in don vale eleven days
earlier the suburb of greensboro lies roughly 17 kilometres northwest of Don Vale four years after the attack on
Suzanne 23 year old Cathy was spending the night of Friday January 31 1975 in her Greensboro home with her two
children while her fiance was away interstate Cathy and her son were both sleeping in her bed while her infant
daughter slept in a cot in the nursery at approximately 4:10 in the morning Cathy was woken by a noise she thought
was her daughter rattling the side of her cot she listened to quietly for several minutes before hearing the sound
again from the direction of the laundry she switched on her bedroom light and saw a man standing in the doorway of the
bathroom brandishing a 12-inch knife up high in his right hand Cathy screamed then told the intruder
that a friend was staying over in the guest room and had luckily heard her and called the police the man responded it's
a lie no one will see you for a couple of days until your husband gets back he forced her back to her bed placed a
blanket over her terrified son and raped her police collected small amounts of evidence from the scene including the
perpetrators fingerprints consisting of a small count loop on the right hand index finger and discard right hand
pinkie these matched fingerprints recovered from the 1971 Don viola sold two years later on Monday February 14
1977 another sexual assault was reported this time roughly 55 kilometers south in
the suburb of Chelsea Heights the crime scene yielded the same distinctive fingerprints as the dawn
veil and de greensboro attacks investigators were well aware that were dealing with a serial rapist between
1971 into 1979 there were 12 assaults attempted rapes and raids throughout Melbourne attributed to an unknown
attacker police had dubbed the Don Vale rapist named after the location he spree
had begun many of the victims were married women who were either home alone or with their young children when the
Don Vale rapist struck he appeared to stalk his victims waiting until he knew they were alone or vulnerable before
launching an attack police were certain he deliberately targeted young mothers in order to control his victims by
threatening to harm their children descriptions provided by survivors allowed for the creation of a composite
sketch of the rapist which was circulated widely among the police and public the suspect was between the ages
of 34 and 44 had a pasty fair complexion stood between 5 foot 4 inches to 5 foot
10 inches tall and had sandy light brown or reddish blond hair with long bushy sideburns as more details came to light
police tasked the sculptor with creating a bust of the perpetrator the first time
a three-dimensional likeness was made of a wanted man in Australia 8 survivors and 2 witnesses from the most recent
crimes helped design the sculpture which took 45 hours to build a hairdresser colored and combed a wig and a makeup
artist that had skin tones to the bust which police nicknamed Boris Boris was used to gain the public's assistance in
identifying its real-life counterpart who was described as having soft hands being well-spoken and often going
barefoot a few survivors thought he had a slight accent that might have been Scottish or northern English another
descriptor that appeared in several survivors statements was that their attacker had an offensive odor described
as a combination of strong cigarette smoke body odor bitumen or diesel as such a newspaper
sub-editor dubbed the unknown rapist mr. stinky in 1982 five individual sets of fingerprints associated with the state's
most notorious unsolved crimes were prominently displayed in the office of the Victoria Police fingerprint Bureau
in the hope that staff would memorize and recognize them instantly among them were the fingerprints belonging to mr.
stinky the bureau had no computers so the team of 67 men and women would spend every day
sifting through hundreds of Polaroid photographs taken at crime scenes to find matching characteristics with
prints on file on Monday July 12 sergeant Andrew wall decided to examine some fingerprints from cold-case files
and came across the ones lifted from the top of the driver's-side door of Geary Hayward's FJ Holden sedan 16 years
earlier the prints which were suspected to belong to Gary Haywood and Debenham Adele's killer showed impressions of an
individual's right middle and ring fingers they immediately appeared familiar to Sergeant wall who quickly
realized they matched to those belonging to mr. stinky although this breakthrough
didn't bring authorities any closer to identifying mr. stinky had offered them a new suspect in the double homicide On
January 4 1983 the development saw the reward for information about the crime increased from 10,000 to $50,000 in May
the following year a new task force was formed to identify and apprehend mr. stinky headquartered at the offices of
the Victorian police academy in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley the team comprised the four detectives who
were led by detective senior sergeant Dennis Hanna within two ways they added a 13th rape to the list of attacks
attributed to mr. stinky this most recent assault had occurred several weeks earlier and within a
kilometer of the task force's base given the perpetrator was still active the team understood the urgency of their
task people who had crossed paths with the 13 survivors were examined in an effort to find a connection between them
a computer database was created of individuals who had been in Shepparton in the 1960s into Melbourne ceased in
suburbs during the 1970s with investigators planning to cross-check the extensive
lists to see if there was any overlap between the categories details from other cases were also studied to uncover
more potential victims or perpetrators mr. Stinky's fingerprints were circulated to police stations throughout
Australia and in July 1984 two detectives were sent to the central fingerprint bureau in Sydney to spend a
week searching through their databases for a match though their efforts came up at dry they left copies of mr. Stinky's
prints for Sydney detectives to keep on file with no significant progress achieved by the end of 1984 the task
force was disbanded and its detectives were ordered to return to their normal duties
the town of Aubry is nestled on the northern banks of the Murray River which acts as a watery border between the
states of New South Wales and Victoria to the south on Saturday March 16 1985 local resident Pat help--and was
operating a cash register in the electrical goods department at all Brie's Waltons department store where
she'd worked for 30 years in between serving customers Pat would gaze out the large display windows nearby people
watching and keeping an eye on passers-by as lunch time drew near she noticed the beefy man with a potbelly
and sandy colored hair sitting in a Ford station wagon outside parked parallel to
the curb he was wearing a blue singlet and had the driver's seat tilted back in a reclining position Pat looked away but
found her attention drawn back to the man several minutes later she noticed that he had a tense expression on his
face before realizing he was masturbating Pat alerted a number of other employees and the stores manager
called the police two police cars containing three constables arrived at approximately 12:30 p.m. and parked at
the rear of the store to avoid alerting the man to their presence constable Glen Taylor approached the
vehicle and tapped on the window shocking the car's occupant the men initially denied any wrongdoing but grew
quiet when he realized he had been caught when asked what his name was he replied Raymond Edmonds while the other
two officers took statements from witnesses constable Kevin savage took Edmonds into
custody and charged him with willful and obscene exposure he had his fingerprints taken in
accordance with New South Wales law which dictated that all offenders be fingerprinted on Monday March 18 41
year-old Raymond Edmonds pleaded guilty in an augury Court and was fined 400 dollars before being released as per
standard procedure Edmonds fingerprints were sent to the central fingerprint Bureau in Sydney for filing several days
later at around 5:00 p.m. on Thursday March 21 Raymond Edmonds fingerprints were
examined by a senior detective working late at Sydney's central fingerprint bureau the index fingers were strongly
defined while a scar cut across the little finger on the right hand he immediately recognized them as matching
a set of prints that Victorian detectives had left at the office eight months prior that belonged to a serial
rapist and suspected killer known only as mr. stinky Raymond Edmonds was born in Melbourne on March 12 1944 as his
birth mother was young and unwed Edmonds was adopted by a married couple named Harold and to Mavis Edmonds though he
wouldn't learn of his adoption until his teenage years he was the couple's only child and they doted on him leading some
of the family's relatives to believe he was spoiled and undisciplined by the time Edmonds was 6 years old
he started exhibiting signs of being withdrawn and struggled to connect with others
Harold Edmonds was a businessman who bought and sold farms and his family often relocated to various towns
throughout Victoria for his work in the mid 1950s when Edmonds was 13 years old the family made their sixth move since
his adoption around at the same time his father purchased him a gift an automatic
Mossberg 22 rifle with a fold-down grip as a child Edmonds had issues with bedwetting which continued through to
his early teens on one occasion Mavis took her son to see a doctor for a diagnosis the doctor found no physical
cause for the problem but noticed that Edmonds only had one testicle he prescribed a drug to treat the issue but
later confessed to Mavis that he had prescribed the incorrect medication one that was used to accelerate puberty
Mavis shared this information with friends but little else is known about the matter as the doctors records were
not retained as a teenager Edmonds didn't form any close friendships with other boys his age and was almost
exclusively fixated on sex and young women when he was 16 years old he impregnated a girl who gave the child up
for adoption at 17 Edmonds was seduced by an older woman who was a friend of his family they participated in
experimental and violent sex and she encouraged him to watch sex acts between herself and her girlfriend years later
Edmonds admitted quote that was when my problems started in the mid-1960s the family resided in Yarrawonga and
township roughly 270 kilometers northeast of Melbourne on the border of Victoria and in New South Wales it was
there that he met Leslie Crawford a tall blond teenager two years his junior the
pair had an on-and-off relationship until Leslie broke up with Edmonds towards the end of the year they
reunited several weeks later and on Leslie's 16th birthday they conceived a child Leslie's parents disliked Edmonds
and offered to support their daughter and her baby themselves but Leslie chose to state with her child's father in the
hopes they could have a happy life together [Music] the couple married in September of 1961
and moved to a dairy farm where Edmonds and his father worked Edmonds was unfaithful to Leslie from the outset of
their marriage but was also extremely jealous of any attention she received when their first child was born he
refused to visit his wife in hospital and she briefly returned to live with her parents the couple reconciled again
and soon had a second child Edmunds had a violent temper that could erupt at any time and he often took his
anger out on the animals he worked with he earned a reputation for animal cruelty after he almost beat a cow to
death with an iron chain an incident that deeply disturbed those who witnessed it on another occasion he
killed a farm dog that had taken an instant dislike to him in retaliation a furious co-worker lepton Edmondson
stabbed him in the arm with a knife Leslie was also a victim of Edmonds violence he beat and raped her often and
abused her emotionally and financially by humiliating her in front of other people and withholding money
by the time Leslie was 19 she was pregnant with the couple's third child around 2 this time she walked in on
Edmonds molesting their 3 year old daughter Leslie began to scream and her husband simply exited the room in
silence like his father Edmonds never stayed in one place for too long by 1966 Edmonds and Leslie lived with their
three young children on a dairy farm in art Moana a rural area ten kilometers west of Shepard n' on the evening of
February 10 1966 the night Gary Haywood and Abena Medill went missing Edmonds went out for the evening and didn't
return the next morning Leslie heard the news about the two missing teenagers on
the radio and felt a twinge of suspicion wondering where her husband had been the
night before but ultimately dismissed her concerns during the investigation into the double homicide a police
officer visited the farm in art Moana to question Edmonds only to discover he and
his family had since relocated to New South Wales the officer indicated they would alert their interstate
counterparts that Edmonds was wanted for questioning but the lead wasn't pursued
further by 1968 Leslie had given up any hope that her husband would change she returned to live with her parents
and as punishment Edmonds refused to let her have any contact with their children
and she didn't see them for four years several years later Edmonds began a romantic relationship with his live-in
housekeeper Colleen who had two children by 1971 the couple had a child together
and moved to the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond where Edmonds took a job as a tram conductor he officially divorced
Leslie and married Colleen by mid-1975 Edmonds was working as a night patrolman for a security firm in Melbourne sayst
and suburbs but was eager to relocate again he moved to a farm in the Gippsland town of officer which was
close enough to commute to Melbourne for work at the end of 1976 he took another
farm share job at a property in Chelsea hides a Bayside suburb in Melbourne south police in Melbourne were notified
as soon as the detectives in Sydney matched Edmunds fingerprints to those of mr. stinky suspecting he was still in
Aubrey arrangements were immediately made for investigators to travel there but before that could happen he was
tracked to a factory in the Melbourne suburb of Hyatt at 7:50 a.m. on Friday March 22 1995 detectives Denis Hanna and
Ken Mansell went to the factory and to instantly recognized the man behind the front desk in the Foreman's office as
Raymond Edmonds he remained calm as the detectives told him he was being taken into custody for questioning over the
murders of a young shepherding couple in 1966 at the time Victorian law only permitted police interviews to run for a
maximum of six hours so time was of the essence for the detectives state laws also allowed people to decline having
their fingerprints or footprints taken but Edmunds consented to both although his fingerprints matched to those taken
from Gary Hayward's vehicle he staunchly denied any connection to the double homicide
when asked if he had been in Shepparton at the time he evasive li replied on light and might not have been he also
denied responsibility for any of the rapes that occurred throughout Melbourne in the 1970s but as the interview
progressed his confidence began to fade he refused to look the investigators in the eyes averting his gaze into giving
listless responses shortly after 10:30 a.m. Edmonds finally cracked stating I've asked myself why
many times I don't want to hurt anyone anymore although he wasn't religious he asked the detectives to contact a priest
whom he could confess his crimes to who could then relayed the information to police a Catholic priest was summoned
and the pair spoke in privacy for 15 minutes before the detectives were called back into the room with Edmonds
agreeing to repeat his confession on the night of February 10 1966 Edmonds claimed he went to Shepherd N and met a
large group of people outside a hotel on the town's Main Street who introduced him to Garry Haywood and Davina Medill
when the rest of the group left to attend the mod spectacular concert at the Civic Center
Garry and Davina invited him to go for a drive in Garry's car during the course of the drive Edmonds claimed that Abena
climbed into the backseat and are they engaged in consensual sex which made Garry angry and jealous as he drove
Garry revealed he was carrying a 22 caliber automatic sawn-off rifle and started shooting out the driver's side
window they eventually arrived at the rural Riverside village of Murchison where
Edmunds and Gary went for a walk they got into an argument about a [ __ ] and Edmonds shot Gary when he returned to
the car and told abena that Gary was dead she tried to run away but Edmonds chased her and beat her to death he
claimed he had ditched the murder weapon near her body despite it never being recovered from the same Edmunds
concluded his confession by saying unfit and healthy but I must be sick in the head I think I need destroying
the detectives showed at Mensa film made in 1966 that recreated the movements of
Gary Hayward's car on the night of February 10 he identified the teenagers FJ Holden as well as various local
landmarks while this confirmed he had a knowledge of the crime the detectives didn't believe his version of events in
the slightest as many k details didn't add up physical evidence indicated the victims
had been tied up that Edmonds claimed he had no memory of doing this in addition
several witness statements placed the Gary and Urbina away from the hotel during the period Edmonds claimed to
have met them there he also denied ever owning a firearm and claimed the rifle belonged to Gary Haywood the Gary's
firmly established he had never owned a gun Raymond Edmonds was formally charged with the double
homicide he was also charged with three counts of rape and two counts of assault with
intent to rape in relation to five attacks committed by the Don Vale rapist when his wife Colleen asked if he really
murdered the two teenagers he admitted yes word of the arrest spread through Sheppard in providing both relief and
sorrow to the families of the victims and to those wrongfully accused at the time of Gary Haywood and Debenham a
duels murders Edmonds was 21 years old and worked at a dairy farm in art Moana that belonged to the Gorn family he got
along well with the families 16 year old son Stewart and the pair often went out
shooting foxes and rabbits together in 1985 Stewart was in his mid 30s and still resided on the dairy farm when he
heard the news that Raymond Edmonds had been arrested for the infamous double homicide he immediately recognized his
name and recalled that a detective had visited the farm following the murders looking for admins at the time the Gorn
family had assumed his name must have come up when police were looking for Mossberg or offal owners
news of the arrest also prompted Stewart to remember that years earlier he had found a cut-off piece of a gun stock and
a telescopic sight from a rifle in a shed that Edmonds had used during his time on the farm he called the Shepherd
and police to report the discoveries this information was hugely significant for investigators as they had not
retained records of the officer visiting the farm in 1966 the question admins and
were unaware that he ever owned a Mossberg rifle on Sunday March 24 detectives visited the gorn's dairy farm
to collect the items Stewart showed them a spot where he and Edmonds used to shoot targets and the decision was made
to dig for ballistics evidence a large quantity of soil was excavated from the area revealing 922 caliber cartridge
cases that match to those found near the bodies of Abena Medill and Garry Heywood
20 years earlier forensic evidence also confirmed that the pieces of the gun stock and the
telescopic sight would fit a 352 K model Mossberg despite Edmunds confession he was yet to enter a plea and was remanded
in custody while detectives continued building a case against him they traced his movements over the years and
discovered that unsolved sexual assaults had occurred in every area he had resided investigators believed Edmonds
was responsible for 27 other rape and assault cases but he had since retained a lawyer and refused to respond to any
subsequent questioning without a formal interview police were unable to press charges they conducted extensive
interviews with Edmonds ex-wife Leslie and his current spouse Coleen uncovering detailed information about his violent
and sexually abusive tendencies Leslie admitted that she had intuitively believed Edmonds could be responsible
for the murders of gary hayward and Debenham Adil from the start but refrained from going to the police
because she didn't truly think he was capable of the crime she had also been concerned that her suspicions would be
dismissed as an unhappy wife trying to get her husband in trouble investigators compiled 260 pages of
statements taken from 66 witnesses and managed to debunk Edmonds original confession confirming that his father
had given him a Mossberg rifle when he was a teenager a five-thousand word summary of the case was prepared ahead
of Edmonds committal hearing with detectives outlining their theory that the accused had kidnapped his victims
when they were sitting in Garry's Holden near Lake Victoria he then held them at
gunpoint forcing Gary to drive - Murchison East where he restrained him with stockings before raping a [ __ ]
Gary likely managed to break free prompting Edmonds to shoot him before finally killing her bina
on Monday October 21 1985 Edmonds committal hearing commenced at the Melbourne Magistrates Court where he
pleaded not guilty to all seven charges evidence was presented over five days after which the magistrate concluded
there was enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial while awaiting trial Edmonds changed his plea to guilty of
all charges on Thursday April 3 1986 he appeared at the Melbourne Supreme Court to receive his sentencing the state of
Victoria abolished capital punishment in 1975 meaning had Edmonds been caught in
1966 when he carried out the murders he would have faced the death penalty instead for the murders of gary hayward
and Urbina Medill he was sentenced to two terms of a life imprisonment with no minimum term sentencing for the three
rapes and two attempted sexual assaults took place on Tuesday October 28 1986 justice Alastair Nicholson remarked you
chose women who were alone or who were caring for young children as your prey you attacked them at night in what must
have been horrifying circumstances in four cases you had a knife the fact that you write to these women with children
in bed with them just didn't matter to you you treated women as some sort of inferior species upon which you could
inflict your desires he then sentenced Edmonds to an additional 30 years following his older brother's murder
Allan Haywood had been consumed by thoughts of vengeance in a 1987 interview with the journalist and author
Andrew rule Allen revealed how his family had struggled to cope in the aftermath of the violent crime though
his father was still alive his mother's health the tear rated following Gary's death and she
passed away nine years later four months after the murders Alen carried a sawn-off rifle in his school bag
terrified that his brother's killer would pursue him next he practiced the shooting and became a crack shot hoping
the opportunity for revenge would one day present itself when Raymond Edmonds was arrested Alain thought his chance
had finally arrived and considered attending the committal hearing to execute the murderer himself his wife
talked him out of it by pointing out that revenge was futile as he would only be putting his family through more
suffering and destroying his own life in 1988 injury rule published a book about
Edmonds crimes titled a cuckoo in it he described how a number of Edmonds survivors experienced ongoing trauma and
suffered personal losses as a result of his crimes but found support him one another and the detectives who
investigated their cases since his capture Raymond Edmonds has been considered a
suspect in several other high-profile cold cases during his first police interview on March 22 1985 Edmonds
became morose and began to make references towards the murders of two other young women but the six our
interview limit was reached before the detectives could question him further the first was 17 year old Bronwyn
Richardson who was abducted outside a supermarket in Aubrey in October 1973 her semi naked body was discovered in
the Murray River two days later with an autopsy revealing she had been raped and
strangled her clothes were folded neatly nearby in a similar manner to the way Abena models
clothing had been found in 1966 several men have been charged with bronwen's murder over the years but the case has
never proceeded to trial the second crime took place on Thursday January 3 1980 39 year-old Elaine Jones was
camping with her husband Alan and to their two children in the Riverside town of toca Mall near the New South Wales
and Victorian border she walked to a shop two kilometres away to buy chocolates and cigarettes but never
returned the following morning Alan and to their seven-year-old daughter discovered Elaine's naked body in the
Murray River while out in their dinghy she had been sexually assaulted her skull was fractured and her throat had
been cut as Allen attempted to pull her body into the boat he suffered a heart attack and died resulting in their
daughter having to swim to shore alone to seek help Raymond Edmonds was reported to have
been camping 17 kilometres away on a loopner Island at the time leaving the campsite the same night that Elaine
disappeared Edmonds has also been linked to the unsolved the disappearance of eight-year-old Heloise Wallace who was
abducted from her home in the Bayside suburb of Boat Morris on the night of Monday January 12 1976 her home was 14
kilometres northwest from the Chelsea Heights farmhouse that Edmonds moved into later that same year in 2003 an
inquest into Eloise's disappearance mentioned that Edmonds had been investigated in relation to the case but
no conclusive evidence was uncovered proving his involvement he has also been listed as a person of
interest in the slayings of six women in Tainan North covered in episode 46 of case file but was ultimately dismissed
as a suspect the mandatory process in New South Wales of fingerprinting all offenders was
crucial to the eventual apprehension of Edmunds at the time Victoria lacked a similar policy and had
Edmunds been arrested across the border he may have gone undetected since then Victoria has been an early
adopter of forensic advancements and it was the first state in Australia to introduce widespread criminal DNA
testing in the early 1990s in 2002 Victoria was also the first to introduce the requirement that all offenders of
serious crimes provide DNA samples in 2017 the cold-case team of Victoria's sexual crime squad launched a review of
the investigations into crimes suspected to have been committed by Raymond Edmonds in January 2019 he was charged
with thirty-one historical offences relating to eleven different incidents that took place across six Melbourne
suburbs beginning in 1971 the charges included eight counts of rape three counts of indecent assault one of
abduction of a female by force two counts of false imprisonment one count of grievous bodily harm and two 10
counts of burglary on Wednesday September 11 2009 teen the now 75 year-old Raymond Edmonds formally
pleaded guilty to all of the new charges two weeks later he was sentenced to an additional 23 years and five months on
top of his existing life sentences following the announcement of these charges Detective Inspector Steve Wilson
of the sexual Crime Squad told the media I want victims to feel heartened that we
are charging someone this week over incidents that occurred as much as 47 years ago it is never too late for you
to speak to police to come forward until your story or make a report I also want
offenders to understand that police won't give up trying to provide these victims with the justice they deserve
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Case 131: Mr Stinky

Ian Urquhart was eager to impress his girlfriend Abina Madill, and wanted to be on time to pick her up before the concert ended at 11:20 pm...

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Narration – Anonymous Host Research and writing – Milly Raso and Erin Munro Creative direction – Milly Raso Production, scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn A special thank you to Louise Raso and Andrew Rule for their assistance in the creation of this episode

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Brief Summary

The episode covers the 1966 murders of Abena Medill and Gary Haywood, detailing the investigation and arrest of Raymond Edmonds.

Key points

The Mod Spectacular Concert. On February 10, 1966, a rock concert drew 1500 teenagers, including Abena Medill.
The Search for Abena and Gary. The discovery of Gary's abandoned car leads to a massive police search for the missing teens.
Discovery of Bodies. Peter and Phillip stumble upon the decomposed bodies of a young woman and a man.
Police Investigation Intensifies. The area is cordoned off as forensic teams begin their investigation into the brutal double homicide.
Inquest into Murders. An inquest is held four years after the murders, but no new evidence is found.
The Masked Intruder. Suzanne is confronted by a masked man in her home, leading to a terrifying encounter.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

She was regarded as a spirited, vivacious teenager who always wore a smile.

Describing Abena Medill's personality before the incident.

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