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On 29 August 2010 trail bike riders discovered a human skeleton in the forest. Media reports at first linked the killing to Milat, but later forensic work looks to disprove this theory as evidence suggests that the remains have been left there at a later date. |
On 29 August 2010 trail bike riders discovered a human skeleton in the forest. Media reports at first linked the killing to Milat, but later forensic work looks to disprove this theory as evidence suggests that the remains have been left there at a later date. |
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On 21 October 2015, the bones were identified as the body of Karlie Jade Pearce-Stevenson, aged 20, from Alice Springs. The body of Karlie's daughter Khandalyce Kiara Pearce, aged 2, was found in a suitcase in Wynarka, South Australia, in June 2015. <ref> |
On 21 October 2015, the bones were identified as the body of Karlie Jade Pearce-Stevenson, aged 20, from Alice Springs. The body of Karlie's daughter Khandalyce Kiara Pearce, aged 2, was found in a suitcase in Wynarka, South Australia, in June 2015. <ref> http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/detectives-link-wynarka-girls-bones-in-suitcase-to-angel-bones-in-belangalo/story-fni0cx12-1227576865065#itm=newscomau|home|nca-homepage-masthead-feature|2|heading|homepage|homepage&itmt=1445396455138 </ref> |
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On 22 November 2010, three teenagers (including one related to [[Ivan Milat (serial killer)|Ivan Milat]])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/teenage-relative-of-ivan-milat-charged-over-belanglo-forest-killing/story-e6frg6nf-1225958679503|title=Relative of Ivan Milat charged over Belanglo forest killing |date=22 November 2010|work=[[The Australian]]|accessdate=2010-11-22|first=Jodie|last=Minus}}</ref> were arrested on suspicion of connection with the discovery of a murdered male in the forest, following a tip-off. |
On 22 November 2010, three teenagers (including one related to [[Ivan Milat (serial killer)|Ivan Milat]])<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/teenage-relative-of-ivan-milat-charged-over-belanglo-forest-killing/story-e6frg6nf-1225958679503|title=Relative of Ivan Milat charged over Belanglo forest killing |date=22 November 2010|work=[[The Australian]]|accessdate=2010-11-22|first=Jodie|last=Minus}}</ref> were arrested on suspicion of connection with the discovery of a murdered male in the forest, following a tip-off. |
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Revision as of 03:31, 21 October 2015
Belanglo State Forest is a planted forest, of mainly pine but some native forestry around the edges in the Australian state of New South Wales; its total area is about 3,800 hectares.[1] The Belanglo State Forest is located south of Berrima in the Southern Highlands, three kilometres west of the Hume Highway between Sydney and Canberra. The forest is owned by the New South Wales Government and contains some of the earliest pine plantings in the state. The public has free access to the forest; it features two to four wheel drive tracks, creek crossings, and forest camping. It is popular among recreational trail bike riders.
History
Backpacker Murders
In 1992 and 1993, seven skeletons were found in the forest, in what was described by media as The Backpacker Murders and was considered to be the work of a serial killer. Eventually, Ivan Milat was convicted of the murders in 1996 and sentenced to life imprisonment.
On 29 August 2010 trail bike riders discovered a human skeleton in the forest. Media reports at first linked the killing to Milat, but later forensic work looks to disprove this theory as evidence suggests that the remains have been left there at a later date.
On 21 October 2015, the bones were identified as the body of Karlie Jade Pearce-Stevenson, aged 20, from Alice Springs. The body of Karlie's daughter Khandalyce Kiara Pearce, aged 2, was found in a suitcase in Wynarka, South Australia, in June 2015. [2]
On 22 November 2010, three teenagers (including one related to Ivan Milat)[3] were arrested on suspicion of connection with the discovery of a murdered male in the forest, following a tip-off.
Copycat murders
David Auchterlonie was celebrating his birthday on 20 November; Mathew Milat 17, and Cohen Klein 18 planned for over a week to lure David Auchterlonie to his death. The third person, whose charges have since been withdrawn by the DPP[4] went to police midday 21 November to report the murder.[5]
External links
- Belanglo bones belong to teenage girl: police
- Milat's relative charged with allegedly killing teen David Auchterlonie on his birthday[dead link]
References
- ^ See http://www.gazette.nsw.gov.au/pdfs/2008/2_May-Part_1c.pdf.
- ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/detectives-link-wynarka-girls-bones-in-suitcase-to-angel-bones-in-belangalo/story-fni0cx12-1227576865065#itm=newscomau%7Chome%7Cnca-homepage-masthead-feature%7C2%7Cheading%7Chomepage%7Chomepage&itmt=1445396455138
- ^ Minus, Jodie (22 November 2010). "Relative of Ivan Milat charged over Belanglo forest killing". The Australian. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ "The Nation Someone's going to die: Belanglo teenager". The Australian. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Milat's relative charged with allegedly killing teen David Auchterlonie on his birthday". Herald Sun. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
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