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The Claremont Killer

Damien Evans

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One of Australia's most famous cold cases, The Claremont Serial Killings, has just had a major breakthrough. Bradley Robert Edwards has been charged with two murders as well as several other offences, and may still be charged with a third murder, the presumed 3rd victim disappeared in 1996 and has never been found.

This case has been being investigated for over 20 years and is the largest and most expensive murder investigation in Australian history.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-23/claremont-serial-killings-man-charged-with-murder/8144518
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...-on-claremont-serial-killings-charges/8145066
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-...an-in-connection-to-claremont-killing/8144208
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wes...s/news-story/fd01ca3906fbdd41894a88e00899e6df

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claremont_serial_murders
 
lionking said:
Looks like sustained, sensational police work. I'm certain they've got their man.
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With a state government likely to lose the next election and a police commissioner battling claims that he has been in the job too long, it wouldn't surprise me if the police "added blue metal to the mix".

This should be the trial of the decade if the media gives it more than a few sound bites or one-liners.
 
psionl0 said:
With a state government likely to lose the next election and a police commissioner battling claims that he has been in the job too long, it wouldn't surprise me if the police "added blue metal to the mix".
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Your opinion of modern Australian police lacks credibility. We are not in the 1980s.
 
lionking said:
Your opinion of modern Australian police lacks credibility. We are not in the 1980s.
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LOL You think that the police are different today?

Countless Royal Commissions conducted around the country have all found that if the police fear that the case they have against a suspect may not guarantee a guilty verdict then they are not averse to fabricating additional evidence to guarantee the guilty verdict. The police call this "adding blue metal to the mix" (blue metal makes concrete stronger).
 
psionl0 said:
With a state government likely to lose the next election and a police commissioner battling claims that he has been in the job too long, it wouldn't surprise me if the police "added blue metal to the mix".

This should be the trial of the decade if the media gives it more than a few sound bites or one-liners.
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psionl0 said:
LOL You think that the police are different today?

Countless Royal Commissions conducted around the country have all found that if the police fear that the case they have against a suspect may not guarantee a guilty verdict then they are not averse to fabricating additional evidence to guarantee the guilty verdict. The police call this "adding blue metal to the mix" (blue metal makes concrete stronger).
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You don't know what you are talking about. Not the first time. Give me a recent example of police using that term in a case involving fabricated evidence.
 
lionking said:
You don't know what you are talking about. Not the first time. Give me a recent example of police using that term in a case involving fabricated evidence.
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If it is your claim that corruption has been eradicated from police forces around the country then the burden of proof is upon you.
 
psionl0 said:
If it is your claim that corruption has been eradicated from police forces around the country then the burden of proof is upon you.
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Hilarious. You raised "added blue metal to the mix". You can't support it. Well done brave Sir Robin.
 
psionl0 said:
I don't need to. You acknowledged that it was happening in the 1980s (or that remark is completely meaningless).
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Your posts are here for everyone to read. "Blue metal". I haven't had a laugh like this for ages.
 
I was a postgraduate student at the University of Western Australia at the time of these murders and lived close the scene. If I was working late and missed the last bus I had to walk home at night through at area close to where the disappearances took place.

One of the strangest encounters I had with the police was when I was rushing to my bus stop to catch the last bus. A police car pulled up beside me and started asking questions about where I was going. At first I thought they were concerned about the fact that I was walking close to a region where young women had disappeared and were planning to warn me and perhaps even offer me a ride. But it turned out that they were actually questioning me because I looked suspicious due to 'wearing dark clothes, walking quickly and carrying a large bag'. After a lecture about wasting their time due to this outrageous behaviour, I did miss the bus and had to walk home.

It was also 'common knowledge' at the time that the police knew who did but couldn't get enough evidence to arrest the person. I remember friends telling me who it was and where he lived, and that he couldn't go anywhere without being followed. It turned out this original suspect was innocent.
 
I wonder what he has done in the last 20 years since then? Has he lived without breaking the law? If so what is the point in spending heaps of $ in prosecuting him? Finding out the facts can be done without prosecuting him and would reveal far more. Like where that missing third person is. It is in his interest for him to deny all knowledge of that third person. Is it to deter others? Most crimes that are solved are solved within a few years. It is rare for one to be solved after so many years.

There is also the possibility that this person is not guilty of anything. If so the trial would be a massive waste of money. Or maybe the evidence is not strong. I would not trust any witnesses to tell the truth. Forensic evidence can be faulty. So not much is left. The links in the OP give no clue as to what evidence police have.

I also wonder why the guilty person stopped committing those crimes?
 
psionl0 said:
You have completely backed way from your "We are not in the 1980s" argument.
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"We are not in the 1980s" is supposed to equal a claim, "corruption has been eradicated," and if one meant anything else the "we are not in the 80s" is meaningless?

That's an interesting but illogical train of thought. Clearly you prefer tackling straw men.
 
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Elaedith said:
I was a postgraduate student at the University of Western Australia at the time of these murders and lived close the scene. If I was working late and missed the last bus I had to walk home at night through at area close to where the disappearances took place.

One of the strangest encounters I had with the police was when I was rushing to my bus stop to catch the last bus. A police car pulled up beside me and started asking questions about where I was going. At first I thought they were concerned about the fact that I was walking close to a region where young women had disappeared and were planning to warn me and perhaps even offer me a ride. But it turned out that they were actually questioning me because I looked suspicious due to 'wearing dark clothes, walking quickly and carrying a large bag'. After a lecture about wasting their time due to this outrageous behaviour, I did miss the bus and had to walk home.

It was also 'common knowledge' at the time that the police knew who did but couldn't get enough evidence to arrest the person. I remember friends telling me who it was and where he lived, and that he couldn't go anywhere without being followed. It turned out this original suspect was innocent.
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This is a fascinating account. It sucks they weren't interested in your safety. More than once I've had cops interested in my safety because I was in a bad place at a bad time. I'm sorry to hear that didn't happen in your case.
 
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