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Leading crime experts claim Ivan Milat responsible for 20 more murders

<div class="post_body_wrapper"> <div class="post_body"> <div class="body_text redactor-styles redactor-in"> <p>Ivan Milat, the notorious Australian serial killer, died in 2019, but Australia's leading crime experts say he might be responsible for up to 20 unsolved murders.</p> <p>In<span> </span><em>7NEWS Presents Ivan Milat: Buried Secrets</em>, criminologist Dr Xanthe Mallett and criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro believe that Milat took other secrets to his grave.</p> <p>The pair in the show look at unsolved murders and disappearances and compare them to known locations and sightings of Milat when he was alive.</p> <p>Watson-Munro said that after their investigation, he is "sure" that Milat is responsible for six other murders and is "firm" that he was behind a range of others.</p> <p>One of Milat's potential victims was 20-year-old Keren Rowland, who was five months pregnant after her body was found in the Fairbairn Pine Plantation in Canberra in May 1971.</p> <p>Dr Mallett said “the victimology, the type of victim, the circumstances under which she was taken and perhaps most importantly, the circumstances in which she was found,” led her to believe Milat was responsible for her death.</p> <p>“It was so similar to Belanglo... it really spoke to us to have the same hallmarks of the Ivan Milat victims that we know of,” she explained.</p> <p>Watson-Munro described Milat as “a psychopath and a marauding serial killer with no remorse” who “clearly enjoyed” killing people.</p> <p>Keren Rowland is just one of a number of missing people, homeless people and runaways whose disappearances or murders are investigated in the show.</p> <p>Milat was serving seven life sentences for the seven backpackers he killed before he died from terminal stomach and esophagus cancer in 2019.</p> <p><em>Photo credits:<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://7news.com.au/sunrise/on-the-show/chilling-claim-backpacker-murderer-ivan-milat-killed-twenty-more-victims-c-2335960" target="_blank">7NEWS</a></em></p> </div> </div> </div>

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The most chilling psychopaths in history

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These killers performed murders you’d think could only happen in horror movies.</span></p> <p><strong>Ed Gein </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Norman Bates (from Psycho), Leatherface (from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Buffalo Bill (from Silence of the Lambs) are three of the most iconic fictional horror characters of all time – and they’re all loosely based on one man: Ed Gein. Also known as the Butcher of Plainfield, Gein collected women’s bodies through grave-robbing and murder from around 1945 to 1957, when he was finally caught. He used the women’s remains to decorate his isolated Wisconsin farm and to make various items of clothing. Gein passed away in 1984 in a mental institution.</span></p> <p><strong>Charles Manson</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the most infamous ringleaders in history, Charles Manson used psychopathic manipulation to gain his cult followers in the 1960s. Not only did he murder people on his own, but he convinced his deepest admirers to commit the same brutal acts he did, resulting in some of the most notorious murders of celebrities and entertainment industry heads, including director Roman Polanski’s wife, Sharon Tate, as well as coffee heiress Abigail Folger. Manson and his cronies were sentenced to death, but California abolished the death penalty afterward; they’ve spent their lives in prison instead.</span></p> <p><strong>Ted Bundy</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ted Bundy is one of those names that is practically synonymous with “serial killer” and “psychopath.” He was known to be very sly and charming, which was the shiny veneer he used to lure his many victims. He killed at least 30 people across the United States, but it took years for the authorities to catch him, because no one was able to believe such an “upstanding” young man could do such horrible things. He is most famous for his necrophiliac tendencies, and his own lawyer described him as a “heartless evil.”</span></p> <p><strong>Ivan Milat, AKA the backpack killer</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Known as one of Australia’s most cold-blooded killers, on 27 July 1996, Ivan Milat was convicted of the ‘backpacker murders’, the serial killings of seven young people that took place in New South Wales between 1989 and 1993. The bodies of the victims – five of whom were foreign backpackers, the other two Australian travellers from Melbourne – were discovered partially buried in the Belanglo State Forest, 15 kilometres south-west of the New South Wales town of Berrima. Police believe Milat may have been involved in more attacks or murders than those for which he was convicted. Now terminally ill with pancreatic cancer, Milat is expected to soon die in prison where he is currently serving seven consecutive life sentences.</span></p> <p><strong>Richard Ramirez</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to thoughtcatalog.com, Ramirez’s victims ranged in age from nine to eighty-three, and he did not have a particular preference for gender. He ravaged Los Angeles in the ’80s with his brutal, Satanic killings, simply because he was fascinated by it. That’s not to say it had nothing to do with his upbringing, however. When he was just 11-years-old, he witnessed his cousin murder his wife – and was asked to participate in the clean-up afterward.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Written by Taylor Markarian and Zoe Meunier. Republished with permission of</span><a href="https://www.wyza.com.au/articles/lifestyle/the-most-chilling-psychopaths-in-history.aspx"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Wyza.com.au.</span></a></em></p>

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Sick contents of Ivan Milat's final sealed letter revealed

<p>Australian serial killer Ivan Milat wrote a letter 48 hours before his death, demanding the government shell out the costs for his funeral.</p> <p>Just days before the convicted killer’s imminent death, Milat wrote a one-page letter on Thursday, addressed to his brother Bill and sister-in-law, instructing for it to remain sealed until his death.</p> <p>He died a mere 48 hours later, at the age of 74, in Long Bay jail’s hospital after being diagnosed with esophageal and stomach cancer in May.</p> <p>Milat was sentenced in 1996 to seven consecutive life sentences for murdering seven backpackers.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4GbjL-h3kX/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4GbjL-h3kX/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Nicole Currie (@nikkivamps21)</a> on Oct 26, 2019 at 4:50pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Their bodies were found discarded in shallow graves, in the Belanglo State Forest in the 1990’s.</p> <p>“It's the taxpayer that put him in there (prison) so the taxpayer has to pay. Corrective Services had him all this time so Corrective Services can foot the bill,” Ivan’s brother, Bill Milat told Channel 10 on Monday.</p> <p>The backpack murderer signed off the letter with his name and a small drawing of a figure with a halo above the word innocent.</p> <p><strong>Ivan Milat’s final letter</strong></p> <p><em>Hello and may all be well with both of you and your family. Things are fairly crook with me but while I in mind and senses I would like you to know that years ago you were nominated as my next of kin contact person by CS NSW, that's Corrective Services New South Wales.</em></p> <p><em>Due to my health issues, I wish to leave you all I have. All funds, moneys held in my prison account and to possessions of all other items of property, legal and trial and appeal reviews documents held on my behalf by Corrective Services NSW. Above all I request be given to William [Address] I thank you for this.</em></p> <p><em>I realise and am aware that this letter my wishes may not be legal will and testament CS NSW Government Services and probate procedures may come into play I believe. But hope this letter may clearly show my intentions and wishes that you Bill receive my funds and legal documents.</em></p> <p><em>Keep this letter to show it to your solicitor that you may sole beneficiary. Please don't pay for my funeral services or contribute in any way. CS NSW to fund it all. A paupers burial or whatever is suitable. I have assured the commissioner of CS of NSW of my wishes.</em></p> <p><em>I am innocent of the crimes convicted of.</em></p> <p><em>Ivan Milat</em></p> <p><em>24/10/2019</em></p> <p>Bill told 10 Daily he was sorry for the young backpackers who died, but maintains his brother is innocent.</p> <p>“Awfully sorry that these people have lost their loved ones, you've got to feel for them, they're kids and kids should be entitled to roam the country wherever without being hindered or picked up of molested.</p> <p>“I just hope this doesn't happen again.”</p> <p>He says the family will not have a private funeral for Ivan, and instead he will be cremated and scattered.</p> <p>“Have a funeral and every kook in the country will be there -- if he was buried they'd desecrate the grave and make a mess of the place,” he explained.</p> <p>Correctional Services on Monday said its commissioner had not received any recent correspondence from Milat.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Gs-x0Fc8p/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Gs-x0Fc8p/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Tyler Dunstan (@dunstan.tyler)</a> on Oct 26, 2019 at 7:22pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“Corrective Services NSW will under no circumstances be paying for this funeral,” a spokeswoman stated.</p> <p>Boris Milat, another brother of Ivan, is the only member of the Milat family to speak out against the convicted killer,.</p> <p>“I am definitely embarrassed to be a Milat,” Boris Milat told the Nine Network.</p> <p>“To me, he died a long time ago ... he's nothing but an evil killer.”</p> <p>However, most of Ivan's family don't believe he's a serial killer.</p> <p>“They're denying that he killed anybody. They are saying that the police made it all up,” Boris Milat said.</p> <p>“I'm putting it out there on the family now, these mongrels hate my guts because I'm the one guy that speaks out ... I just want the truth out there.”</p> <p>Milat did not admit to any murders while alive, and investigators believe he is responsible for many more.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Gi73Sje7K/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Gi73Sje7K/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Chris Sharry (@christophersharry84)</a> on Oct 26, 2019 at 5:55pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Former detective Clive Small, who led the NSW Police investigations into the backpacker killings, believe Ivan omitted any information to keep his “power”.</p> <p>“Ivan, having information that he knew others didn't have, he saw himself as being the boss or in control of the situation,” he told 2GB radio.</p> <p>“I think he believed that once he gave that information up he no longer had the power.”</p> <p>In a bid to bring closure to his victim’s families, detectives repeatedly tried to coax a confession out of Milat in the final hours before his painful death.</p> <p>However, the convicted murderer gave nothing away.</p> <p>Police remained tight-lipped about the details of the interviews conducted and the tactics they employed, until they were laid out on Monday.</p> <p>“You could blow me eyes with a blowtorch and I still could not tell you one word about any of them missing people,” Milat said when speaking about the unsolved murders police suspect he committed.</p>

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Ivan Milat: Sister-in-law reveals year-long affair

<p><span>Ivan Milat’s former sister-in-law has revealed she had a year-long affair with the convicted serial killer while she was married to his brother Wally.</span></p> <p><span>Speaking to <em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/ivan-milats-sister-in-law-maureen-has-no-feelings-over-his-death-60-minutes-exclusive/2938c380-3ad6-4a5e-852c-6fd034b0d2f3">60 Minutes</a> </em>on Sunday, Maureen Murray said she found the backpacker murderer to be “charming and attentive”.</span></p> <p><span>“That’s a part of my life I’m not really proud of but I had been [intimate with Ivan]. At certain points… just things happen,” she said.</span></p> <p><span>But she said she believed Milat was responsible for the deaths of seven backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo State Forest between 1989 and 1992.</span></p> <p><span>“I believe he did it. He’s not innocent,” she said. </span></p> <p><span>“To me, he died 20 odd years ago, when he was arrested for this. I have no feelings whatsoever. He’s just a person that's died.”</span></p> <p><span>“I’d rather remember the person I knew – a nice person.”</span></p> <p><span>Ivan Milat died on Sunday at the age of 74 in Sydney’s Long Bay Prison Hospital. He was diagnosed with terminal stomach and oesophageal cancer in May.</span></p> <p><span>NSW Corrections Minister Anthony Roberts said he was glad that Milat was dead.</span></p> <p><span>“He can rot in hell,” Roberts said. </span></p> <p><span>“He showed no remorse.</span></p> <p><span>“He was sentenced to remain in jail for life, that sentence was carried out and he died in jail.”</span></p> <p><span>In 1996, Milat was handed down seven life sentences for the murders of seven hitchhikers and the abduction of British backpacker Paul Onions.</span></p> <p>Milat, who was also linked to the disappearance of three women in the Newcastle region in the late 1970s, never admitted to any of the crimes.</p>

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"No remorse": Ivan Milat dies aged 74

<p>Ivan Milat, Australia’s most notorious serial killer has died while serving seven life sentences for the murders of seven backpackers at 74-years-old. </p> <p>Milat was diagnosed with terminal oesophagus and stomach cancer in May and was transferred for advanced pain relief treatment to Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital on October 11. </p> <p>The terminally ill Milat had been under heavy guard surveillance in the intensive care unit but was returned to jail when it became clear that death was imminent. </p> <p>New South Wales Minister for Counter Terrorism and Corrections Anthony Roberts told<span> </span><a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/"><em>The Daily Telegraph</em></a><span> </span>Milat had shown no remorse for his crimes and deserved no mercy on his deathbed. </p> <p>Mr Roberts added he could “rot in hell”. </p> <p>“He was sentenced to die in jail and he was going to die in jail,” Mr Roberts said.</p> <p>“I wasn’t going to have him take up a public hospital bed. Both the commissioner and I were of that opinion.</p> <p>“We had him removed from a hospital and sent back to Long Bay Jail. He can rot in hell.</p> <p>“He showed no remorse. We ensured the sentence was carried out.”</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz9lLXzAq7u/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; 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width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Gs-x0Fc8p/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Tyler Dunstan (@dunstan.tyler)</a> on Oct 26, 2019 at 7:22pm PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>In 1971, he was accused of abducting two 18-year-old female hitchhikers. </p> <p>He threatened them at knifepoint and raping one of them before they both escaped. </p> <p>He was acquitted of his charges in1974, after his lawyer, John Marsden, accused the two women of being lesbians. </p> <p>In 1990, Milat picked up a British hitchhiker by the name of Paul Onions, then aged 24, in Casula, near Liverpool, after introducing himself as "Bill".</p> <p>Mr Onions managed to escape after Milat pulled a gun on him and he was rescued by a passing car and taken to a police station.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; 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<div> <div class="replay"> <div class="reply_body body linkify"> <div class="reply_body"> <div class="body_text "> <p>Ivan Milat’s long-time mistress and sister-in-law said she will “always love him” and doesn’t want him to die.</p> <p>Speaking publicly for the first time, Marilyn Milat-Tempest told <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/serial-killer-ivan-milats-mistress-marilyn-milattempest-says-she-still-loves-him/news-story/bab7f59614c3c5477ed45afec34e22d6" target="_blank"><em>The Daily Telegraph</em></a> she worries about the serial killer’s health after he was diagnosed with oesophageal and stomach cancer.</p> <p>“I don’t want him to die,” she admitted. “I don’t love him like that, anymore. Well … I always will. I worry for him, I call Long Bay jail almost every day to see how he’s doing.</p> <p>“Ivan is Ivan, he’s different to anyone I’ve met. In his last days I can’t forget [him] … I worry for his health.”</p> <p>The pair’s 11-year affair began in the 1960s. Together they had a child – Lynise, now 54 – when she was in a relationship with Ivan's brother Boris.</p> <p>Ivan was arrested in May 1994, and sentenced to seven life sentences two years later for the murders of seven people between 1989 and 1993.</p> <p>More than 10 years after their affair ended, Marilyn asked the backpacker killer to marry her when she learned that his wife Karen was divorcing her. Ivan rejected the proposal.</p> <p>“Ivan was always at Marilyn’s house in Niagara Park, he was incredibly charismatic,” said daughter Lynise’s former partner Paul Gould.</p> <p>“She loved it when he turned up … they’d sit in the bedroom talking for hours. She’s never stopped loving him. Lynise didn’t know for years that Boris wasn’t her father, he raised her as his own.”</p> <p>Last month, Ivan was transferred from Goulburn’s super max jail in NSW to Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, Sydney, to undergo cancer treatment. </p> <p>The convicted serial killer, now 74, was moved to Long Bay Jail's hospital <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/ivan-milat-moves-to-long-bay-jail-hospital-from-prince-of-wales-20190521-p51pjl.html" target="_blank">two weeks ago</a>. He has been told he may only have weeks to live, and is expected to see out his days at the correctional centre’s hospital facility.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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Ivan Milat: How his brother Alex was responsible for his downfall

<p>When Alex Milat walked into Bowral police station in NSW's southern highlands in 1992, he did not know his tip would kickstart the investigation that led to the arrest and conviction of his brother Ivan as a serial killer.</p> <p>Alex, one of Ivan Milat’s 13 siblings, claimed he and a friend saw two vehicles entering the Belanglo State Forest – where the bodies of seven young people linked to Ivan’s case would be discovered – containing about seven men along with two gagged and bound women.</p> <p>Alex believed the two women could have been Caroline Clarke and Joanne Walters, two British backpackers who disappeared from the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross around the same time he saw them.</p> <p>“I saw that the male passenger in the rear seat, next to the female, appeared to be aged in his mid-20s, a caucasian, fair complexion with brownish colour hair, which was neatly groomed and cut to the ears and neatly trimmed around the sides to the rear,” Alex’s <a href="https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/how-ivan-milats-brother-alex-was-the-accidental-architect-of-his-downfall/news-story/36c6c187fd5c86e4f390f646921e93d7">statement</a> read.</p> <p>“He was clean shaven and appeared to be well dressed. From memory he was wearing an off-white colour, collar-style, long sleeve shirt ... At this time, I noticed his hands were not rough as if he was an office worker as opposed to a labourer and his hands were clean.”</p> <p>The detailed description was first dismissed by police as fanciful, considering that both Alex and the people in his account were in moving vehicles.</p> <p>Alex said he delayed reporting the sighting because he thought “it was just some young blokes taking some girls into the forest to have a good time”.</p> <p>He said, “From my knowledge and experiences in that area I am aware of countless times when young men and women are observed driving around the forest looking like they’re lost or looking for somewhere they can have a good time and I didn’t think that this instant was any different.”</p> <p>The police found Alex’s detailed report suspicious, as it didn’t match his hesitation to provide the information. That prompted them to look into the Milat family.</p> <p>Out of all the Milat brothers, Ivan stood out due to his lack of alibi. He also lived near the forest and sold a Nissan car with a bullet left under the front seat shortly after the first bodies were found.</p> <p>The second time Alex helped out with the investigation was when he notified the ABC about the massive clue inadvertently shown in its <em>Four Corners</em> report. An interview with Clive Small, the head of the manhunt taskforce, showed a whiteboard in the background that contained the word “Milat” – for Ivan Milat, who was chief suspect at the time.</p> <p>The ABC removed the footage from further broadcasts, keeping Ivan in the dark and prompting Alex to continue monitoring his brother for the authorities.</p> <p>The third time Alex put Ivan under the spotlight was a crucial moment that led the police to get a search warrant. Alex was being questioned for his brother’s case when his wife mentioned a backpack Ivan had given them as a gift.</p> <p>The bag turned out to belong to German hitchhiker Simone Schmidl, one of the victims.</p> <p>On May 22, 1994, Ivan was finally arrested at his home in Eagle Vale in a morning raid.</p> <p>In July 1996, Ivan was sentenced to seven life sentences for the murders in NSW between 1989 and 1993 with no chance of parole.</p> <p>Alex said carrying the same last name as his brother brought him a lot of trouble. </p> <p>“I do [regret keeping the Milat name], I f*****g do,” he told <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/serial-killer-ivan-milats-brother-dies-on-sunshine/3189421/" target="_blank"><em>Sunshine Coast Daily</em></a> in 2015.</p> <p>“The first day I should’ve changed my name, it would definitely have been a better life … It’d amaze you the problems I’ve had with having this name.”</p> <p>He said he was not concerned about Ivan’s guilt. </p> <p>“The decisions are made by somebody else, more than likely for political reasons,” Alex said.</p> <p>“I don’t even worry about it [Ivan’s guilt]. I just try to live my life and enjoy it.”</p> <p>Alex died in 2017 from a heart attack at the age of 76, while Ivan was diagnosed with terminal oesophagus and stomach cancer last week. </p> <p>“I’ve been informed he's only got a couple of weeks to live,” Ivan’s nephew Alistair Shipsey told <a href="https://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/story/6144518/wayback-wednesday-police-catch-a-serial-killer-photos/"><em>Ten News</em></a>.</p>

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