For the record, no one has posted or pm'd me any info about Sarah's employer. But thank you to everyone for trying.
In retrospect, it seems gruesome to offer these articles as a reward. I have seen them vaguely referenced 'as UK articles that revealed the manner of death', but have never seen the actual articles or even any quotes from the articles.
It's possible the articles contain errors.
April 4, 1997:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/STRIP...IPLE+KILLER+AFTER+MISSING+IRISH...-a061104395
April 5, 1997:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WE'LL...+Aussie+cops+vow+to+nab+`jumpy'...-a061104056
I've seen these before and pretty confident they were discussed on BF thread but because of the innacuracies they were disregarded.
Noel Coward said he knew the girls had had their throats cut (in reality he was merely speculating). In DM's book she talks of interviewing a cop who confirms that there was evidence to suggest JR's throat was cut.
Police have stated a number of times, right up until at least the 2008 CIA episode, that they believe the girls were killed soon after, and close by to the abduction point. Unless the CSK had a house near by, I struggle to see the CSK doing this either in his car, or in a public place. There's not a lot of secluded places around Claremont (I guess we know the cemetery and Lake Claremont Golf Course were secluded enough for a rape though). But cutting someone's throat? There'd be a lot of blood. And then he'd have to get the girls into his car with blood pissing everywhere.
I initially thought strangulation but DM's book strongly suggest throats.
Throat
- In car unlikely - too much blood
- Could he have had a plastic lined boot? Maybe.
- Could have had a house close by
= Local kill unlikely unless has house close by
Strangle
- Could have done locally
- Could have done inside his car
- A cop told DM that there was evidence that strongly suggested throat cut. Cop might have been lying.
= Throat cut more likely based on what we know
Close By
- Would have had to have access to a house or business near by
- Could have been strangulation
- Outside chance used public location such as cemetery, golf course, Bold Hill. Lot of blood left over
Far Away
- Would have had to subdue the girls for the trip. Maybe a head blow? Maybe a judo move?
- Would have had higher chance of privacy and less mess in his car.
- Short trip to dump site meaning less risk with dead body
- Any mess like a *****tonne of blood would be less liekly to be discovered.
I lean towards the CSK disabling his victims locally then driving to somewhere within a few km's of the dump sites and doing his ritual and kill there.
He still had to transport the bodies and you'd assume they were quite bloody.