Australia Claremont Serial Killer, 1996 - 1997, Perth, Western Australia - #2

[papertrail]

quite a few of the press articles I have detail that 6 or more witnesses gave WA police account of a fake taxi and described the driver as having a european accent, 30 years old, with short dark brown hair. stickers and lights on the taxi but no normal equipment inside the taxi. A couple of witnesses who traveled in this vehicle on 14 January 1996 and 27 April 1997.

Any ideas on what the european accent might be? europe is a big place. do you need me to post a couple of these articles?

 

[papertrail]

Has some pretty good detail that shows what WA police were considering. Looks like the offender or offenders have done a recy mission to both disposal sites prior to abductions and murders. What would be their evidence of that? Given at both disposal sites victims were covered with cut foliage and branches, botanists may have been able to forensically examine and estimate how long the foliage had been cut for?

Tomorrow I will post a nice little aerial shot that might have captured something untoward going on at the Ciara Glennon site just over 12 months before she was abducted. Now that will get your tongues wagging for sure.

 

[enzeder]

quite a few of the press articles I have detail that 6 or more witnesses gave WA police account of a fake taxi and described the driver as having a european accent, 30 years old, with short dark brown hair. stickers and lights on the taxi but no normal equipment inside the taxi. A couple of witnesses who traveled in this vehicle on 14 January 1996 and 27 April 1997.

Any ideas on what the european accent might be? europe is a big place. do you need me to post a couple of these articles?

BBM ^ - Yes please and thank you for these articles. Much appreciated!.

 

[Bartholemeus]

What are you relying upon with the 'throats were cut' statement

The bodies were too decomposed to tell for sure but insect activity was consistent with their throats being cut.

 

[papertrail]

Found the blog for the girl. I can tell you all that I have 'scrubbed' to ensure her name and photo are not visible. What I can tell you is that she could be the identical twin sister of Sarah Spiers.

She wrote:

"I was interviewed 4 times by the squad in charge of the investigation, I left Club the same time as Sarah Spiers, she turned left & I turned right. A bloke in a car stopped & asked if I wanted a lift - I said no. I was also shown the CCTV footage they talk about always wondered why they never showed it at the time." end

Note: spelling, syntax and punctuation exactly how she wrote it. I have removed the last sentence because it had no relevance to what she was describing about the evening Sarah Spiers was taken and I have no doubt, her own very close call.

She didn't make the bob hair cut reference so that is my error which I will own up to.

What her writings tell us is that this lift offering guy was in his vehicle when he offered her the lift. So she turned right therefore it is highly probable the he was traveling east along St Quentin Avenue; after she rejected him, did he go around the block, turning left into Bay View Terrace, left into Gugeri, then left into Stirling Road to catch up with Sarah? He would have observed her exit and turn left because he was lurking. Blog girl rejected him; Sarah was going to be his no matter what. His next attack after Sarah was in the Church Lane carpark, much more secluded than out in the open on Stirling Road or St Quentin Avenue.

He moved from the vicious sexual assaults along the railway line, felt more comfortable because he had gotten away with those through atrocious police work and likely that his traumatized victims could not face the thought of facing either the perpetrator or the defense counsel's grilling and accusations 'it was her fault'. Got his confidence boost and hit bang in the middle of what was to be his 'hot spot'. Club Bay View patrons doing exactly what he expected them to do.

In my view it is also highly probable this person was the fake taxi driver that made Claremont his hunting ground as well. False taxi identity magnetic signage (lights) and logos easy to apply and remove; at times he put himself out there as a taxi driver, other times the vehicle would have just been a white vehicle. He changed his vehicle from the panelvan used in the lead up sexual assaults, attempted rapes and rape. He studied everything intensely; knew the weakness in the police force and their investigative techniques, new the weakness in the taxi control system; no uniforms required, no driver log on required, fake taxis not prevented from operating. He even earned himself a few dollars to cover his fuel costs by conning the paying public.

 

[papertrail]

The bodies were too decomposed to tell for sure but insect activity was consistent with their throats being cut.

where did you get your information about insect activity. care to share what you have with this "difficult and dumb" (your words of appreciation are so thoughtful) contributor

 

[Bartholemeus]

Found the blog for the girl. I can tell you all that I have 'scrubbed' to ensure her name and photo are not visible. What I can tell you is that she could be the identical twin sister of Sarah Spiers.

She wrote:

"I was interviewed 4 times by the squad in charge of the investigation, I left Club the same time as Sarah Spiers, she turned left & I turned right. A bloke in a car stopped & asked if I wanted a lift - I said no. I was also shown the CCTV footage they talk about always wondered why they never showed it at the time." end

Note: spelling, syntax and punctuation exactly how she wrote it. I have removed the last sentence because it had no relevance to what she was describing about the evening Sarah Spiers was taken and I have no doubt, her own very close call.

She didn't make the bob hair cut reference so that is my error which I will own up to.

What her writings tell us is that this lift offering guy was in his vehicle when he offered her the lift. So she turned right therefore it is highly probable the he was traveling east along St Quentin Avenue; after she rejected him, did he go around the block, turning left into Bay View Terrace, left into Gugeri, then left into Stirling Road to catch up with Sarah? He would have observed her exit and turn left because he was lurking. Blog girl rejected him; Sarah was going to be his no matter what. His next attack after Sarah was in the Church Lane carpark, much more secluded than out in the open on Stirling Road or St Quentin Avenue.

He moved from the vicious sexual assaults along the railway line, felt more comfortable because he had gotten away with those through atrocious police work and likely that his traumatized victims could not face the thought of facing either the perpetrator or the defense counsel's grilling and accusations 'it was her fault'. Got his confidence boost and hit bang in the middle of what was to be his 'hot spot'. Club Bay View patrons doing exactly what he expected them to do.

In my view it is also highly probable this person was the fake taxi driver that made Claremont his hunting ground as well. False taxi identity magnetic signage (lights) and logos easy to apply and remove; at times he put himself out there as a taxi driver, other times the vehicle would have just been a white vehicle. He changed his vehicle from the panelvan used in the lead up sexual assaults, attempted rapes and rape. He studied everything intensely; knew the weakness in the police force and their investigative techniques, new the weakness in the taxi control system; no uniforms required, no driver log on required, fake taxis not prevented from operating. He even earned himself a few dollars to cover his fuel costs by conning the paying public.

St Quentins is one way heading west so he must have been heading west and depending which side of the road she was on would depend whether he spoke to her through his driver or passenger window.

You have claimed that the CSK is responsible for the Church Lane attack. You seem to be getting ahead of yourself as there is no evidence of this being the place. I doubt the CSK would regress from murder to indecent assault. I think he would have tried to get the girl into his car before any indecent assault. Church Lane isn't secluded either. There's usually people around until at least 3am.

 

[papertrail]

BBM ^ - Yes please and thank you for these articles. Much appreciated!.

Here's one article. More to come tomorrow. I am sure you will appreciate this more than another participant on this site that enjoys abusing via PM calling me dumb and difficult and now also dumbo.

 

[Bartholemeus]

where did you get your information about insect activity. care to share what you have with this "difficult and dumb" (your words of appreciation are so thoughtful) contributor

I think you need to calm down.

 

[papertrail]

I think you need to calm down.

I did not ask for your abusive PMs. You need to look at your schoolyard bullying tactics bud.

 

[Bartholemeus]

There's no bullying going on. I PM'd you and mentioned your great search capabilities and asked if you could do a search for me. You answer was rude and unnecessary (as was your demeanour when you first started posting). Maybe after that I let you know what I thought of you.

ps poor form to post contents of PMs. Even worse form is to misrepresent them to try and curry favour with other posters.

 

[billywhizz]

So why is the guy in the fake taxi picking up paying customers including couples and men (SAS soldiers no less) if he is a serial killer?....

Wouldn't he want to keep the fake taxi on the down low?

Especially considering this:

He studied everything intensely; knew the weakness in the police force and their investigative techniques, new the weakness in the taxi control system; no uniforms required, no driver log on required, fake taxis not prevented from operating. He even earned himself a few dollars to cover his fuel costs by conning the paying public.

How do you suppose he knew the weaknesses in the police force and their investigative techniques?

It seems very convenient to pin every single crime from the area on the same guy right before the 20 year anniversary of SS disappearance. Especially when you also have a deadbeat that was walking around the nightclub area offering lifts to women and claiming to be the son of a policeman.

In the articles it's mentioned that a couple got in a fake cab that was a Holden, and the SAS guy got one that was a Ford Falcon. If police thought it was a fake taxi why would they let these articles go to print and alert the guy driving the fake taxis that they were onto him? He would have been reasonably easy to find given he was driving around the Swanbourne area and once sat in a hotel carpark for 3 hours. Plus also drove into the army barracks. You'd think they'd have captured him on video driving into the army barracks right? Given that it occurred on Jan 14 and SAS soldier reported it before the end of January, footage should have existed?

 

[Bartholemeus]

If you were planning to murder women you'd only roll it out for that purpose. You'd have to assume the fake taxi would have neen built for the reason of getting womem into the car rather than a taxi to make money by picking up fares and then doibg the " oh i know, i might go murder somw women sinci 8 have this snide taxi.

 

[Bartholemeus]

What's the deal with the changing stories? The information on early media reports is different to what is reported later on. I know Macro at one stage were concerned the public were becoming tunnel-visioned on the blond guy and the risk was the public may have overlooked anyone with dark hair. Was it to prevent this happening? Or was it because some of the information was wrong?

Having grown up in the area I can confirm the area was very safe. Of course there was Cooke and the Birnies, but rapes and assaults and violence were rare. So it's surprising for me to see how many rapes and sexual assaults were happening in the early 90s.

There's only so many attack rapists about and they generally commit multiple offences. So there's a good chance all those rapes were committed by maybe 3 or 4 men. But which ones? There's also the Manning St rape in Mosman Park. I wonder if this guy did some of those earlier ones? From memory Police felt he had a connection to the Padbury area (how would they know that unless they have a POI fro the area?).

 

[moonchild69]

What about the "Sex Monster?" (GN) Wasn't Weygers his #1 supporter? He was a serial rapist and possibly committed dozens more that he wasn't charged with?

 

[Bartholemeus]

10000/1 shot

http://www.mako.org.au/gary_michael_narkle.html

Long history of rapes and sexual assaults. The CSK would unlikely progress to murder and then regress to just rape. The CSK has some sort of link to the Claremont area where as GN doesn't. His patch is far and wide, the CSK's (as far as we know) is just Claremont.

 

[papertrail]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-517552/Revealed-Violent-past-Sally-Annes-killer--struck-before.html


"Dixie was jailed for six months for indecent assault and actual bodily harm in August 1988. Less than a year later he was given a community service order after exposing himself to two women.

In 1993 he went to Australia where he fathered two children with Sandra - neither of whom is now in contact with him. He overstayed his visa and faced deportation, so he disappeared and turned up with a new name.
When Dixie strolled into a cafe in Perth in January 1996, he introduced himself as Shane Turner, a top chef who had worked in restaurants around Europe and Australia. The owner, Anthony McMahon, hired him for £160 a week. Mr McMahon recalls: "He could be moody at times, but I put that down to him being a chef."
Dixie rented a flat a few miles away, near the coastal suburb of Claremont. Sarah Spiers, 18, went missing the same month that Dixie arrived at the cafe. Her body has never been found." end

What I find peculiar about this article is it puts Dixie in Claremont in January 1996 which goes totally against the grain of what WA police stated in 2008. The UK newspaper evens goes so far as to name the restaurant owner therefore there has been some research by the newspaper's journalist. Makes me consider that WA police controlled information going out to WA and Australian media, but there's been either a leak or someone made contact with the UK media directly that worked with Dixie in Perth; that someone was possibly the restaurant owner.


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[papertrail]

So why is the guy in the fake taxi picking up paying customers including couples and men (SAS soldiers no less) if he is a serial killer?....

Wouldn't he want to keep the fake taxi on the down low?

Especially considering this:




How do you suppose he knew the weaknesses in the police force and their investigative techniques?

It seems very convenient to pin every single crime from the area on the same guy right before the 20 year anniversary of SS disappearance. Especially when you also have a deadbeat that was walking around the nightclub area offering lifts to women and claiming to be the son of a policeman.

In the articles it's mentioned that a couple got in a fake cab that was a Holden, and the SAS guy got one that was a Ford Falcon. If police thought it was a fake taxi why would they let these articles go to print and alert the guy driving the fake taxis that they were onto him? He would have been reasonably easy to find given he was driving around the Swanbourne area and once sat in a hotel carpark for 3 hours. Plus also drove into the army barracks. You'd think they'd have captured him on video driving into the army barracks right? Given that it occurred on Jan 14 and SAS soldier reported it before the end of January, footage should have existed?

Do you know there was CCTV installed at the army barracks for sure?

Using fake taxi to carry men and women in the general vicinity would have ensured he didn't stand out too much. Fake taxis were pretty 'common' back then.

He knew the weaknesses of police investigative techniques because they never pursued him; that simple. Also possible he had been questioned with no pending charges. No press or media releases issuing warnings.

It was 4 days after Sarah Spiers disappeared before their was a squeak in the media.

Jane was not reported missing until the Sunday evening at approximately 10.30.

Ciara was not reported missing until the Saturday afternoon at approximately 4pm.

I believe this showed the killer that the investigation was being handled by keystone cops; don't forget who was in charge of initial investigations. He had well promoted history by then. Killer would have been back at the scene checking out if there were any concerns; nothing!

How do you know the blonde guy offering lifts and stating his father was a policeman is a deadbeat?

If you do your own research I think you will find that the police didn't release the information to the press, it was the fake taxi passengers that were interviewed directly by the press.

Sat in a hotel carpark for 3 hours; taking notice of what is going on in the general area.

Fake cab Holden vs Ford; he may have had his own personal fleet.

 

[Bartholemeus]

Do you know there was CCTV installed at the army barracks for sure?

I interpreted what Billy said as that he didn't know if there were cameras or not but felt it was a reasonable assumption that Perth's main army barracks had cameras.

It was 4 days after Sarah Spiers disappeared before their was a squeak in the media.

Jane was not reported missing until the Sunday evening at approximately 10.30.

Ciara was not reported missing until the Saturday afternoon at approximately 4pm.

I believe this showed the killer that the investigation was being handled by keystone cops;

This is a bit harsh on WAPOL. I doubt they'd go public until they're sure each girl is missing. False alarms panic the public and would have made WAPOL look foolish. The point at which they alert the media is not the same point that they start working on the case. You can bet they started immediately after they learned a girl had gone missing and had been potentially abducted.

don't forget who was in charge of initial investigations. He had well promoted history by then. Killer would have been back at the scene checking out if there were any concerns; nothing!

I'm pretty sure Caporn started after all 3 went missing.

How do you know the blonde guy offering lifts and stating his father was a policeman is a deadbeat?

He doesn't but it's not really pertinent to the case.

 

[Sutton]

The West Australian article from June 11, 1996 reads,
Detectives had not established whether Miss Rimmer intended on going to the nearby Club Bayview.

Papertrail mentioned an, as yet, unlocated article that says Jane was seen by an employee inside Club (not trying to rush you, papertrail, you said you are sorting through to find articles).

There was one bar/club still open in Claremont when Jane's friends left. Where did they think she was going to go?

I think we should consider Jane did go to Club Bay View, despite the fact that Lynda claims she couldn't stand the place or that there was a line.