Australia Australia - Bowraville Murders, NSW, 1990-1991

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NoCookies | The Australian

Evidence about the suspected serial killing of three Aboriginal children in the NSW mid-north coast town of Bowraville will be sent for DNA testing, raising the possibility of a breakthrough in the 30-year-old unsolved murders.

Detectives from the NSW Police Force’s Unsolved Homicide Unit have launched a reinvestigation of the case, recently travelling to Bowraville to meet the victims’ families.

They also met with former homicide detective Gary Jubelin, who led the investigation for more than 20 years before his retirement in 2019 and subsequent conviction for unrelated offences.

 

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When 3 kids went missing within 5 months from the same street, police didn't spot a pattern. Learn more about the Bowraville serial killer | Pine Journal

One by one they disappeared. Three aboriginal kids vanished from the same rural Australia street within a five-month period. They were all last seen at three separate parties. The same white man attended each of those parties. The remains of two of the victims were found in the bushland near the clothing of the third, who's body was never recovered. Over 30 years later, no conviction has taken place.

The Victims

• 16-year-old Coleen Walker was last seen alive at a party on September 13, 1990. Her body was never recovered.
• 4-year-old Evelyn Greenup disappeared after a party at her grandmother's house on October 4, 1990.
• 16-year-old Clinton Speedy-Duroux went missing after a party on January 31, 1991.

When the families approached the local Australian police, they were largely dismissed. Police suggested that their missing loved ones may have simply gone walkabout, a rite of passage in Australian Aboriginal society, during which males undergo a journey during adolescence.
When 3 kids went missing within 5 months from the same street, police didn't spot a pattern. Learn more about the Bowraville serial killer | Jamestown Sun

 

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Bowraville murders documentary premiere postponed amid COVID-19 lockdown

After five years spent making a landmark documentary about the murders of three Aboriginal children at Bowraville, the pandemic has forced its creators to wait a little longer for the premiere.

The extension of the COVID lockdown in regional NSW this week dashed hopes The Bowraville Murders would be screened at a cinema in the Nambucca Valley where the crimes took place.

The premiere had been set down for August 29 but has been postponed until October 1.

 

[drsleuth]

Premiers tonight ( virtually )

David Shoebridge
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The Bowraville Murders Virtual Premiere Screening - Tonight 4th September 7:30pm AEST - you can get you tickets here

https://fanforcetv.com/programs/thebo

 

[Bohemian]

On SBS Australia this Sunday (26 September 2021) at 8:30pm ‘Australia Uncovered: The Bowraville Murders’.

‘The Bowraville Murders investigates one of Australia's most prominent unsolved serial murder cases – the murder of three Aboriginal children between September 1990 and February 1991 – and the 30-year battle for justice by the victims' families.’

'Australia Uncovered': SBS presents compelling stories and hidden issues in new documentaries

 

[Bohemian]

You can also watch The Bowraville Murders documentary on SBS On Demand:

The Bowraville Murders

 

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Feb 11 2022 rbbm.
Police reward tripled for cold case murders of Bowraville children (9news.com.au)
''WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned the following article contains images of deceased persons.
The reward for information into the murders of three Aboriginal children in 1990 has been effectively tripled by NSW Police.
A $1 million reward for information had been offered in 2020 for anyone who could help solve the murders of Evelyn Greenup, 4, Clinton Speedy-Duroux, 16, and Colleen Walker-Craig, 16.

Now NSW Police are offering $1 million for each murder.''

Colleen Walker-Craig, 16, Evelyn Greenup, 4, and Clinton Speedy Duroux, 16.
Despite now offering separate rewards, police have long believed the three deaths are at the hands of the same killer.''

 

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Oct 20 '24​

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Ftruecrimeaustralia%2Fpolice-courts-nsw%2Fnsw-police-renew-appeal-for-information-on-bowraville-child-murders-1m-reward%2Fnews-story%2Feec790436c2619f946bd88f95ce12ee2&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=HIGH-Segment-1-SCORE

''Fresh appeal, $1M reward in hunt for Bowraville child killer​

NSW Police have announced a renewed appeal for information into the murders of three children from Bowraville in the early 1990s, as detectives focus on locating the remains of 16-year-old Colleen Walker-Craig.''

 

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‘Now is the time’: NSW homicide detectives return to Bowraville almost 35 years after children murdered​

‘Now is the time’: NSW homicide detectives return to Bowraville almost 35 years after children murdered

Police are searching for the remains of Colleen Walker-Craig, 16, who vanished in 1990 – the same year Evelyn Greenup, four, and Clinton Speedy-Duroux, 16, were killed

www.theguardian.com

 

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Oct 21 2024 rbbm

https://nit.com.au/21-10-2024/14398/push-for-closure-in-cold-case-murders-of-three-children

''Two of the Indigenous youths' remains were found in nearby bushland in 1991, but Colleen's body has never been found.

Her clothes were found weighed-down in the Nambucca River and a coroner found she had most likely been murdered.

Finding her remains is a key priority of the police's latest investigative push.

Colleen's mother Muriel Craig joined the appeal for information that could bring closure on Monday.

"I know that there's people out there who know things ... don't you think it's time that you told me," Ms Craig said.

"I want to know, I don't want to leave this earth, not without knowing where she is.

"I just want people who know things just to come forward, if you don't karma will get you anyway," she said''

 

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I’ve only just become aware of this case - I think it was mentioned in the Easey Street thread. Apologies if this has been posted before (It’s from 2014). This makes grim reading: if he is indeed a predator, this is exactly the kind of organisation predators seek out.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/jay-thomas-hart--new-name-new-town-but-still-living-under-a-shadow/news-story/17cfe631245e9d15f04c60ea05d4dcbd

 

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Finding her remains is a key priority of the police's latest investigative push.

Colleen's mother Muriel Craig joined the appeal for information that could bring closure on Monday.

"I know that there's people out there who know things ... don't you think it's time that you told me," Ms Craig said.

"I want to know, I don't want to leave this earth, not without knowing where she is.

"I just want people who know things just to come forward, if you don't karma will get you anyway," she said

Push for closure in cold case murders of three children

A renewed appeal for information and police presence in a NSW town where three children were murdered decades ago is hoped to spark a cold case breakthrough.

au.news.yahoo.com

 

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Oct 21, 2024
Homicide detectives have returned to Bowraville - more than 30 years after the murders of three children. No one has ever been put behind bars for their deaths. But police are now re-appealing for information that leads to a conviction or to the discovery of the final resting place of one of the young girls.

 

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NBN Television​

Homicide Squad detectives have today commenced a two-day water search for the remains of 16-year-old Colleen Walker-Craig who was last seen in Bowraville between Thursday September 14 and Saturday September 15, 1990.

Colleen's clothes were found weighted down in the Nambucca River after she was reported missing; however her body was never found and the NSW Coroner ruled she was most likely murdered.

 

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https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/fresh-river-search-for-missing-bowraville-teen-colleen-walkercraig-35-years-after-her-disappearance/news-story/4d1e26bb31171e020f8b7ae91931ad9b?amp

Fresh river search for missing Bowraville teen Colleen Walker-Craig, 35 years after her disappearance​

Homicide detectives have begun a two-day operation in the Nambucca River, searching for the remains of Colleen Walker-Craig, who vanished in Bowraville in September 1990.

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Summary

Search will last for 2 days

Colleen’s mother and father Michael and Muriel Craig only learnt of the search in the past few days.

The search is on sections of the Nambucca River at both Bowraville and Macksville, beneath Wilson Bridge in Macksville & on Saturday to a section of the river behind private property on Park Rd in Bowraville, which is closed to the public.

There is a Million dollar reward leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for Colleen’s murder, or the discovery of her remains.

 

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MSN

NewsWire

Major search for woman missing 35 years​

Police have begun their two-day search for the remains of a 16-year-old who disappeared 35 years ago on the NSW Mid North Coast.

On Friday and Saturday, homicide detectives will search parts of the Nambucca River in Bowraville and Macksville.

A $1m reward is on offer for anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest of and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Ms Walker-Craig’s murder.

The reward is also on offer for anyone who provides information that leads to the discovery of her remains.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.