Australia Australia- Jane, 9, Arnna, 7, & Grant Jr., 4, Beaumont, 26 January 1966

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Feb 9, 2025 #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia
A third privately-funded search is being conducted at a factory site in North Klimpton, a location linked to a person-of-interest in the case.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Frank Pangallo, an Independent, is yet to divulge what the information is, but says it justifies the decision to excavate ground at the former Castalloy factory site in the suburb of North Plympton for a third time.

"It's startling new information that we have received and particularly from the source," he said.

Intriguing new lead ahead of fresh dig for missing Beaumont children

www.9news.com.au

 

[mrC]

the postman said he say them walking towards their home i believe are there any other witnesses that back that up they could of possibly missed the bus and chose to walk

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Shortly after his death in 2004, Phipps' son, Haydn, was interviewed and revealed he had seen three children at the family house shortly after the disappearance.

He also told police he was violently abused by his father as a child.

The new search will be the third time the Castalloy site has been examined.

New evidence as dig restarts to find missing Australian children

Jane, Arnna and Grant Beaumont vanished without a trace during an outing to an Adelaide beach on Australia Day in 1966.

www.1news.co.nz

 

[dotr]

Feb 21, 2025
Subscribe here: http://9Soci.al/v6PJ50GjSKI | It's Australia's longest running cold case, intriguing police, politicians, journalists and amateur sleuths for decades - what happened to the Beaumont children, who vanished on Australia Day in 1966?Now a new search is likely to be the last throw of the dice. (Broadcast 21 February, 2025)

 

[DD Byrd]

The Castalloy site is large, but I'd imagine the men who said they had dug a hole would have some memory of, if not directional or which quadrant, at least whether it was up against a building, in a very open spot, near the road, near a bay door etc. I'd also want to know if they dug the hole manually or with a backhoe. Both of which would show up on GPR, and more quickly if they can narrow down the area. Teeth would likely still be there, and at least some bones, as well as zippers, certain buttons.

But backing up, how often did the bus run? By all accounts it would've been packed on a holiday, so is it possible they decided to walk home and were apprehended away from the bus stop, beach, Collier AND the bakery? If one child were grabbed I can see the other two surrendering if the life of their sibling was threatened. I tend to believe the bakery employee who recalled Jane paid with a pound note. It would be a question of whether she got the day correct. If so, they could still have missed the bus or decided to walk and been picked up by a man who gave them the pound note earlier (if that's what happened).

 

[mrC]

phips has been investigated time and time again and no evidence as ever been found now possibly he was very good at hiding or possibly his son was delusional i go for the second option

 

[DD Byrd]

phips has been investigated time and time again and no evidence as ever been found now possibly he was very good at hiding or possibly his son was delusional i go for the second option

He could have just gotten away with it. If the son's story isn't true, I'd lean more towards projecting his own alleged abuse at his father's hands than delusion. One could look at it as him coming clean about what he knew after his father's death, or post-death revenge in terms of blemishing (re-blemishing?) his father's legacy with a lie. Or maybe he witnessed something between his father and other children and used the sensationalism (and national memory) of the "Beaumont children." Who knows.

Meanwhile, is there a source for this?:

And in 2013 two men told police they had been instructed by Phipps to dig a big hole at his North Plympton factory, just days after the children's disappearance.

 

[SouthAussie]

Meanwhile, is there a source for this?:

I provided the source .... https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news...k=3b0a88aa49d6e854138319fc9ea03f1f-1740185197


But here is another one, if you can't read that one due to a paywall. It was a major reason for the digs at Castalloy. This link was the result from a previous dig, which they now think could have been in the wrong spot and/or not deep enough.

Detective Chief Inspector Greg Hutchins said a number of "non-human bones" had been found in the western section of the dig site, where two brothers had told police they had dug a hole for Harry Phipps — a person of interest who once owned the site.

Animal bones found at Adelaide factory during dig for Beaumont children

Animal bones and rubbish have been found at an Adelaide factory where police are searching for the remains of the missing Beaumont children, with investigators expected to provide another update within the next hour.

www.abc.net.au

 

[SouthAussie]

TV travel personality, Andrew Costello (Channel 7, South Aussie with Cosi), drove past the dig site that is happening now at the old Castalloy factory site. This is the brief video that he took today. Looks like they are removing topsoil in the far corner at the moment.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1337987357388374

 

[SouthAussie]

Frank Pangallo, an Independent, is yet to divulge what the information is, but says it justifies the decision to excavate ground at the former Castalloy factory site in the suburb of North Plympton for a third time.

The information has now been divulged. There is a family connection between Harry Phipps and the Beaumont children.

This was at the dig today ......


Those in attendance at the site on Saturday included SA MP Frank Pangallo, forensic archaeologist Professor Maciej Henneberg, retired major crime detective Bill Hayes and Stuart Mullins, one of the authors of a 2013 novel on the Beaumont cold case.

It was there that Mr Pangallo revealed a familial connection between the Beaumonts and a key suspect in the cold case, businessman and Castalloy site owner Harry Phipps.

Mr Pangallo said he was told by a person close to the Beaumont family last week that following the siblings’ disappearance, Phipps’ niece was married to a cousin of the children’s father, Jim, as reported by The Advertiser.

“That hasn’t been previously known and it’s another link in this case that shows Mr Phipps could have known the Beaumont kids and the family,” Mr Pangallo said.

“It’s another piece of circumstantial evidence that points to (Phipps) being the prime suspect ... we of course did verify that fact with family members and others that knew them.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/excavation-to-begin-at-castalloy-factory-site-in-final-bid-to-find-beaumont-siblings-remains/news-story/65d9b01c156b31b9aa393651d8f80d08

 

[TootsieFootsie]

MSN

t has been revealed that a key suspect in the children's disappearance was related to the family by marriage, potentially explaining why the children might have trusted him.

 

[Doesitmakesense]

After all this time, what are they expecting to find?. IIRC it was stated during the WT dig that they don't believe much of WT would remain to be found after the amount of time, and with DM little remained to be found. The Beaumont children have been missing for far longer. Or does the geological location play hugely into the decomposition?

 

[iamshadow21]

After all this time, what are they expecting to find?. IIRC it was stated during the WT dig that they don't believe much of WT would remain to be found after the amount of time, and with DM little remained to be found. The Beaumont children have been missing for far longer. Or does the geological location play hugely into the decomposition?

Soil pH certainly does. With certain soil pH, bones can survive thousands of years, sometimes tens of thousands. With others, bones can be broken down in very little time, comparatively.

MOO

 

[bmacmillan1]

MSN

t has been revealed that a key suspect in the children's disappearance was related to the family by marriage, potentially explaining why the children might have trusted him.

Surprised this info has only surfaced now

 

[DD Byrd]

I provided the source .... https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news...k=3b0a88aa49d6e854138319fc9ea03f1f-1740185197


But here is another one, if you can't read that one due to a paywall. It was a major reason for the digs at Castalloy. This link was the result from a previous dig, which they now think could have been in the wrong spot and/or not deep enough.

Detective Chief Inspector Greg Hutchins said a number of "non-human bones" had been found in the western section of the dig site, where two brothers had told police they had dug a hole for Harry Phipps — a person of interest who once owned the site.

Animal bones found at Adelaide factory during dig for Beaumont children

Animal bones and rubbish have been found at an Adelaide factory where police are searching for the remains of the missing Beaumont children, with investigators expected to provide another update within the next hour.

www.abc.net.au

Thank you!

 

[SouthAussie]

Surprised this info has only surfaced now

I think it is possible it (quietly) emerged some time ago, just that Frank Pangallo didn't know and has now announced it.

Bill Hayes, retired Major Crimes detective, alluded to the corroborated circumstantial evidence back in May 2020 when he appeared on A Current Affair.

I'm thinking that the active police file probably still has info that none of us has heard before.

imo

 

[dotr]

Family link claim as Beaumont children search resumes

New evidence about the Beaumont children has been revealed as earthmovers began a new bid to find answers to one of Australia's most infamous unsolved crimes.

au.news.yahoo.com

Castalloy foundry owner Harry Phipps, who died in 2004, is suspected of murdering the children. (HANDOUT/YOUTUBE / THE BEAUMONT CHILDREN - UNMASKING THE KILLER)

 

[mrC]

i dont see how a relative of Phips marrying a relative of the Beumonts after the event is evidence that Phips is guilty of murder and we can't even be certain its true if it is true there should be marriage records to confirm it but that doesn't seem to have been mentioned just an anon source that it happend

 

[SouthAussie]

i dont see how a relative of Phips marrying a relative of the Beumonts after the event is evidence that Phips is guilty of murder and we can't even be certain its true if it is true there should be marriage records to confirm it but that doesn't seem to have been mentioned just an anon source that it happend

The marriage has been confirmed. Phipp's niece is still alive. The married couple later separated.

Key suspect Harry Phipps’ niece linked to member of the family before disappearance