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[petedavo.au]

Australia - Australia - Claremont SK, 1996-97, Perth, WA - #14

An update. I missed this. Eamon Heary, the cop once lauded in Parliament about WA Police forensics has been acquitted a few weeks ago.
WA cop Eamon Dominic Heary acquitted of historic child sex abuse charges | PerthNow

 

[Bohemian]

Waiting for Raelene: A WA family's 44-year search for answers

 

[DRT]

Waiting for Raelene: A WA family's 44-year search for answers

I looked up the names they are not ones that are not names that commonly mentioned now probably because of higher profile missing persons cases in Western Australia in 1980s and 1990s. I found this article from the Mandurah Mail 12 months before and noticed with sadness.

"While Ms Eaton was still trying to come to terms with Raelene’s disappearance, she lost her son to an accident, losing both her children in a span of 20 days."

Raelene Eaton’s mother speaks about a lifetime without answers

 

[Bohemian]

I looked up the names they are not ones that are not names that commonly mentioned now probably because of higher profile missing persons cases in Western Australia in 1980s and 1990s. I found this article from the Mandurah Mail 12 months before and noticed with sadness.

"While Ms Eaton was still trying to come to terms with Raelene’s disappearance, she lost her son to an accident, losing both her children in a span of 20 days."

Raelene Eaton’s mother speaks about a lifetime without answers

How tragic. I hope Mrs Eaton does get her answers. It’s lovely of the community to hold a memorial for the missing each year.

 

[DRT]

How tragic. I hope Mrs Eaton does get her answers. It’s lovely of the community to hold a memorial for the missing each year.

I also noticed that the reward for the unsolved case is $5000. It was a lot in 1974. Hardly enough to dob in a mate now!

Liam Bartlett: The money question — what’s a life really worth in WA? | PerthNow

 

[Bohemian]

I also noticed that the reward for the unsolved case is $5000. It was a lot in 1974. Hardly enough to dob in a mate now!

Liam Bartlett: The money question — what’s a life really worth in WA? | PerthNow

Time for a bit of pressure to get the reward for information about their disappearance upped. Hopefully this will happen now that WA Today has picked up the story.

 

[petedavo.au]

Woman was to face charge - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - 22 Jun 1988

22 June 1988 article about Vanessa Devlin and James Tilbury

I got the impression from listening to Tilbury in those prison interviews that he was institutionalized. IMO he sounds like he would go to a cop shop and claim to be as murderer just to get back home to prison. Encore -- [Interview with James Tilbury] [sound recording] / [interviewed by Arthur Tonkin].

 

[petedavo.au]

Interesting. Could this bloke be responsible for other cold case crimes?
Man sentenced for 1986 prostitute murder

 

[petedavo.au]

If anyone is interested in listening to DROC's voice, there's a recording at the State Library. Encore -- [Interview with Noel Coward] [sound recording] / [interviewed by Erica Harvey].

 

[Zedx]

Julie's uncle Brian, said that she wasn't a drinker.
Non drinker - yet 4 Champagne glasses found in her car?

Hi everyone - just popping in here. I know first hand, that family and friends quite often describe their loved ones who have passed in 'a positive light' because they don't want to say anything bad about the deceased. So I think some of what has been reported may not be entirely correct. For example I had a friend who became an alcoholic junkie, had all her children taken from her shortly after birth and lived on the streets of Perth under some card board with her male friend. When she was murdered by him her family statements said she was a kind , caring upstanding person and mother. I am still in shock!
Not at all saying anything untoward against JC, just that she was a young person that loved life.

 

[Bohemian]

Shirley Finn inquest resumes:

Australia - Australia - Shirley Finn, 33, Perth, 22 June 1975

 

[DRT]

Interesting. Could this bloke be responsible for other cold case crimes?
Man sentenced for 1986 prostitute murder

He died of cancer in 2012. He was a suspect of the killing in 1986 after his ex-wife suggested it was him, and arrested in 2001 from the hand print left, before the conviction in 2003. IMO, his MO was related to prostitutes.

"He also attacked another prostitute in Fremantle in 1984 but she convinced him to let her go."

Notorious killer dies of cancer | The West Australian

 

[Bohemian]

Perth's 20 year 'John Doe' mystery: The man with no name and no family

 

[no name]

Perth's 20 year 'John Doe' mystery: The man with no name and no family

Does anyone think this guy could be a consideration for our John Doe? Website details in image.

 

[Bohemian]

Does anyone think this guy could be a consideration for our John Doe? Website details in image.
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I do! I would notify Crime Stoppers WA and the contact at NamUS. Good find, no name!

 

[petedavo.au]

I do! I would notify Crime Stoppers WA and the contact at NamUS. Good find, no name!

http://www.missingveterans.com/1996/benjamin-r-sjoberg/

Benjamin R Sjoberg was serving in the U.S. Navy when he disappeared from the U.S.S. Harper’s Ferry (LSD-49) as it passed between the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai and Niihau at approximately 11:00 PM on October 18, 1996. At one point, the U.S.S. Harper’s Ferry came as close as 2000 yards from shore. Benjamin R Sjoberg is a hull technician third class. Benjamin R Sjoberg has since been declared “Lost At Sea” and his grave marker lists the dates August 24, 1973 to October 19, 1996.
Benjamin R Sjoberg was 23 years old when he went missing in 1996. Benjamin R Sjoberg is 6 feet 3 inches to 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed approximately 200 to 210 pounds at the time he went missing. Benjamin R Sjoberg has reddish blonde hair and blue eyes. If you have any information about the whereabouts of Benjamin R Sjoberg, contact the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Headquarters at 202-433-9225 reference case # M979390441. (NamUs MP # 1019) NCIS Missing Persons Bulletin: http://www.ncis.navy.mil/ContactUs/Documents/MISSING-Benjamin-Sjoberg.pdf

Read more: http://www.missingveterans.com/1996/benjamin-r-sjoberg/

 

[Bohemian]

http://www.missingveterans.com/1996/benjamin-r-sjoberg/

Benjamin R Sjoberg was serving in the U.S. Navy when he disappeared from the U.S.S. Harper’s Ferry (LSD-49) as it passed between the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai and Niihau at approximately 11:00 PM on October 18, 1996. At one point, the U.S.S. Harper’s Ferry came as close as 2000 yards from shore. Benjamin R Sjoberg is a hull technician third class. Benjamin R Sjoberg has since been declared “Lost At Sea” and his grave marker lists the dates August 24, 1973 to October 19, 1996.
Benjamin R Sjoberg was 23 years old when he went missing in 1996. Benjamin R Sjoberg is 6 feet 3 inches to 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed approximately 200 to 210 pounds at the time he went missing. Benjamin R Sjoberg has reddish blonde hair and blue eyes. If you have any information about the whereabouts of Benjamin R Sjoberg, contact the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Headquarters at 202-433-9225 reference case # M979390441. (NamUs MP # 1019) NCIS Missing Persons Bulletin: http://www.ncis.navy.mil/ContactUs/Documents/MISSING-Benjamin-Sjoberg.pdf

Read more: http://www.missingveterans.com/1996/benjamin-r-sjoberg/

Thanks @petedavo.au So, maybe not. Stunning likeness though.

 

[petedavo.au]

Thanks @petedavo.au So, maybe not. Stunning likeness though.

There was an update: The NCIS has revised SJOBERG as simply "Missing", and have removed the "Lost at Sea".
I suppose that means that he could of either disembarked the ferry before it left, or was mistakenly enrolled as boarding, I suppose.
But at least this gives you height and weight.

 

[Kambo]

Homicide detectives at crime scene in Ashendon in Perth’s south | PerthNow

This one looks interesting. Wonder if it relates to a cold case or a recent one. Dump site is eerily familiar - head down the main road, turn onto dirt road with dual exits, just off the track.

 

[DRT]

Homicide detectives at crime scene in Ashendon in Perth’s south | PerthNow

This one looks interesting. Wonder if it relates to a cold case or a recent one. Dump site is eerily familiar - head down the main road, turn onto dirt road with dual exits, just off the track.

Ashendon is part of the old Karragullen region. Lets hope there is some closure for a family.

Karragullen region is well known body dumping ground
Kerryn Tate
Woman slain - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - 2 Jan 1980
Barbara Western
HOMICIDE - BARBARA ANNE WESTERN – VICTORIA PARK WA – 27/JUN/1986 - Crime Stoppers Western Australia
Deborah Donachy
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-04-1...remains/168094
Michael Paul Pruiti
Human remains found in Karragullen

Kerry Turner of course was found near the Canning Dam which I believe is in that area too.
'She accepted a lift and never seen again': Unsolved murder of teen Kerry Turner

Jennifer Wilby too but no link and a couple of murder suicides.