Found Deceased Australia - Russell Hill, 74, & Carol Clay, 72, Wonnangatta Valley, 20 Mar 2020 #4 *ARREST*

[TootsieFootsie]

Yes, I see that now, thanks South !

Did you notice in this article, from one of your links, that it says that it is a Nissan 4WD but it is brown, not blue. Respray?

 

[Detective Willy]

I wonder how many people have camped near that 4WD in the last 12 months and are right now saying OMG!! It is very distinctive in its appearance and IMO lots of people would know who the owner is when they see these images.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

It really does look gold!

Holy Moly!! This is getting very interesting. I've just seen a photo in 'The Age' of the 4wd in question and it's gold, not blue!

 

[BrumbyJack]

Wanted to say it seems a bit full-on to drop the Soggies in via chopper. Bloke must have registered guns I reckon, they might’ve expected he’d put up a fight.

 

[srper2]

Just looking again, that’s 100% being loaded at Licola, on the south side of the bridge, just up the Tamboritha road. There’s no way he was checking on bodies, unless he took them home with him on the night, then took them later on up to Arbuckle to hide them. Seems unlikely.

I think they would have brought it down to a place that they could safely load and take away on the truck?

 

[Detective Willy]

Wanted to say it seems a bit full-on to drop the Soggies in via chopper. Bloke must have registered guns I reckon, they might’ve expected he’d put up a fight.

I read that they were waiting for him to be away from the public before swooping so I think you are 100% correct

 

[TootsieFootsie]

If he is the one and Russell and Carol were in the trailer, would LE need to find the trailer before they can charge him.

Or did they get the trailer too.
Being custom fitted I can understand someone not wanting to get rid of it.

Maybe he attracted attention by going through a car wash with the trailer attached.

 

[BrumbyJack]

Yep. Tamboritha Road takes you directly up to Arbuckle Junction.

I think they would have brought it down to a place that they could safely load and take away on the truck?

 

[AussieIan]

Interesting development considering the earlier sleuthed person who had a patrol that had been repainted gold. What are the odds 2 people did that for that exact model in this timeframe? Is releasing an inaccurate age of the arrested person something police have done before so anyone else involved isn't sure if it is him or could the article have had the wrong age? Getting a different numberplate isn't hard. Is there an unblurred pic of the numberplate on the gold patrol? Is it actually registered to a patrol or another car?

 

[Plugger1357]

Channel 9 named him. Not sure of legalities here ?

It's not our guy we've discussed earlier.

A Jetstar pilot...

 

[BrumbyJack]

His name and photo are all over Ch7 news, he’s a senior airline pilot who flew for Jetstar.

Interesting development considering the earlier sleuthed person who had a patrol that had been repainted gold. What are the odds 2 people did that for that exact model in this timeframe? Is releasing an inaccurate age of the arrested person something police have done before so anyone else involved isn't sure if it is him or could the article have had the wrong age? Getting a different numberplate isn't hard. Is there an unblurred pic of the numberplate on the gold patrol? Is it actually registered to a patrol or another car?

 

[penrith1]

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[SouthAussie]

"A senior airline pilot is being questioned by homicide detectives after a day of extraordinary developments in the missing campers case. The 55-year old was arrested in a dramatic confrontation when heavily armed police were dropped into his high country campsite by helicopter."


He is named at :49sec mark in this news video.

Currently a Jetstar pilot who has flown internationally with Qatar Airways.

Carol's sister says she is absolutely amazed, and scared too, because they have been holding this together for 20 months now.

 

[Kemug]

I wonder how many people have camped near that 4WD in the last 12 months and are right now saying OMG!! It is very distinctive in its appearance and IMO lots of people would know who the owner is when they see these images.

They're probably saying "OMG, thank God I didn't upset him!"

 

[AussieIan]

His name and photo are all over Ch7 news, he’s a senior airline pilot who flew for Jetstar.

I guess WS has those rules in places about not sleuthing people publicly until named by LE for good reason then!

 

[SouthAussie]

Ch7 says he is in his 12th hour of questioning at Sale Police Station. The journo has been told the questioning may go well into the night and even tomorrow. (as per news video linked above)

 

[BrumbyJack]

Had a gander at his fb page, he’s got a video uploaded 13th Jan this year of him doing a river crossing. You can see the paintwork is the beige & black by then.

 

[Plugger1357]

Looks like a decent family man by Facebook...

 

[Zabble]

Who was recently sleuthing a Patrol that had colour changed from blue to "gold" and was apparently sold? Didn't they send the info to crime stoppers?

Yes I did send that to crime stoppers

 

[JayWill]

I wonder why a pilot who earns good money would hang onto a 20 year old car which could incriminate him?