I did wonder how many more bodies we would find. Clive Small, chief investigator
A young traveller’s worst nightmare: miles from home, no-one knows where they are. The victims were from all over the world. Seven young backpackers were killed in two and a half years. They had little chance of escape. Crimes that Shook the World: Ivan Milat, 2006
As the search began the bodies were identified by dental records. ibid.
The Milat family were now what the police called ‘persons of interest’. ibid.
Ivan liked guns like his brothers. ibid.
With Milat under arrest the search for evidence began. ibid.
Did Ivan Milat operate alone? Or was there a second killer? ibid.
On 19th September 1992 two orienteers discovered the body of a young woman in an Australian forest. Nearby, the police uncovered another shallow grave. The detectives were soon searching for one of Australia’s most notorious killers. Crime Stories: Ivan Milat
Joanne [Walters] and Caroline [Clarke] weren’t the only backpackers to have mysteriously disappeared around that time. ibid.
News of more bodies in Belanglo Forest spread fast. ibid.
Dubbed the Backpacker Killer. ibid.
An intriguing pattern: one local family with the surname Milat seemed to have been named in numerous tips from the public. ibid.
Today Ivan Milat remains behind bars in Australia; he continues to deny any involvement in the backpacker murders. ibid.
Ivan Robert Milat was the third son of a Croatian migrant and an Australian mother. Murder Trail: Ivan Milat CI 2013
The smallest thing would send him into a rage. ibid.
Five bodies had now turned up in less than four weeks ... The total was now seven. ibid.
Ivan Milat was Australia’s worst serial killer. From 1989 to 1992 he abducted, robbed, sexually molested, tortured and murdered seven backpackers. He hid their bodies in the Belanglo forest south of Sydney. Did the harsh environment Milat grew up in put him on the inevitable path or was he born to kill? Born to Kill? s1e6: Ivan Milat, Sky 2007
Little did these adventurers know that they were about to cross paths with one of the most notorious serial killers in Australian history: Ivan Milat. True Crime Recaps: When Backpacking in Australia Goes Terribly Wrong, Youtube 18.05, 2023
What started as a peaceful adventure for eight backpackers quickly turned into a nightmare down under. ibid.
MILAT, MATTHEW & COHEN KLEIN: Crimes that Shook Australia TV -
A trip to the Belanglo state forest began as a seventeenth birthday celebration for friends. But what happened during the course of that evening was nothing short of terrifying. But tragically this was not the first time that the Belanglo state forest was associated with evil. The senseless murder of David Auchterlonie in the Belanglo state forest was a crime that shook Australia. Crimes that Shook Australia s3e7: Matthew Milat, Nine Network 2018
MILLARD, DELLEN & MARK SMICH: The Fifth Estate TV -
‘He’s [Dellen Millard] a monster. And he thinks he is above all of us.’ The Fifth Estate: The Murders of Dellen Millard: Laura Babcock & Tim Bosma, woman, CBC 2018
The murders of Dellen Millard … The story of Laura Babcock’s death is one of unimaginable evil and a man who is the antithesis of such of a lovely young woman. ibid.
The missing investigation was just abandoned … The police just gave up looking for her. ibid. Laura Babcock’s former boyfriend’s complaint
Tim Bosma: a contractor and family man … ‘The devil led the vilest form of evil down my driveway and it smiled at me before taking Tim away from me.’ ibid. Tim’s wife
The volunteers to find Tim numbered in the hundreds called the Bosma Army. ibid.
MILLER, CLAIRE: True Crime Recaps 2021 -
A teenage Tiktoker in Pennsylvania that killed her sister. Did she do it for views? … This is a developing case. True Crime Recaps: Tiktoker Kills Sister, Youtube 28.58, 2021
14-year-old Claire Miller allegedly stabbed her 19-year-old sister Helen through the neck … Helen had cerebral palsy and was confined to a wheelchair. ibid.
When the police got there a few minutes later Claire was waiting for them in the front yard. ibid.
MILLER, DAVID murder: see KOH TAO murders
MILLER, DONALD: World’s Most Evil Killers TV -
On 16th August 1978 a man stormed into a house in East Lansing, Michigan, and violently attacked two children in their family home. World’s Most Evil Killers s6e4: Donald Miller, Sky Crime 2021
23-year-old Don Miller, a serial murderer … a respected member of the local church … a supposedly heavenly man with a hellish lust for blood. ibid.
In July 1979 24-year-old Don Miller led investigators to the bodies of 3 of the 4 women he killed. Detectives were only just beginning to learn about his murderous career. ibid.
‘He always wore a jacket and tie. He looked incredibly upright. He looked like a choirboy.’ ibid. journalist
MILLER, JOHN D: True Crime Recaps 2023 -
Over a rainy Easter weekend in 1988 a little girl went missing in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A few days later she was found dead in a ditch 20 miles from home. Her killer taunted police over and over for years leaving poorly written notes about the murder. 30 years later they finally got their man. True Crime Recaps: 30 Years of Torment: The Chilling Case of April Tinsley’s Murder, Youtube 12.11, 2023
They had his DNA … His name was John D Miller. ibid.
MILLER, LAURA murder: viz Texas Killing Fields murders
MILLER, WILLIAM: True Crime Recaps 2021 -
For Rebekah her hometown sweetheart was a guy named Casey McCullough. September 2004: True Crime Recaps: The Rebekah Gould Case, Youtube 8.18, 2021
Rebekah was reported missing … Something brutal and deadly had clearly happened in Casey’s house … Six days later she was found at the bottom of a 35-foot embankment in a heavily wooded area … Autopsy reports showed she had been beaten to death. ibid.
November 2020: Police arrested … 44-year-old William Alma Miller … Casey’s first cousin. ibid.