Before he was sent to prison for the rest of his life on September 7, 2000, for the abduction, rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl, Leonard Fraser had spent almost 20 of the preceding 22 years behind bars for a series of rapes.
While in prison Fraser confessed to four more killings and took police to where the remains of some of his victims were concealed. His subsequent murder trial caused a world-wide sensation when one of his alleged victims, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, turned up alive and well in the middle of proceedings.
Leonard John Fraser was born in the sugar growing community of Ingham, north Queensland, on June 27, 1951. He was the second youngest of four children and when he was six his family uprooted and moved to a brick house in Mount Druitt in the blue-collar outer western suburbs of Sydney.
According to court psychiatrists there was not the slightest indication in young Lenny’s early childhood that he would grow up to be a vicious rapist and killer. While his upbringing, childhood and environment appeared to have been outwardly normal, his schoolwork was poor. By the time he dropped out of second year high school at age 14, Lenny Fraser had learned to read but little else and had trouble writing his own name. True Crime Cases online article
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Elgin, Scotland, April 28th 1998: In an idyllic place a mother disappears from the family home. Arlene Fraser, a family woman, has simply vanished. Weeks earlier she’d been attacked – was there a link? A Killer’s Mistake s1e1: Nat Fraser, DiscoveryPlus 2023
‘If she was going to run away she’d have taken the children with her.’ ibid. father
Downgraded to assault, he was living out of town on bail. ibid.
He had an alibi – he was out of town delivering fruit and veg. ibid.
An Elgin mechanic revealed that he had sold a vehicle to a friend of Nat Fraser. ibid.
One of Nat’s friends had turned against him. ibid.
[caption]: In 1998 the town of Elgin became the centre of Scotland’s biggest missing persons investigation after a mother waved her children off to school and was never seen again. Murder Case: The Hunt for Arlene Fraser’s Killer I, BBC 2026
Officers say 33-year-old Arlene Fraser from New Elgin has vanished without trace. ibid. TV news
Arlene was one of the first women to use the refuge staying there on two occasions in 1990 and 1992. ibid. caption
‘So Nat Fraser was certainly a person of interest.’ ibid. rozzer
‘He may well have been involved in the planning of the crime.’ ibid.
[rozzer]: ‘We’ve got no direct witnesses. We’ve got no CCTV. We’ve got no crime scene or forensics. We’ve got no body.’ Murder Case: The Hunt for Arlene Fraser’s Killer II
‘Glenn Lucas was a friend of Nat Fraser. He had been video recorded via CCTV having a conversation with Nat Fraser. The CCTV tape was given to a lip-reader. There was distresssing detail around the disposal of a body.’ ibid. rozzer
‘Three men have been indicted for her murder. They are Arlene’s estranged husband Nat, his friend Hector Dick, and English businessman Glenn Lucas.’ ibid. TV news
‘The jury couldn’t be told about Nat Fraser’s assault [reduced from attempted murder] on Arlene Fraser.’ ibid.
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He told her if she didn’t mind him she’d end up just like Gabby Petito. Her friends told her to leave him but she couldn’t pull herself away, and then when she was ready to leave, she went missing. So what happened to Madeline Kingsbury? True Crime Recaps: The Disappearance of Madeline Kingsbury, Youtube 2025
A tipster reported seeing Adam driving a utility vehicle in the woods by his parents’ house. ibid.
November 6th 2024: Adam Fravel was found guilty of first-degree murder. The evidence against him was overwhelming. ibid.
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You are seeing what the jury saw. Remarkable evidence. The heart of the prosecution’s case. 48 Hours: Justice for Kelsey Berreth, CBS 2020
‘She [girlfriend] admits to cleaning up the crime scene … She is the only person in the world that they have to possibly convict Patrick Frazee.’ ibid.
It was Cherel Berreth who reported her 29-year-old daughter missing. ibid.
‘Today we arrested Patrick Frazee on a charge of a first-degree murder of Kelsey Barrreth.’ ibid. rozzer’s press conference
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A hot summer day in Melbourne and commuters on the West Gate Bridge are left stunned by a senseless act of violence. At the centre of this appalling crime was one man, a father, and shockingly, the victim was his own daughter. Crimes that Shook Ausralia, Channel 613, 2016
Arthur Freeman continued to drive his two sons away from the scene. ibid.
An Australian man who killed his four-year-old daughter by throwing her from a bridge in full view of rush-hour commuters has been jailed for life.
Arthur Freeman killed Darcey in a fit of rage, amid a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife.
His two sons, then aged two and six, witnessed the murder.
Judge Paul Coghlan ordered that Freeman would not be eligible for parole for 32 years, but said the 37-year-old was not beyond redemption.
The day before the murder, in January 2009, Freeman had been told his visiting rights to his children were being reduced.
He had telephoned his ex-wife and told her to say good-bye to her children because she would never see them again.
Dozens of motorists stuck in rush-hour traffic saw Darcey plunge to her death, and one eyewitness described how Freeman had returned to his car as if he had just posted a letter.
The jury heard that Darcey's elder brother, Ben, had begged his father to return because he knew the girl could not swim.
She sustained massive injuries in the fall and eventually drowned.
Judge Coghlan said Freeman had acted out of revenge. BBC online article 11th April 2011, ‘Australian father jailed for Melbourne bridge killing’
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The shocking case of the violent slaughter of the Freeman family. Crime Reel, Youtube 2022
The police noticed there were no signs of forced entry. ibid.
The family had been killed on the Sunday night by two or possibly three assailants. ibid.
The police were searching for both the car and the two older Freeman children in connection with the triple murder. ibid.
Bryan and David began experimenting with drugs and alcohol … It is believed that during this time Bryan and David met a neo-Nazi who introduced them to violent ideology. ibid.