Then they started bringing one person in at a time. The autopsy revealed that Kelvin had most certainly died from massive blood loss from an anal injury, likely caused by the insertion of a blunt object, such as a beer bottle, and he suffered bruising and injuries to his head and back, which were likely to have been caused by blows. Shannon escaped from the childrens home and lived with the paedophile until he was tossed on the street: the novelty wore off for him. Documentary series. She knew that several people had visited the unit whilst Kelvin was there. Farmed the kids out to friends. On 29 October 2006, The Australian reported that von Einem had been selling hand-painted greeting cards to prison officers for $20 each. Analysis of Kelvin's bloodstream revealed traces of alcohol and five hypnotic drugs, Mandrax, Noctec, Amytal, Valium and Rohypnol. He said, You better get going. Richard also Von Einem is led handcuffed WebKelvin was held captive for approximately five weeks and a post-mortem examination revealed that he had died of massive blood loss from an anal injury, likely caused by the And then one day while opening her front door, Utting was attacked. Days later, Masterson confessed to Houston police that hed killed Honeycutt by strangling him in a sleeper hold. The autopsy revealed the same injuries the previous victims had and the gut-wrenching fact that he had been kept alive, being tortured and sexually assaulted, for around 5 weeks. Another beat regular, Brad Shannon, who jokingly styled himself as probably Australias premier authority on beat culture, sadly estimated 90 per cent of beat users were married men. Morning briefing: Why teachers and campaigners want Ofsted to He was afraid for his life, recalls Lewis. 1915. They took the stand and carried it through cross-examination. Interested Parties may contact Coroners & Medical Examiners for questions about: Finding Dallas death records; Locating death certificates; Order autopsy reports Karen Carpenter: Directed by Ros Edwards. Deep down, I felt sorry for these guys and hated being a part of this. He said there were people who didnt want him to be able to talk about what, he wanted to tell me. But after the pink-shorted Premiers reign ended in 1979, problems resumed, according to Purcell. The justices of the High Court of Australia, however, disagreed. The charges against Hudson were dropped and, some 16 years after the event, Clayton and Cawley were found not guilty. Despite a wide-ranging search by police, extensive media coverage that included a full page missing person poster in The Advertiser on 28 June (that unfortunately had contained a false lead given by the public to police), a $5,000 reward offered by the State Government two days after his disappearance (quickly raised to $15,000 a week later) and numerous tips and possible sightings provided by the public in the weeks after, Kelvin's whereabouts were unknown until his clothed body was found seven weeks later by a geologist searching for moss rocks with his family on 24 July 1983 alongside a dirt airstrip near One Tree Hill in the Adelaide Hills area (to the north-east of the city and close to where relatives of von Einem lived). Case Search Medical Examiner-Coroner And even then, I dont think any of us were in there saying this is definitely connected. What did you say cunt? Lindsay replied. Fearing that the police officer who was at the centre of the claims might still be able to influence the inquiry, Lewiss team refused to hand over their information. It bobs down. Tall and thin, he was intensely shy, private and unable to swim. Copyright 2014. Police also questioned other people who von Einem associated with, however they volunteered little information. Lindsay showed her around his house. It was 3am. Saint was the nine of spades. My head was twisted around and I was being forced to the ground in the same movement. This is how the judge explained the defences modern manifestion to the jury in the Lindsay case: In considering provocation, there are two questions which you must ask. Even after homosexual acts became legal across Australia between 1975 (South Australia) and 1997 (Tasmania), what went on at beats has remained an act of public indecency. Hed recently split from his wife and had custody of the three kids. Neither of Lewiss researchers, victims rights advocate Wendy Utting and Lewiss old school friend Barry Standfield, have strong recollections of Woodland or what he said. Richard Kelvin, 15, (above with his father, former Channel 9 Adelaide newsreader Rob Kelvin) was abducted and murdered in 1983. Plus, the quantity of fibres on Kelvin's clothes was far too large to suggest that Kelvin was in his company for only 2 hours. But this didnt sit well with the gay community, which saw itself in the centre of a violence storm, says Purcell. There was a furious drumming of knife blows to Negres chest. By the time he noticed the body, it was already charred, destroying what little evidence could have been gathered except for one detail that linked his murder to Neils: his body had been cut up in pieces with a saw. The earliest von Einem could be released on parole was therefore on 31 October 2007 (after allowing for the fact that a third of the non-parole period could be taken off for good behaviour in prison). It was then I started cruising the beats myself, South Parklands, Veale Gardens and a few well-known public toilets, sometimes during the day but mostly at night. 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When we finished I stood up and the fellow was laying there and I thought, Wow! James knew him from parties and the beats. Neighbors reported hearing several voices shouting around the time Richard disappeared. The prosecution decided after Justice Duggan's findings two days earlier to have von Einem tried separately for the murders of Barnes and Langley. Another man, who would become known as Witness A, had also been thrown in the river that night. - Atlantic Noir Theme All Rights Reserved. As much as Lindsay might have tried to get Ninos into the swing of things and she later would not deny that everybody else seemed to be having a good time she wasnt into it. Lewis says he probably has a copy in storage but he wasnt able to go looking for me. Theyd never spoken publicly about it before I came along, but Helen wanted it known that there was more to her brother than the guy who got killed cruising in the shadows. Ill give it to you. Even the police never said this one was a robbery gone wrong. He has always maintained he was not cruising the beat that night. How big a purse do you carry? No, no, no, please dont say these things over the phone at the moment, Steve, for Gods sake, youre trying to get arrested before I even attempt to try to protect myself. Police first linked him to Von Einem through the drugs found in his system, Mandrax and Noctec. Im telling you to go. And he stood up: Cause Im bigger than you.. I looked around me and looked into the rear-vision mirror and I could not see anyone else around. The prosecution was led by Brian Martin QC (later the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory), with assistance from Paul Rofe QC (who went on to be Director of the Department of Public Prosecutions). I say now to the House that there is a stench of the most heinous kind arising from these crimes and associated activities which comes right into this place and into the front bench.. Ten or 15 minutes later, though, he returns. When asked about drugs, von Einem did admit he had Mandrax. An autopsy showed that Kelvin had died from blood loss caused by massive anal injuries. So why, the day after the murder, did they tell the media that it was? The worst was in June 1984. The good Samaritans dropped Coonie off, but were sufficiently worried to visit later the same day. You should try it.. Thats pretty harsh., It wasnt they. Hairs from von Einem were found on and inside Kelvin's clothing and of 925 fibre samples found on Kelvin's clothing, 250 came from von Einem's home environment, with just seven from Kelvin's home. I couldnt get a member of the South Australian police force to sit down and talk to me about any of these murders, but was instead asked to put questions in writing to the media depart- ment. There is a long pause. We know that one single call can make all the difference.. Hes now 73, and still behind bars, and has been hardly a model prisoner, having been accused of raping another inmate and convicted of possessing child pornography in 2009. He presumed he was well over the limit. On June 5, 1983, he was abducted a short distance from his house after saying goodbye to a friend at a bus stop. In 2007, his ex-boyfriend, David Richard Fraser, took a plea deal and confessed to having strangled him in an auto-erotic sex game gone wrong. Duncans boss, the head of law at Adelaide University, Professor Horst Lucke, started writing letters to The Advertiser agitating for further inquiries. The file got sent to storage. At approximately 6:15pm on 5 June 1983, von Einem (likely along with other unknown persons) abducted Kelvin near the intersection of Margaret Street & Peppertree Lane, North Adelaide, just 60 metres from Kelvin's home around the corner in Ward Street. Further down the river, 27-year-old Roger James was walking home from dinner with a friend. She knew Williams had a lot of dangerous enemies, any one of whom could have taken him out, totally unrelated to her business. Forensic investigators were able to match the many fibres found on Kelvin's clothing to those taken from von Einem's home, along with hairs found which matched those belonging to him. So they set up a similar white van at the beat and asked people to come forward with information, no questions asked. Hell see some mates over near the toilets and end up just chatting. Karen Carpenter's autopsy (via autopsy files) revealed that at the time of her death, she weighed 108 pounds. The next pick-up is always just a glance away. Negres phone was answered by his new friend Michael Lindsay who told her to come on over. I dont remember a lot of it, but I went into the bushes with some guy. He cant see anyone in it. It was alleged that Ninnes attempted to rob Handley and shot him in the head at point-blank range with a .22 calibre gun during a scuffle. Subscribe to 7NEWS Australia for the latest news video https://7news.link/YTSubscribeConnect with Seven News onlineVisit https://7news.com.au7NEWS Podcast http://smarturl.it/7NewsDailyFacebook https://www.facebook.com/7NewsAustraliaTwitter https://twitter.com/7NewsAustraliaInstagram https://www.instagram.com/7newsaustralia/ 7NEWS combines the trusted and powerful news brands including Sunrise, The Morning Show, The Latest, and 7NEWS.com.au, delivering unique, engaging and continuous coverage on the issues that matter most to Australians. Various police officers who worked on the case testified to their investigation of von Einem since they had first questioned him about the murder, as well as their visit to von Einem's home, where a police officer claimed that von Einem's bedroom appeared to have been cleaned "extensively". Complete Autopsy Report Reveals Upsetting WebAn autopsy revealed that Richard had died from massive blood loss due to an anal injury, likely caused by a blunt object with a tapered neck, such as a beer bottle. This day shed left parliament and was heading home when Williams rang. But the other reason was they were afraid that the public sympathy over what had happened might be diminished if it came out that Ken was gay and that he was doing the beat. After being abused by my stepparents, I ran away and lived on the streets of Adelaide and I fell into the wrong crowd and did not know any better. Knowing the extent of his injuries, and knowing that hes now about 77, I wonder what state hell be in when I knock on the door of his cute inner-Adelaide cottage with its rambling, mossy garden. The coppers will be here shortly. And I said, But Im not doing nothing wrong. And he said. The toilets? It was only after three months that I could leave my apartment After six months I returned to the beats. [10] On 13 August 2007, the Seven Network followed this with a story that the man standing next to the Einem lookalike in their archived film matched the police sketch of the suspect seen with the Beaumonts at the beach on the day of their disappearance. I wanted to find out what the scene was like in Adelaide so I put out a call via the citys gay newspaper, Blaze, looking for people to tell me about their experiences. Richard Cabot studied 3,000 autopsy reports and reported that more than 50 percent of diagnoses were incorrect. It was also announced that von Einem had been excused from attending his court hearings so that he could avoid an "unpleasant" three-hour drive with other inmates.[12][13]. They never went back. The fact he was talking about it tells you it was out there. Police previously did see this harp in his room when they seized the drugs. Milton Keynes: Fatal police shooting 'necessary', watchdog finds According to Professor Stephen Tomsen from the University of Western Sydney, the criminologist who did a lot of the work in identifying the 88 NSW cases, the only reason similar potential gay-hate murders havent been found else where is that no ones gone looking. But in a small-town coincidence, when OShea left more than an hour later, he had pulled up next to them at traffic lights, still in the city. And I despise those c**ts on the jury and the judge. I was made to feel like an outcast. Mick OShea felt his career was ruined by the Duncan drowning. She growled something at him and said she wanted this bloke out of there, but Lindsay wasnt going to kick him out. In an instant, Lindsay was punching Negre in the head. They were students. Next thing, Negre was straddling Lindsays lap, moving his hips backwards and forwards, having a laugh. The court heard that Handley, 38, was acting as a go-between for a third man who wanted to buy a gun from Ninnes worth $1600. He at first denied ever meeting Richard, saying that on the day he disappeared he was home with the flu. Mick OShea arrived at the vice squad the next morning unaware that his career had already been thrust onto a new trajectory. (Queensland and the Northern Territory have taken this mantle in more recent surveys.). And thats where it would normally have ended. Once the physical examination, toxicology, microbiology and chemistry results are completed the report becomes a public record in most states. Our prominent Adelaidean, with his sombre introspection, tells me he is thinking and talking about stuff hed never thought of or talked about. Richard says its not surprising that so many have weighed in. von Einem stated he thought Kelvin had bisexual tendencies and said that the two of them then had a conversation about problems Kelvin had been having at school, and Kelvin willingly got into the car and they drove to von Einem's home. Lewis tried to make contact with another witness to the same goings-on at Veale Gardens, Walter Handley. Australian Murder of Richard Kelvin and a Secret Group Known as [At beats] you get people like me and people who are not out. Finally, to answer evidence about how fibres from von Einem's cardigan got onto Kelvin, von Einem stated that he put his arm around Kelvin and hugged him because Kelvin was upset about how his peers had been bullying him at school. He was last seen at the beat at 1am on December 5, after having left a Gouger St nightclub. In cars? Some 23 years after Rex Robinson found Jim Blaxland brutally bashed beside his red Mercedes in Veale Gardens, I knock on his door and explain my purpose. It is more attractive to them. He took his parents to the Melbourne Cup when they got too old for their regular coach trip. WebRichard Kelvin, aged 15 years, was abducted at about 6.15 p.m. on Sunday 5 June 1983 from a laneway off Ward Street, North Adelaide. It was before lunch that I was told about it, recalls Lewis, and it made me sick and Im not often made sick because hed been afraid of that happening to him., I ask Lewis if he was alleging that Woodland had been killed to shut him up. Despite the intricate details of von Einem's alibi and his version of events, his story had two huge problems. Jim Blaxland spent eight weeks in hospital after the attack. The light went green and he sped off to Holden Hill police station. Its focus is on investigation, crime solving and the victims. Homosexuality was never discussed and I could not understand why I found guys attractive. The woman called 911. This has been a story of justice denied, and there is still a long way to go.