2. Ivan Milat's 11 Other Victims?
6/11/202622 min
Families demand answers - police under scrutiny - and a revelation that could reshape the Milat case.
At the first hearing into dozens of Australia’s unsolved murders and missing persons cases, police revealed a previously unheard list of potential additional victims linked to Ivan Milat.
In this episode, forensic scientist and criminologist Dr Xanthe Weston and criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro take you inside the landmark parliamentary inquiry in Bowral, NSW. They unpack the heartwrenching testimony from families still searching for answers, and their sharp criticism of police.
Plus, the expert evidence they presented to the inquiry about Ivan Milat’s motives, methods and the murders they believe he may have gotten away with.
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First 90 secondsXanthe Weston· Host0:00
[suspenseful music] Welcome back to this special series of Motive and Method. I'm Dr. Xanthe Weston, forensic scientist and criminologist.
Tim Watson-Munro· Host0:09
And I'm criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro. This is Australia's Killer Secrets: Milat Murders and Missing. [suspenseful music] Well, Xanthe, here we are. It's been a big, long day, hasn't it? We're in Bowral. We've had a conference room, our own recording room, and, uh, what a hearing.
Xanthe Weston· Host0:34
Mm. So long day, big day. Um, not just for us, obviously, but for the families. And just for our listeners, to give them a sense of what happened today, it started off, um, with a number of families speaking. We heard from Karen Rollins' family, Kay Docherty's family, and Cheryl Grimmer's family, and we'll be talking to those people who gave evidence, um, throughout this special series. After the families had spoken, amazingly compellingly, I would have to say, um, then we gave some evidence, didn't we, around some patterns, talking about psychopaths, and Ivan Milat specifically.
Tim Watson-Munro· Host1:11
Just to give our listeners, viewers some sense of the time involved in this, beyond the preparation by everyone, we started at 9:00, there were short breaks in between, and we finished about 4:30, going through a, a long list of witnesses, including ourselves. I,