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Victorians Deborah Everist and James Gibson, both 19, who were last seen in December 1989, and who were each stabbed multiple times. German Simone Schmidl, 20, who disappeared in January 1991 and died from multiple stab wounds, including a knife through her spinal cord. German Gabor Neugebauer, 21, who was gagged and shot six times and his 20-year-old girlfriend Anja Habschied, who was decapitated after they disappeared in January 1992. Britons Caroline Clarke, 21, who was shot 10 times as if she was target practice and Joanne Walters, 22, who was stabbed. Last seen in April 1992.

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Could the offence have been prevented and at what point; treatment and interventions, missed investigation opportunities ____________Clive Small was the police commissioner who had been asked to lead the team to capture Ivan Milat.

From the beginning, Milat was all about having control and power over his victims and many believe he has taken that to his deathbed where he thinks he is in control of the case and kept all the details and information that the victims’ families were wanting to know. He thinks he is the boss and in charge. In saying that, it was one obstacle the police and detectives were hoping to overcome so the families get closure. The investigation initially began when the NSW Police assumed that there was a serial killer on the loose due to the nature of the crimes. All of the victims had been gagged, raped, stabbed and shot and then covered in leaves and twigs

Angela Hormoz Detective role SOMS1501 Once the Victorian couple were found, everyone in the force became involved. They started investigating the area; finding bodies and skulls; fragments of the bullet casings as well were crucial. One good thing to come out was that the police force had started up a program that would identify possible suspects due to the amount of calls they were receiving. The difficult thing was that they had an idea that it was Ivan Milat however there was not sufficient amount of evidence. - They figured that the person responsible for the killings was doing so for his own gratification and he liked that he was in control/power struggle - The Milat’s were known to be aware of the forest, Ivan Milat worked for transport so he had the ute and would usually drive out to the forest, they were into guns, known to be gun fanatics, in trouble with the law at a young age, had a criminal record since 16 years old, known to have abducted women - On the days of the killings, we found he wasn’t at work when the backpackers disappeared - All the evidence was found at his house – the t-shirt of one of the bacpackers was given to his girlfriend, the simis bottle was found – her name was scatcched out but could see under infrared light it was there – she had written her name on it with a texta, her headband was found there, very unique clothing and backpacks were found and identified to be belongings of the backpackers that were murdered - Hardest part was we never got a deathbed confession - The report from paul onions was given but then hidden for some unknown reason?

In 1993, as thousands of pieces of information continued to pour in regarding the seven murdered backpackers - Deborah Everist, James Gibson, Simone Schmidl, Gabor Neugebauer, Anja Habschied, Joanne Walters and Caroline Clarke - the police hotline received a call from a woman we will call Mary, who lived in south-west Sydney. Mary said that in 1977, as 18-year-olds, she and her then friend Therese had been hitchhiking from Liverpool to their home in Canberra when they accepted a lift from a man in his "early 30s" with "black straggly hair". While Mary did not select anyone from the photographs, Therese pointed to photograph 4 (Ivan) and said, "[His] eyebrows are similar and shape of face is similar." She then pointed to photograph 11 (Richard) and said, "At first glance, most similar, triggered some memory." Neither amounted to a positive identification that could be used in court, but they added to the suspicions that were building around the Milat brothers. Among the hotline calls was another from a local woman who said she "didn't know if she could help", but was suspicious of a man who lived in the area. He drove a 4WD, owned lots of guns and was into shooting. His name was Ivan

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Milat. She had no other information, but hoped her call might be of assistance. By February 1994, task force air had tripled in size to 33 investigators and 11 analysts, supported by ballistics and other forensic officers. At this time the Milats were clearly a family of interest. Although there was no admissible evidence against any particular family member, we had enough information to suggest that one or more of the brothers might have been involved in the murders. The hotline had provided us with our strongest lead yet: Paul Onions' story of being given a lift by a man with a gun. We knew Ivan Milat owned a vehicle similar to the one described by Onions, that he often used the name "Bill" and that another brother had the name "Bill”. Around February 20, I asked Detective Paul Gordon to check the criminal histories of all members of the Milat family, particularly Ivan. A day or so later Gordon told me, in front of my second-incharge, Detective Inspector Rod Lynch, and others, that the Milat family, including Ivan, had little or no criminal history. We had been told by a number of sources, however - including then Superintendent John Laycock, who had lived near the Milat family in Guildford, in Sydney's south-west, for many years - that Ivan and some of his brothers had criminal records for armed hold-ups and related offences going back to the 1970s, and that Ivan had been involved in an abduction and sexual assault. I asked Gordon whether he had checked the criminal histories held on microfiche. He hadn't. In 1984 the police had switched to a computerised system, but pre-1984 records still had to be checked manually at the Central Records Office. I told Gordon to go and check those records. It turned out Ivan had a criminal record dating back to 1964, when he was convicted of break, enter and steal. In 1965 he was convicted of stealing a car, and two years later of being an accessory to the theft of a car. In 1971 he had been arrested with others and charged with armed robbery, and later the same year with rape. Greta's allegations against Ivan went further, although some were not admitted into the court proceedings. Greta recalled that after Ivan had raped Margaret, Margaret asked him whether he had done this before, to which Ivan replied yes. He said that he often picked up hitchhikers and always carried knives and ropes in case an opportunity arose. The details of the 1971

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rape charge and Greta's further allegations looked bad for Ivan, but did not represent evidence against him for the backpacker murders. A few days later, on February 26, 1994, Ivan was placed under surveillance. There were insufficient grounds to justify an application for a phone intercept or listening device in his home. Meanwhile, arrangements were being made for Paul Onions to travel from London to Sydney. We hoped he would be the "smoking gun" we were looking for. Paul Onions arrived in Sydney on May 2, 1994. On May 5, Onions was taken to the Sydney Police Centre and shown 13 photos on a video. He identified picture 4 as Bill. It was a picture of Ivan. By now our opportunities for covert inquiries were largely exhausted; the only way to find the evidence we needed to prove Ivan was the killer was to go in and search every inch of his house and other properties belonging to members of the Milat family - to pull them apart if we had to. A large number of police would be required, and the planning alone would take several weeks. We couldn't afford to make mistakes. Ivan laughed and told Gordon he had looked out of the window but couldn't see any police. While Gordon repeated his instructions, Ivan went on laughing and ignoring the instructions. When Gordon suggested that he leave the house first, followed by Hughes, Ivan replied, "I think we'll just walk out together." Ivan explained 38 .22 calibre bullets found in the wardrobe of his bedroom by saying, "I used to go shooting at my brother's place," referring to Alex Milat's property at nearby Buxton. Some of the cartridges were Winchester Winner, the type found at the Clarke and Neugebauer crime scenes in the forest. The police also found some Indonesian currency in the bedroom; Ivan had never travelled to Indonesia, but Gabor Neugebauer and Anja Habschied had spent time in Indonesia immediately before coming to Australia. Two rolls of black electrical tape similar to that located near Gabor's and Anja's bodies were also found. When Ivan was asked by Leach whether he had ever been to Belanglo State Forest, Ivan replied that "he had driven up a dirt track that goes past it [in the mid-1980s]". Several Items of interest were also found in the spare bedroom, including a camouflage knife similar to one described by Onions; four boxes of Eley .22 calibre cartridges of the same batch

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number as those found near Gabor's body; a broken barrel band from a Ruger rifle; a Ruger 10/22 instruction manual; various gun parts; 50 Winchester cartridges, including Winner cartridges like those found at or near the Clarke and Neugebauer crime scenes; a range of ammunition for .22, .32, .38 and .45 calibre guns; and a green water bottle and pouch similar to one belonging to Simone Schmidl. n the bedroom used by Ivan's sister Shirley, searchers found a green sleeping bag similar to that used by Deborah Everist, and a Salewa sleeping bag like that used by Schmidl. Suspicious or incriminating items continued to be found in almost every room of the house. On the coffee table in the family room was a photo album with pictures of Ivan's girlfriend, Chalinder, wearing a green-and-white striped Benetton top like that owned and worn by Caroline Clarke. The photo was dated "92" (Caroline had disappeared in April of that year).

But the man who put Milat behind bars says Ivan's mother, Margaret, received her son's confession during a visit to Supermax prison just before her death. Clive Small was the commanding officer of Task Force Air that charged Ivan after the bodies of seven backpackers Joanne Walters, Caroline Clarke, Deborah Everist, James Gibson, Gabor Neugebauer, Anja Habschied and Simone Schmidl were found at Belanglo.

Clive Small, who led the NSW Police investigation into the killings, said Milat made an admission of guilt to him during a visit to the Goulburn supermax prison in 2005, the Nine Network reported on Monday. "He said, 'Well, why are you saying that my sister was involved in the murders when she wasn't?'," Mr Small recounted. Mr Small denied this during the conversation. "He said, 'Yes, you have, you and my solicitor'; he said 'You're both saying that she was involved'," Mr Small told Nine.

Angela Hormoz Detective role SOMS1501 "I said "No, I haven't said she was involved because I know that you did it, and you did it alone,' and he said, 'Yes, so why are you saying she's involved?', and once he said it, he realised what he'd said. "It was the first thing, and the only admission if you like, I'd heard him say but by that time, he was well and truly convicted and serving a fair stack of his sentence in jail. "But it gave me a deal of satisfaction, I can tell you.

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The investigation, he said, was going to be long and difficult. He had another worry. Information overload. Realising help from the public was going to be crucial, the taskforce had set up a toll-free hotline on November 9. In the first 24 hours, 5119 calls came in. It was a mixed blessing – the lead might well be there but at the same time the taskforce was swamped. The backpacker murderer died in the hospital of Long Bay Jail two weeks ago after being diagnosed with oesophageal and stomach cancer in May, leaving his family with a letter insisting the NSW government pay for his funeral. However, the 74-year-old's final wish has been denied and he was cremated on Friday - with the government reimbursing the cost of the service from Milat's prison account. NSW Corrections Minister Anthony Roberts confirmed the murderer did not get the taxpayer funeral he had demanded on Sunday.

Affair, C., 2019. 'I don't care': Milat unrepentant to the end in chilling final interviews. [online] 9news.com.au. Available at: https://www.9news.com.au/national/ivan-milat-final-police-interviewrevealed-a-current-affair/440c77f7-7e60-4c02-b190-94f00dcb7bdc

McGowan, M., 2019. Ivan Milat's chilling serial backpacker murders still haunt Australia. [online] the Guardian. Available at:

Angela Hormoz Detective role SOMS1501 Stan. 2015. Watch Catching Milat Online | Stream Season 1 Now | Stan. [online] Available at: https://www.stan.com.au/watch/catching-milat Youtube. 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rgTCxvxwJ8. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rgTCxvxwJ8.

Small, C., 2014. On the trail of a ... serial killer. [online] The Sydney Morning Herald. Available at: [Accessed 4 February 2021]....