Current Trial Wonnangatta - Russell Hill & Carol Clay vanish *Pilot Greg Lynn charged with murder

[Kurve]

Disappearance of Barwon Prison Boss David Prideaux - High Country Mount Stirling
Hit and Run Death of Bryce Airs - High Country Jamieson

Israel Keyes

On the Greg Lynn committal proceedings Crown Prosecutor Mr Dickie said 'It is clear hopefully from the document, and if it's not clear from the document it's clear hopefully from the charges put before the court, that it is alleged of course that the accused acted with murderous intent when he allegedly killed the two victims.'

 

[FrankGrimes]

Maybe that stuff belongs to Russell and Carol.

Ah didn’t think of that.. good point

 

[Pamcake1]

They are also looking for things thrown from the car on the road side. Sounds like the Police have some very good information now.

Police say likely other parties involved in disappearance of campers as new lead spurs Mount Hotham search

Two shovels found on Wednesday have been taken for forensic testing, as a police search focuses on a small area of dense bush adjacent to the Great Alpine Road.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Wombot]

Ah didn’t think of that.. good point

Even more reason to dump them elsewhere.

 

[revo333]

Now we are cooking.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Wonder if any nervous people will be heading up that way hoping that any evidence is well hidden. Would expect that area where the shovels were found to be under some form of surveillance.

 

[Pamcake1]

‘They have enough’: Bold claim on campers

A leading criminal psychologist believes missing campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay “met with foul play” and the latest discovery of two shovels is “enough” evidence for police to make their biggest breakthrough yet.

www.news.com.au

 

[Pamcake1]

The Police are announcing just now that they are going back to Wonnangatta and still appealing for witnesses. They are still working this hard.

Continued search for clues in Russell Hill and Carol Clay disappearance

Missing Person Squad detectives, with the assistance of specialist police, are today returning to the Wonnangatta area…

www.police.vic.gov.au

 

[zedx]

‘Not safe’: Best mate of missing camper issues bombshell warning

The best friend of a missing camper has issued a grim warning to people not to visit the remote bushland where his mate went missing, declaring it is “not safe”.

www.news.com.au

 

[Doss]

News.com.au really is tabloid, poorly written trash isn’t it?

BOMBSHELL CLAIM!!

...oh dude says tract of bush isn’t safe.

Not a shot at you btw, zedx.

 

[TheGreatBambino]

News.com.au really is tabloid, poorly written trash isn’t it?

BOMBSHELL CLAIM!!

...oh dude says tract of bush isn’t safe.

Not a shot at you btw, zedx.

only the dailymail is below it lol

 

[zedx]

News.com.au really is tabloid, poorly written trash isn’t it?

BOMBSHELL CLAIM!!

...oh dude says tract of bush isn’t safe.

Not a shot at you btw, zedx.

absolutely !! but certainly made us look/read

 

[owen87]

only the dailymail is below it lol

I'm not even convinced that's true anymore.

The DailyMail is exactly what it's always been, and doesn't at all take itself seriously. News.com.au still tries to pretend it's got any kind of credibility.

 

[Pamcake1]

I'm not even convinced that's true anymore.

The DailyMail is exactly what it's always been, and doesn't at all take itself seriously. News.com.au still tries to pretend it's got any kind of credibility.

That is why its nickname is "The Daily Fail"

 

[revo333]

All gone quiet again?

 

[SmAshmoto]

All gone quiet again?

Certainly seems that way. I'm up the back of Mt Buller this weekend, I'll let you know if I see Buttons!

 

[Kurve]

Certainly seems that way. I'm up the back of Mt Buller this weekend, I'll let you know if I see Buttons!

I hope you didn't forget to pack your night vision goggles, at least.

 

[MiguelM]

SBS 10pm (Melb)

The Feed


10:00PM - 10:30PM
CC

Victoria's rugged high country is much loved by hunters, skiers, campers and bushwalkers. But when a spate of mysterious disappearances occur, the local town and media are spun into a frenzy trying to solve the missing persons cases. At the centre of their speculation is a reclusive bushman

 

[SmAshmoto]

Just got back from a weekend in the snow up the back of Craig's Hut and Mt Stirling. I didn't see anything untoward (apart from the **** in his Toorak Tractor who had a panic attack halfway along the track to Craig's Hut and blocked it) but my God, it must feel unbearably cold and remote up that way, especially during the bowels of winter when the tracks close and access stops. Would take a braver man than me to live higher up and further out all winter. Amazing that he would survive up there all season to be honest.

 

[FR0GGY]

 

[SquiffyRae]

I'll be interested to know when this is solved (cause with the latest developments it feels like it's more likely to be a "when" than an "if" now) what the information was that prompted those new searches over the Easter period.

Whatever info they got was clearly reliable as out of that entire forest they managed to find the proverbial needles in the haystack. You don't just get that out of a general tip off. This wasn't "I often go to the pub after work and another regular, Bruce Simmons, got a bit sloshed one night and started bragging about if you p*ss him off he'll make you disappear like that old couple in the mountains." Whoever gave that tip-off had knowledge that 2 shovels presumably connected to the crime were located at that specific spot. To get that sort of hit the person would've either had to know that information themselves (i.e. they were involved) or know a person who has told them very specific details about the crime.

 

[Kyptastic]

New Article in the Age

‘We don’t jump at ghosts’: The mystery of Wonnangatta Valley

In a region with a long history of missing persons, the disappearance of Carol Clay and Russell Hill has sparked many rumours.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Kurve]

The ABCs Background Briefing has done a pod with great reviews.

Background Briefing - The place where people mysteriously disappear

Warren Meyer was a keen bushwalker who always came prepared for a hike. When he vanished in the wild terrain of the Yarra Ranges, police were baffled. Ashlynne McGhee investigates whether his disappearance could be linked to the other unsolved mysteries of Victoria's high country.

podcasts.google.com

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

I thought this case was close to being solved...

 

[TheGreatBambino]

Here’s a quote from the last article in june regarding the search.

“Generally over winter it all stops for a bit because we can’t really get up there due to weather,' A source said“

 

[Trucker Tiger]

This story is so wild that it’s made the august New York Times:

As Hikers Vanish, These Mountains Hold Tight to Their Mysteries (Published 2021)

The high country of southern Australia is “remote and beautiful and unpredictable,” a place where visitors can be swallowed up without a sound.

www.nytimes.com