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In a dramatic move, the sex killer will be subpoenaed to give evidence at the inquest into the 1968 murder of Sydney toddler Simon Brook. It is hoped that details to emerge during the hearing may shed light on other unsolved cases. Breaking his silence after more than 30 years, the boy's father, Donald Brook, said he hoped justice would be done. "It is in the public interest that the facts should be established ... even after such a long time," Professor Brook said in a statement. "This is partly because it encourages trust in the police and in the judicial process. "It is also partly because, assuming that the facts can be reliably established, it may become possible to make sure that no other child will ever suffer the same fate, at the same hands." Professor Brook will testify at the Sydney hearing in mid-December. It follows a push from the Victoria Police cold case unit to re-examine the suspected crimes of Derek Percy. Simon Brook's is one of several unsolved child murders or disappearances over which Percy was recently questioned. The three year old's body was found in bushes near the family's Sydney home on May 19, 1968. In 1969 a coroner ruled the boy died from suffocation caused by an unknown person. Now, another coroner will decide whether, on the balance of probability, Percy was that person. Percy is one of Victoria's longest-serving prisoners after his conviction for the murder of 12-year-old Yvonne Tuohy at Western Port Beach in 1969. He was found not guilty on the grounds of insanity, but jailed indefinitely. Victoria Police has been working with detectives in three jurisdictions to investigate Percy over the other unsolved cases. They are: Linda Stillwell, who vanished from the St Kilda foreshore in 1968; Alan Redston, six, found strangled in Canberra in 1966; the three Beaumont children, who vanished from an Adelaide beach in 1966; and Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock, both 15, murdered at a Sydney beach in 1965. Police believe Percy was in each of the cities when the children were killed. Sunday Herald Sun (20-11-2005) |
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THEIR case has captivated Australia for almost 40 years. The disappearance of the three Beaumont children on Australia Day 1966 is one of the country's greatest mysteries, fuelled by endless speculation and bizarre rumours. Only the Azaria Chamberlain case comes close to its place in Australian history. The disappearance of Jane, 9, Arnna, 7, and Grant Beaumont, 4, from an Adelaide beach on that hot summer's day changed the way children were raised. No longer was it considered safe for children to play outside alone. Despite thousands of calls to police and reported sightings from around Australia, the fate of the children remains unsolved. A tall, thin, fair-haired man was spotted talking to the children but a massive search failed to reveal their whereabouts. In the past four decades there has been an abundance of new leads, rumours and theories. While most believe the children were probably murdered, there have been suggestions they were abducted by a cult. Others believe the children were buried under an Adelaide warehouse. In 1996 the floor of the warehouse, which had been identified by a Dutch clairvoyant, was excavated but no evidence was found. In 1997 police opened a new line of inquiry after a former detective who worked on the case claimed he had found Jane Beaumont, the eldest of the three children. The detective said a mystery Canberra woman had admitted she was the missing girl but the claims were dismissed after police found her birth date did not match. In May last year New Zealand police located a man who thought he had lived next door to the Beaumont children in Dunedin. He had recognised the children from a photograph he saw in a newspaper but nothing was ever substantiated. Last week two documentary makers claimed pedophile prisoner James O'Neill had confessed to killing the Beaumont children. The Age (3-2-2005) Liz Gooch |
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over the disappearance of the Beaumont children in Adelaide almost 40 years ago. The disappearance of Jane- 9yrs, Arnna- 7yrs, and Grant- 4yrs, near Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, on Australia Day 1966, remains one of the nation's most baffling mysteries. In an unlisted hearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court today, homicide detectives from Victoria's cold case unit and police from three other states were granted permission to quiz Percy over the crime. Percy, in his late 50s, is Victoria's longest-serving prisoner. He has spent 35 years in Ararat prison for the rape, torture and murder of 12-year-old Yvonne Elizabeth Tuohy. He abducted her from a spot near the beach in the Warneet area of South Gippsland on July 20, 1969. "This application has been sought following investigations by a multi-jurisdictional taskforce set up in early 2004," Inspector Craig Walsh said. "The task force includes detectives from Victoria, New South Wales, ACT and South Australia who are reviewing a number of unsolved murders and suspicious disappearances of children between 1965 and 1968." Media reports last week suggested Tasmanian Police Commissioner Richard McCreadie believed convicted child killer James O'Neill could have been responsible for the Beaumont abduction. But Mr McCreadie and South Australia police rejected the reports, saying O'Neill had been investigated and there was no evidence to link the prisoner to the case. AAP (2-2-2005) |
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Beaumont Search NEW Zealand police are ready to search Dunedin for people a witness claims helped raise three children kidnapped in Adelaide almost 40 years ago. Senior Sergeant Fiona Prestige of New Plymouth said the witness was specific about the names of the people who raised the children and where they had worked, but was sketchy about where they lived and for how much of the 1960s they lived there. The Beaumont children - Jane, 9, Arnna, 7, and Grant, 4 - disappeared during an outing to an Adelaide beach on January 18, 1966. AA (13-5-2004) The lead in Dunedin has now been discounted. |
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