She said that she had been told Richard Kelvin had been held in a unit and that Denis had cut Kelvins hair during that time. Von Einem admitted that the drugs were his and said that he used them to help him sleep. And then whether or not a homosexual advance was sufficient to explain the subsequent extreme violence meted out. The guy moans and rolls over, revealing a face covered in blood. But no one that got thrown in ever surfaced for a complaint because they were homosexual.. Finally, to answer evidence about how fibres from von Einem's cardigan had got onto Kelvin, von Einem stated that he had put his arm around Kelvin and hugged him because Kelvin was upset about how his peers had been bullying him at school. Where a murder could be written off as a robbery gone wrong, a suicide or a high-spirited frolic. Kelvin was 15 years old at the time of his death. I wondered if he was bullshitting. Thats exactly what Im here to talk about, I say, and Robinson opens the door and agrees to have a chat. They grabbed him. Someone is hiding there. Mr. Justice White then gave his summation of the trial, and in the early afternoon of 5 November 1984, the jury retired to consider their verdict. The river bank was a popular beat where gay men would meet covertly, as homosexual acts were illegal in South Australia at that time. Hed moved back in with his mum for a couple of months while his next place was under construction. Soon after the news report went to air, two young men, Robert Verco and Jason Londema, walked into Adelaide police station with their parents and handed themselves in. The bashers had got away with it. His body had been washed prior to being re-dressed and was found placed in the fetal position, with his legs bent towards his chest and his head forwards and his arms wrapped around his legs. Barnes' fatal injuries mirrored those of Kelvin's closely. The Family murders cowed the gay community in South Australia. Police forces across the country have made huge advances in the way they deal with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities. They gave him a towel and offered to take him to hospital, but he declined. This is something I was told repeatedly. That was Bevan Von Einem. About 1.30am, they all left together, going back to Lindsays place where they cracked open another round of pre-mixed bourbon cans. R v VON EINEM 1984 - Justice White's Statement Concerning The committal hearing to determine if there was sufficient evidence for von Einem to stand trial for murder began on 20 February 1984. And I just never felt comfortable with it.. Defence lawyer Sam Abbott said he expected the Director of Public Prosecutions to drop the most serious charge of producing the material and, if not, he would argue there was no case to answer. In 1983, 11 years after Von Einem had rescued Roger James on the night George Duncan was murdered, he abducted a 15-year-old boy, Richard Kelvin, the son of long-time Adelaide Channel Nine newsreader Rob Kelvin. His hair was long, straight and black. With Iain Glen, Lucy Drive, Antti Hakala, Enrico Lange. At least 25. Negre, 37, was the type of bloke who could walk into a pub not knowing anybody and walk out with a dozen new best friends. Which might not seem surprising to the lay person, given that his defence was that he was not provoked into murder because he said he didnt commit murder. Two and a half months after Williamss murder, she and Standfield were charged with criminal libel, an extraordinary move that had only ever happened once before in the state. Why? In 2007, Mark Anthony Ninnes was convicted of manslaughter over the death of Walter Handley in the carpark. Loves the thrill of it all. It contains several medical reports in lieu of the examination they took from the deceased. Hed left a big party to go to Veale Gardens. WebThe medical examiners conducting the autopsy and examinations also discovered that Alan's body had been washed extensively after his death; likely an effort to scrub away any Under cross-examination, the prosecution were able to show inconsistencies in her current testimony compared to her earlier statements to police about von Einem's whereabouts on the weekend of 45 June, which weakened the defence case considerably as this highlighted von Einem's change the previous February of his account of what happened on the night of 5 June 1983. Because he was on Death Row, Hickock couldnt go to churchso instead, he participated in Bible Correspondence courses, according to a Special Progress Report from The Attorney-General of South Australia immediately appealed the leniency of the non-parole period, and on 29 March 1985 the Court of Criminal Appeal in South Australia increased the non-parole period to 36 years, a record at the time in that state. The fact is, though, that Lewis and his team already had a deep distrust of the polices ability to handle the allegations, given what theyd been told by their informants about police cover-ups. [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 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.. I wasnt an alcoholic but I was a binge drinker, so for the next 14 years, either on alcohol, dope or speed, I would do the beats.. The words The Fruit Pirates were graffitied on a chair there. Robinson pulls up alongside and winds down his window. When we finished I stood up and the fellow was laying there and I thought, Wow! The 26-year-old might not have worked a day in his life but he owned it all thanks to a $2.2 million payout hed received from having been hit by a car when he was 20 months old. The intention was to get a key card then threaten the victim until he handed over his PIN. "Mr B" also gave startling allegations of von Einem being involved in the unexplained Beaumont children disappearance in 1966, as well as the disappearance of two girls at the Adelaide Oval in 1973. They were professionals and managers. Nevertheless, on the way home they thought it would be a good idea to punch back a few more cones, so they pulled into this little track in the South Parklands, completely unaware, he said, that theyd just driven into Adelaides most thumping beat. In his unsworn statement, von Einem detailed his alibi with what he claimed happened between 5 June and 11 July 1983. And thats how it went when Michael Lindsay, his two sisters, his de facto and a couple of mates came through the doors of the Hallett Cove Tavern around midnight. This came across as a strange thing for an innocent person to say. The coppers will be here shortly. And I said, But Im not doing nothing wrong. And he said. Friends reported Moore missing. The man, known as "Mr. B", was located and informed police in great detail how he and von Einem had picked up young male hitchhikers, had given them alcoholic drinks laced with hypnotic drugs, and had taken them to von Einem's previous home in the Adelaide suburb of Campbelltown, where the young men had been abused overnight and released the next day. Youre gunna drown one., It seemed to OShea that the practice of tossing homosexuals in the river went back a long way. You get a lot of married men.. Ken Doig. And I guess that goes to the polices understanding of the level of homophobia in the town.. This made police suspect that Kelvin had been dumped by a single person, most likely after nightfall in order to avoid detection.[4]. With enough evidence, along with the information given by "Mr B", to indicate that Kelvin was at von Einem's home around the time of his death, police arrested and charged von Einem with murder on 3 November 1983. von Einem still denied ever coming into contact with Kelvin. She called a cab and left. Take the murder of Ken Doig. So the backlash began. I, like, detest that kind of thing A struggle broke out and he said he called out to his friend Jason. Despite pleading his innocence, 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. They won the court case but lost the fight. Tarrant County Von Einem said that he was driving along O'Connell Street in North Adelaide looking for a parking spot in order to buy some dinner. Interview with a monster: The City of Corpses murders Richard Kelvin - The Family Murders When asked about drugs, von Einem did admit he had Mandrax. As a vice squad officer, the diligent 22-year-old had a duty to uphold the laws against gambling, SP bookmakers and prostitution, to monitor the nightclubs and to keep the homos in check. With yellow hair and numerous facial piercings, he was hard to miss. He also claimed that he was sick with the flu for the next week after that and did not return to work until 14 June. Duncans boss, the head of law at Adelaide University, Professor Horst Lucke, started writing letters to The Advertiser agitating for further inquiries. Autopsy Reports When she was in hospital having her seventh child, he babysat her kids at night and went out and bought a station wagon just so he could ferry them to hospital for visiting. He greets me jovially but his charity-fundraiser demeanour hardens when I explain why Im there. Five known victims of kidnapping, sexual abuse and murder showed up in those years, and police became convinced that the perpetrator was actually a group of several men, although only one has ever been identified and taken to justice. Utting recalls: Peter was absolutely flabbergasted at the time as the Speaker of Parliament [Her timing is out on this; hed actually resigned the previous month], to have a message like that left. He tried to calm Handley down, saying if he felt threatened, protection could be organised. She declined. Even some of the out-and-proud gay community looked down on what those men did in the darkness. Lindsay appealed the decision on the basis that provocation colloquially known as the gay panic defence was not put properly to the jury. It would appear that robbery was part of the picture because his bag and wallet were missing, but the fact that his assailant had wanted to take him home would indicate that he was targeted as a gay man. A forensic pathologist (currently Dr. Michael Hunter) analyzes the official autopsy reports of various celebrities to determine their cause of death. However, the police then found the bottle of Noctec and von Einem immediately became nervous and told police that he "rarely used those drugs". There was a place young guys could go for a bed and a feed that was run by priests, but once the lights went out they used to come and drag you out of bed and you were raped by several of the priests there. The shooting of a man by police as he held a toddler hostage after beating his neighbour to death was "necessary given the circumstances", the police watchdog has found. The light went green and he sped off to Holden Hill police station. And while other Adelaide crimes like the disappearance of the Beaumont children and the Snowtown murders grabbed the headlines and gave the city its perhaps undeserved reputation, with one notable exception the cases I was looking at like most gay-hate crimes went by largely unnoticed. James has suggested elsewhere that this fear that the police were trying to discredit him by having him identify an innocent officer made him clam up. So why, the day after the murder, did they tell the media that it was? If you were brought before the courts, your name would be splashed across the front pages, says Reeves. His blood showed a combination of several drugs and sedatives. Richard says its not surprising that so many have weighed in. Another is a prominent businessman in South Australia and a third one is a former male sex worker. As time has gone on, the desire for reform has got larger and more radical. It was a small murder in the media sense, rating a few short stories over following days and in the normal scheme of things would have received minimal attention even if a killer had been caught. If you are authorized, you may request a copy of the autopsy report, which is the written record of the medical examiner's findings. I dont think he knew. Frustrated by the deadlock, Utting wrote a letter to the inquiry head, Ted Mullighan, outlining the allegations that had been made about the prominent citizens. There was nothing at the time to link him to his murder, but he was kept in the radar. Bashers are common at beats, but theyve never got Robinson. Woodlands dark-blue Commodore was parked in the Veale Gardens car park at the Adelaide Pavilion restaurant, while the 36-year-old's corpse was found 700 metres away at the far end of the beat, and off to the left in long grass. [8], On 27 July 2007 it was announced that von Einem had been transferred from the maximum security B-Division of Yatala Labour Prison to Port Augusta Prison.[9]. OShea didnt report seeing them in the city which would have contradicted their version of events. Lindsay showed her around his house. Immediately following the David Saint murder, in reading the media reports from police it became obvious to us that they were treating it as a burglary gone wrong. Everyone would see. Mick OShea felt his career was ruined by the Duncan drowning.