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Ivan Milat was born Ivan Robert Marko Milat, also referred to as "The Backpacker Murderer”, was born on December 27, 1944, in Guildford, Australia. WHEN AND WHERE DID THE MURDERS TAKE PLACE? The murders Ivan Milat committed took place in New South Wales, Australia in and around Sydney. They were committed in the 1980’s to the 1990’s from 1989 – 1993. DESCRIBE THE MURDERS. The first of the victims were two British backpackers who were touring Australia called Caroline Clark and Joanne Walters. They went missing in April of 1992 and were found in September of that year. They were found in a part of Belanglo State Forest known as “Executioner's Drop”. Joanne had been stabbed, possibly to the point of paralysis, and her zipper was undone, but the …show more content…
top button had been still fastened. This could mean sexually assaulted Joanne and then buttoned up her pants after the attack, but her body was too badly decomposed to establish whether or not this had happened. Caroline, as well as being stabbed like Joanne, was shot in the head ten times, there were four exit wound were discovered and four bullets retrieved from inside the skull. There was a brick fireplace constructed and a .22-caliber cartridge found near where the bodies were discovered. In October 1993, the decomposed bodies of James Gibson and Deborah Everist were found. They were Australians and they knew their way around Sydney well. They had gone missing in 1989, four years before their bodies were found, James’ zipper was open and the button was done up, similar to Joanne's and there were paralyzing spinal wounds, similar to the ones of the previous victims. Their bodies were badly decomposed and there was environmental damage on their clothes. There was also a small fireplace built near the bodies again, making the police suspect they were dealing with the same killer as Caroline Clark and Joanne Walters. About a month after James and Deborah's bodies were found, Simone Schmidl’s dead body was discovered.
Simone’s body was found half-dressed with her shirt pushed up to around the neck and her shorts were hung off the pelvis with the cords undone. Some of her jewelry and two coins were found next to her body. There was a fireplace and discarded .22-caliber shells were found close by. Simone suffered similar wounds to the previous victims, with multiple stab wounds on her torso. Anja Habschied and Gabor Neugebauer, a German couple who had been missing since December 1991, were the next victims of Ivan Milat's killings. Gabor's jeans were unzipped, with the button fastened like other victims, he was shot and stabbed multiple times and he was also strangled. Anja's body was missing her skull completely and it looked as if it had been severed by a machete, knife, or sword. A variety of reports had led the police to develop speculations and investigate the Milat family, but specifically Ivan Milat, but they had no proof any of the family was linked to the murders until Paul Onions contacted the police with information about his terrifying encounter with Ivan. Paul Onions was the only one of the eight main known victims, to escape an
attack. Paul Onions was a backpacker who was hitchhiking on January 25, 1990, near the south of Sydney and he was picked up by Ivan Milat who, when Paul got in the car, referred himself as "Bill". Milat was friendly towards Onions at the beginning but, as the trip went on, Paul found Ivan's questions to be discouraging as he started to ask personal questions about Paul's plans. Ivan then began to make racist comments and was ranting and Paul became worried about his safety. When Ivan pulled over on the side of the road, Onions tried to get out and run, but Ivan pulled out a gun and told him if he didn't put his seatbelt back on, he was going to pull the trigger. Onions managed to make it out of the car and run, leaving his belongings behind. A nearby car picked Paul up and took him to the police so he could report the attack. Milat had enough evidence against him for the police to be able to search his property and they found even more evidence linking Ivan to the murders. The first item found was a postcard that began with the words “Hi Bill.” Ivan said it must have been a mistake and he didn’t know anyone called Bill. There was a bullet found in one of the bedrooms, and he said he didn’t own any firearms. In another bedroom, a bag, which was confirmed to be Ivan’s, was found in another bedroom with a knife and a construction manual for a .22-caliber gun. There were two sleeping bags found in a wardrobe that were later identified as Simone Schmidl’s and Deborah Everist’s. A photo album contained an image of a Harley Davidson motorbike and a holster which was believed to contain a .45 handgun, like the one Paul Onions described. .45 ammunition was found in a box in Ivan’s bedroom. Another photo showed someone wearing a shirt identical to one Caroline Clark owned. In the garage, a sleeping bag cover was found with a tent inside, wrapped around the tent was a headband identical to the one found on Simone Schmidl’s skull. There was also a homemade silencer in the bag. More camping and cooking equipment was found, belonging to Schmidl. A camera that was Caroline Clarkes, and a water container with a mark scratched off to erase it was found. It was analyzed and it said “Simi” which is what Simone’s friends would call her. More guns, rifles, knives, ammunition and other weapons were found in various locations and a long, curved sword was found in a locked cupboard in Ivan’s mother’s house. Milat was then arrested and taken for questioning, where he didn't talk and wasn't responding to anyone. He was charged for the attack on Paul Onions, and eventually for the murders of the seven other victims. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges. On July 27, 1996, after the 15-week trial, Milat was found guilty of the murders and Paul Onions attack. He was sentenced to six years in jail for Paul’s attack, seven lifetime sentences for each of the murders he committed, and 18 years without parole. He still continued to say he was innocent. He was sent to Maitland Prison in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, where he stayed for almost a year. In May 1997, a well-planned jailbreak attempt was foiled by authorities and Ivan and his inmate, George Savvas, were separated from each other. The next morning, Savvas was found hanged in his cell. Ivan was then transferred to the maximum-security wing of Goulburn Prison, near Sydney. The guards found a blade in Ivan’s cell and he was then sent into solitary confinement. Later he cut off his little finger with a plastic knife, with the intention of mailing it to High Court, went on hunger strikes, losing 25 kilograms in an attempt to be given a PlayStation, and he swallowed razor blades, staples, and other sharp, metal objects to get his appeals heard. Police believe Ivan Milat may have been involved in many more murders than the seven he was charged for, and his brother also believes he shot a taxi driver, Neville Knight, in 1962. WHY DID THESE MURDERS OCCUR? There are no determined motivations or reasons as to why Ivan would kill someone but Dr. Rod Milton, a forensic psychiatrist, said that “the killer had a history of aggression and was motivated by the pleasure of inflicting pain on others”. Which means he had motivations similar to any other serial killer; he got his kicks by attacking and eventually killing his victims. He had a desire that could only be satisfied by inflicting pain on others. Ivan grew up in an environment where hunting was a natural thing that he would do on a daily basis. He had a history of getting in trouble with the police from the age of seventeen. He got in trouble for breaking into houses, car thefts, and armed robberies in his town. Milat and his brothers had a reputation in their neighborhood for being reckless and wild. Ivan was described with having a fascination for hunting and for guns. Ivan’s brother, Boris, said that Ivan had exhibited psychopathic tendencies early on. Ivan’s ex-wife also said Ivan was “gun crazy”. Another reason Ivan could have murdered seven people was because of a traumatic past. His sister, Margaret, died in a car crash which and his dad died in 1983.
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