Shannon O’Leary first wrote ‘The Blood on my Hands” and this is the sequel “Out of the Fire and into the Pan.” The first book was reviewed in 2016. You can find that review here. I wrote then that “the story is disturbing. I had to put it down now and then. I didn’t wanted […]
Australia
Sherrlynn Leigh Hill Mitchell (1957 – missing Nov 22, 1973)
On November 22, 1973 sixteen year old Sherrlynn Leigh Hill Mitchell left her home in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, to meet a friend at the bus stop. When this friend’s bus arrived Sherrlynn was not there. She has been missing since then. Sherrlynn did not return to her job at the Ballarat Woollen Mills. She did […]
Beaumont Children: New Leads, New Frustrations
Please welcome guest blogger Stephen Richey who will give us insight in the latest developments in the case of the missing Beaumont Children. ____________________ In an early blog post, Alice mentioned that ground penetrating radar (GPR) was used to locate an “anomaly” at a site where a tip suggested the children were buried. Some latched on to […]
New excavation: the Beaumont Children
Update: authorities only found animal bones, no signs of human remains. The Australian papers just printed exciting news in the case of the three missing Beaumont Children. “Police have confirmed a new dig site in the search for the bodies of the missing Beaumont children.” Jane Nartare (9), Arnna Kathleen (7), and Grant Ellis (4), known […]
Kylie Maybury: DNA evidence
The case Kylie Maybury is finally making progress: DNA confirmed that the semen found in this six-year-old little girl belongs to Gregory Keith Davies. Kylie Maria Antonia Maybury (October 24, 1978 – Nov 6, 1984) died of asphyxiation/suffocation (depriving of oxygen by obstructing the airways for example by choking or by pushing a pillow over someone’s […]
The blood on my hands by Shannon O’Leary
“I used pseudonyms in the book in order to protect my family. He was never charged despite the police knowing about his activity. The police investigations were case files and are not available to the public. People outside Australia would not be aware that many of the missing person files in NSW in the 1960s […]
Gun Alley by Kevin Morgan
Gun Alley by Kevin Morgan is about the murder of Alma Tirtschke (12) a.k.a. the “schoolgirl murder.” It is a cold case, a wrongful conviction, the rape-murder of a child, sloppy police work, jailhouse information, and a rush to judgment that led to the botched execution on April 24, 1922 of an innocent man. Collin Campbell […]
Possible link to Beaumont Children
This arrest may or may not lead to a better understanding of the missing Beaumont Children‘s case. Several newspapers note the arrest of a 71-year-old man. From 7News: “The 71-year-old was arrested yesterday and charged with a range of crimes against several victims dating back to 1962. Among the charges, three counts of buggery, two of […]