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	Backpacker murders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Backpacker Murders is a name given to a serial killing case that occurred in New South Wales, Australia during the 1990s.
		Ivan Milat was convicted of the Backpacker murders and is serving a life sentence in prison.
		According to some sources, the movie Wolf Creek was based on the Snowtown murders of 1999, but the setting is in a remote part of Australia, where tourists are picked up by a madman, which many media outlets have linked to the Backpacker murders case and to the Peter Falconio disappearance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Backpacker_murders (1334 words)

	Ivan Milat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The killings were dubbed the backpacker murders by the press at the time.
		Milat is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of seven hitchhikers, several of whom were international backpackers.
		A 20-year-old woman stated to police that while backpacking in January 1990 in New South Wales she was offered a lift, which she had accepted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ivan_Milat (780 words)

	Serial Killers
		Ivan Milat Backpacker Murders is serving life for the murders of seven hitch-hiking backpackers between 1989 and 1992.
		The Pig Farm Murders by Mike Lewis -- British Columbia pig farmer and alleged serial killer, Robert Pickton, is charged with 15 counts of murder in connection with the disappearances of 62 women from Vancouver from 1983 to 2002.
		He was convicted of 1st-degree murder of Lisa Stasi, 19, whose body was never found, and arranging the fraudulent adoption of her baby.
	www.karisable.com /skaz.htm (4886 words)

	Australia serial killer - Ivan Milat - the "backpacker murderer"
		It was discovered that one of the guns used in the killing of Caroline Clarke, bore Milat's fingerprints.
		A 20 year old woman, stated to police that while she had been backpacking in January 1990, in New South Wales, she was offered a lift, which she had accepted.
		Police investigations continued and on May 30 Ivan Milat was charged with the murder of seven backpackers.
	members.tripod.com /ahrens/serial/miltmrdr.html (757 words)

	Ivan Milat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was becoming good at his "work" and though he had for years eluded police, it is as though the two German backpackers were left uncovered and in a sitting position against fallen logs in the forest as a sort of tease for police.
		Before the discovery of Anja's body, police knew that the murderer's modus operandi for death was by shooting and stabbing (though there is also evidence that he strangled at least one of his victims).
		This evidence does suggest that she too may have been sexually assaulted but unfortunately due to the time lapse of almost two years between her murder and the discovery of her body, there is not enough evidence for forensics to be one hundred percent sure.
	www.thecrimeweb.com /ivan_milat1.htm (2298 words)

	The Real Wolf Creek. The Truth Behind the real murders. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The presence of Gibson's body in Belanglo was a puzzle to investigators as his backpack and camera had previously been discovered by the side of the road at Galston Gorge, in the northern Sydney suburbs almost 100 kilometres to the north.
		Additionally, the fact that each of the seven murders were perpetrated in entirely different ways suggest to some of these theorists that these murders were conducted by not one person, but by seven (or possibly more) perpetrators, possibly as part of a gang.
		Apart from the murders where the bodies were disposed of, the bodies in barrels were variously stored in several places before finally being moved to the bank vault in Snowtown.
	www.wolf-creek-movie.com (2358 words)

	Ivan Milat, the notorious Australian Backpacker serial killer -- the Crime Library - The Crime library
		Lighting was organized for the scene and not long after, regional detectives from the homicide squad arrived.
		A call was made to the office of detectives in Sydney's Kings Cross, as well as the Missing Persons Bureau, as they were known to be investigating the disappearance of several backpackers who were last seen heading south.
		A 'Murder Mystery Weekend' enthusiast, acts on his fantasies of carrying out the perfect crime.
	www.crimelibrary.com /serial_killers/predators/milat/discovery_1.html (1269 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Australia serial killers jailed for life
		A jury in the South Australian Supreme Court in Adelaide found 37-year-old John Justin Bunting guilty of 11 murders in the so-called "bodies-in-barrels" case.
		Bunting was charged with 12 murders and Wagner eight, but the jury said they could not reach a verdict on one of the murder counts.
		The country's last serial murder case was the so-called "backpacker murders" of 1989 to 1992, in which seven people were killed.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/asia-pacific/3089216.stm (360 words)

	Backpacker Murders: Father Pleads For Justice - Thailand Forum
		KANCHANABURI: -- The father of British backpacker Vanessa Arscott, who was allegedly “executed” in Kanchanaburi last year after witnessing her boyfriend gunned down by a Thai policeman, made a dramatic plea for justice at a murder trial this week.
		The murder suspect, Police Sergeant Somchai Wisetsingh, sat head bowed looking at the floor as Arscott stood in the witness box for 45 minutes giving evidence about his well-educated daughter, who loved children and animals and made hundreds of friends.
		It is alleged he then ran over Vanessa in his Volvo, dragging her body 80 metres along a road, and finally shot her in the neck, lip and chest.
	www.thaivisa.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=30339 (1622 words)

	CNN.com - 'Bodies in barrels' killers jailed - Sep. 8, 2003
		Bunting, 37, was convicted of 11 murders while the co-accused Wagner, 31, was found guilty of seven murders.
		Bunting was charged with 12 murders and Wagner eight, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict on one of the murder counts, Australian media reported.
		The previous worst were the so-called backpacker murders in which seven people died in New South Wales between 1989 and 1992.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/09/08/snowtown.murders (423 words)

	Khmer chief gets life for backpacker murders - smh.com.au
		The former cadre of the brutal regime - who stood trial earlier this month charged with murder, abduction, destruction of property, forming an illegal armed force, robbery and terrorism - immediately vowed to appeal against the decision.
		Sam Bith, who was arrested in May in the northwestern town of Battambang, is the third and most senior Khmer Rouge leader to be held responsible for the abduction and murders of the backpackers.
		Khmer Rouge General Nuon Paet was sentenced to life in prison in June 1999 for his part in the murders, and in September the Supreme Court turned down an appeal against his conviction.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/12/23/1040511002973.html (440 words)

	GMax - News: Two men convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for grisly killings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The murders are believed to be Australia's worst ever serial killings, and sparked a level of media interest not seen since the so-called "backpacker murders" of 1989 to 1992, in which seven people, including some foreign tourists, were killed.
		Bunting had been charged with 12 murders and Wagner with taking part in eight of the slayings, but the jury said they could not reach a verdict on one of the murder counts.
		Prosecutors say the victims were murdered so that their killers could cash their welfare checks, but also for enjoyment.
	www.gmax.co.za /look/09/08-australia.html (483 words)

	Peter Haddow
		Their daughter had been murdered in a stabbing frenzy by 18 year old Kelly Fuller, jealous that Jessica was now seeing her former boyfriend.
		Australia is not short on stories of murder and mysterious deaths - all of them chilling, many of them unresolved, and most still screaming with unanswered questions.
		In Peter Haddow’s piece on the brutal stabbing murder of 15-year-old Jessica Lang, the author identifies strongly with Jessica’s grieving parents as they sit in Court and listen to the "half truths and outright lies being told about [their] daughter".
	www.peterhaddow.com /onmurder.html (544 words)

	Mass and serial murders in Australia [in: RPP no. 28] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mass and serial murders committed in Australia during the period 1989-1999 are analysed.
		There were thirteen mass murders and three episodes of serial murders in that time.
		Brief descriptions of the Strathfield massacre, Port Arthur massacre, the Lonely Hearts Killer murders, Frankston serial killings and the Backpacker murders are provided, along with possible motivations of the offenders.
	www.aic.gov.au /publications/rpp/28/ch4.html (110 words)

	Milat acted alone, police say - National - theage.com.au
		There is no evidence to suggest serial killer Ivan Milat was assisted by a woman or any other person, the former head of the backpacker murders taskforce said yesterday.
		Milat is serving life in prison for the murder of seven Australian and international backpackers whose bodies were found in the Belanglo state forest in NSW in the early 1990s.
		Mr Marsden was Milat's lawyer for 20 years but Milat sacked him, without explanation, shortly after his arrest in 1994 on the backpacker murders.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2005/07/16/1121455934610.html?from=storyrhs (527 words)

	Herald Sun: Father 'encouraged' Milat murder (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		THE father of backpacker killer Ivan Milat encouraged another son to murder him for sleeping with his brother's wife, a TV program reported tonight.
		Milat's younger brother Richard told the program he was not involved in the backpacker murders.
		Clive Small, the chief investigator on the case of the backpacker killings in the Belanglo State Forest, said police believe Milat is the likely offender in three or four unsolved murders.
	heraldsun.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5478,11255713^1702,00.html (617 words)

	Thai cop gets life for British backpacker murders - Boston.com - Europe - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A Thai policeman was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the murder of a British backpacker and his girlfriend, who he ran over with a car and then shot dead to conceal the first killing, a court ruled.
		KANCHANABURI, Thailand (Reuters) - A Thai policeman was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the murder of a British backpacker and his girlfriend, who he ran over with a car and then shot dead to conceal the first killing, a court ruled.
		Kanchanaburi court found Detective Sergeant Somchai Visetsingha guilty of murdering Adam Lloyd, 25, and Vanessa Arscott, 24, last September near the famed 'Bridge over the River Kwai', a popular tourist spot 125 km (80 miles) west of Bangkok.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/05/26/thai_cop_gets_life_for_british_backpacker_murders (328 words)

	'Milat's sister wasn't involved' - National - smh.com.au
		The police officer in charge of the investigation into NSW's notorious backpacker murders says the evidence suggests Ivan Milat acted alone.
		Milat's former lawyer John Marsden has recently expressed his belief that the backpacker killer had an accomplice in the murders.
		Milat was jailed for life without parole in 1996 for killing seven backpackers in the NSW southern highlands.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2005/07/19/1121538945405.html (433 words)

	McKenzie Wark, on John Hartley's Politics of Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The backpacker murders began with the discovery of a part of a lost body.
		Most of the stories supplied by the public to the detectives about the backpacker murders will be wrong, but most will have been offered in good faith.
		The media favour sensational stories like the backpacker murders, but criminologists say such crimes are thankfully rare.
	www.dmc.mq.edu.au /mwark/warchive/cv/columns/cv-oz-hartley.html (1437 words)

	Wolf Creek (2005)
		This time, British backpackers, Liz (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy (Kestie Morassi) are vacationing and partying in Australia.
		Their relief begins to wane when, after hours on the road, they start to realize that Mick's motives are anything but decent.
		Loosely based on the "Backpacker Murders" and the more recent murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio—which prompted producers to delay the Australian theatrical release of the film—Wolf Creek, claims to be "based on a true story," but McLean is more interested in exploring the mythos of these incidents rather than directly recreating them.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=141434&buy=open&Tab=reviews&CID=13 (652 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: Wolf Creek
		Two British backpackers, Liz (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy (Kestie Morassi) are driving across Australia with Aussie tagalong Ben (Nathan Phillips) for the final weeks of a grand holiday.
		It is loosely based on the "Backpacker Murders" of convicted serial killer Ivan Milat and the more recent murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio.
		Falconio was backpacking before he and girlfriend Joanne Lees were kidnapped and Falconio murdered.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/2a460f93626cd4678625624c007f2b46/b7bdce8004927418082570b1001be59e?OpenDocument (929 words)

	NetMap Analytics
		In the early 1990s seven young backpackers were murdered in what was to become Australia’s most notorious serial murder case.
		Thanks to NetMap, thousands of precious police hours were saved and police were able to focus their investigations on a more manageable list of potential suspects, leading to the eventual successful conviction of the Backpacker Murderer.
		I believe that NetMap succeeded in providing the NSW Police with a unique view of information related to the Backpacker Murderer case, information that allowed investigations to be more focused and efficient in terms of progressing the case to a faster, more accurate close.
	www.netmapanalytics.com /stories.html (1805 words)

	Wolf Creek - Film Information - FilmFocus.Co.UK
		The Ivan Milat backpacker murders on which Wolf Creek is mainly based didn't take place in the remote outback, but close to the outskirts of Sydney, near the busiest highway in Australia.
		The film has left a mark on me. It is not saying "hey, dont backpack or drive through the outback of Australia, you might get killed", but it uses their story to provide a backdrop for a film to tell a story.
		Falconio was the only backpacker killed in the outback, and the evidence indicates he was shot and not tortured.
	www.filmfocus.co.uk /filmdetail.asp?FilmbaseID=338 (8110 words)

	Khaleej Times - Online
		Chhouk Rin, a Khmer Rouge field commander, was freed in 2000 after a court ruled he was covered by an amnesty offered by the government to members of the movement in return for laying down their arms and ending the civil war in the country.
		The three backpackers -- Briton Mark Slater, 28, Frenchman Jean-Michel Braque, 27, and 29-year-old Australian David Wilson -- were abducted in a 1994 train ambush by the Khmer Rouge.
		The backpackers were killed after ransom negotiations faltered and Cambodian government troops attacked the mountain stronghold where they were held.
	www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/170702/theworld.htm (12195 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Thai police sergeant jailed for life for British backpacker murders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A Thai police officer has been jailed for life for murdering two British tourists in 2004 in western Thailand.
		Sergeant Somchai Visetsing, 40, was charged with two counts of murder.
		Somchai confessed to the killings during a police investigation, but later denied murdering the two and pleaded not guilty at the trial.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1377819.htm (197 words)

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		A long projection of land into water, connected with the mainland by an isthmus.[Lat.: paene, almost + insula, island] Harlin, John, Olympic odyssey: this is not what I'd planned.
		(backpacking in Olympic National Park), Backpacker, 09-01-1997, pp 52).
		A man who first marries and then murders one wife after another.
	www.wordsmith.org /awad/archives/1197 (3065 words)

	Rocknerd \| movie review: Wolf Creek
		If anything, it is more similar to the Belanglo State Forest Backpacker Murders.
		If this film can get away with pretending it’s based on true events, then any film ever made that has a murder in it can claim to be based on a true story because murders have occurred at some points in human history.
		By that logic, Battlefield: Earth is based on a true story because there have been wars on this planet at some stages of human history.
	rocknerd.org /reviews/05/11/03/128219.shtml?tid=11 (1398 words)

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