She noted Glennon had suffered a fracture at the back of her skull that would have stunned or left her semiconscious. Last week, the court heard statements and reports written by Margolius at the time of the examinations. The body of Spiers has not been recovered.įorensic pathologist Karin Margolius, who died in 2010, led the post-mortem examinations of Rimmer and Glennon. Prosecutors have suggested Glennon and Rimmer were killed at or near the sites where their bodies were found. The left thumbnail in particular is crucial to the case, given male DNA matching that of Mr Edwards was later found on the small sample recovered during Glennon’s post-mortem examination.ĭr Cooke described what he said was a “tide mark” of staining on the right side of Glennon’s shirt consistent with her lying in her own blood. Her fully clothed body was found partially covered by vegetation weeks later.ĭr Cooke said the forensic team at the crime scene noted that the nails on Glennon’s left thumb and right ring finger were broken. Glennon disappeared after a night out in Claremont in March 1997, a year after Sarah Spiers and Jane Rimmer had also gone missing from the popular nightlife precinct.
Former Telstra technician Bradley Edwards, 51, has pleaded not guilty to the three Claremont murders. Only a 7cm portion of the neck was uncut. "That's what we hold in our heart - that we can do that," Superintendent Byleveld said.The wound suffered by Glennon extended from the right side of her neck, around the back to the left.
CLAREMONT KILLER VICTIMS SERIAL
Superintendent Byleveld said police had used the pay TV documentary as a vehicle for national coverage and hoped the coverage could help them solve the mystery of the Claremont serial killings. The new footage was first released to a pay TV documentary series, which enhanced the original material, but not to the general media. He said investigators did not want to risk narrowing the focus of the investigation by releasing the grainy footage at the time, in a town where one whisper could change public perceptions. The original footage was "underwhelming" and the enhanced footage distorted height and colour, Superintendent Byleveld said. A cold case review of the three murders had made no recommendation on whether or not the footage should have been released. "They stood by that decision - they still do," Superintendent Byleveld said. Investigators today defended their decision not to release the 12-year-old footage. The Macro taskforce at the centre Australia's longest and most expensive murder investigation was the most scrutinised of any investigation team, Superintendent Byleveld said. But the witness had lost sight of the headlights after turning onto Stirling Highway, Superintendent Byleveld said. A witness reported seeing headlights nearby on Stirling Road, where Ms Spiers was reportedly waiting for the taxi. "There are other possible sightings of Ciara further along Stirling Highway, so it can't be confirmed if she did, or did not, get into this vehicle." Ms Spiers had called a taxi on Januafter 2am, when she left Club Bayview. They said when they looked back, the car and her were both gone. Ms Glennon was seen leaning over with her hands on her knees by witnesses. "The only certainty is that the vehicle was light-coloured and the make and model can't be confirmed from witness accounts," Superintendent Byleveld said.
Witnesses described seeing Ms Glennon talking to the occupant or occupants of a vehicle that stopped on the highway. He said there were sightings of the third victim, Ciara Glennon, on Stirling Highway before she disappeared on Saturday March 15, 1997. "We want to close that line of inquiry," Superintendent Byleveld said. More than 700 people were shown the footage at the time and have been identified. Superintendent Byleveld said it was difficult to tell if Ms Rimmer was acquainted with the man seen in the video that was released today. The bodies of Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon were found in bushland on Perth's outskirts shortly after they went missing, but Ms Spiers has never been found. Detective Superintendent Jeff Byleveld from the major crime division also revealed information about the killer's other victims - Sarah Spiers and Ciara Glennon - during a police briefing today. She acknowledges the man, before the camera pans away. The rotating camera shows Ms Rimmer waiting near a pole outside the popular nightspot. The VHS CCTV footage released today shows a brief interaction between Ms Rimmer and an unidentified man, who police hope to identify.
Ms Rimmer was one of three women who fell victim to the Claremont serial killer in 19.
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