Missing Women - Cold Cases in Canberra

Captain RAAF said :

A few years ago while conducting some training at stupid o’clock in that patch of Giant Redwood/Sequoia out at the corner of the airport i and my partner stumbled across some girls clothing, the whole shebang, knickers, shirt etc..

Assuming you’re not pulling our collective legs, be worth passing this on to the media…

cranky said :

Love,

I am led to believe that the ACT Police have been told fairly precisely where Megan is buried.

Unfortunately, the exposure will probably incriminate a senior ACT Police officer of the period.

Ergo, NFA!

WTF………..????????

I just saw this post and my response again is WTF? What else is there to this story? Do tell…………

A few years ago while conducting some training at stupid o’clock in that patch of Giant Redwood/Sequoia out at the corner of the airport i and my partner stumbled across some girls clothing, the whole shebang, knickers, shirt etc. Some were hanging from the branches of a tree, some were on the ground. They all looked to have been there for quite some time.
The location, deep in the undergrowth and well out of sight, seemed to me to be very strange….odd even. There were bones nearby but we had no idea what they were from so, in the interests of being safe and not sorry, I rang the plod and a car soon arrived.
After a very quick look, and not being overly interested they said it was nothing to worry about as no-one was missing and the bones were probably an animals so it wasn’t something to be all that worried about. It was pitch black so the cursory search was done by torch light.

I must admit, as much as I love the plod, I was a bit disappointed and thought the site warranted a better look in the daylight but that was that.

This was 2001, I still wonder sometimes how those clothes got there…..

Love,

I am led to believe that the ACT Police have been told fairly precisely where Megan is buried.

Unfortunately, the exposure will probably incriminate a senior ACT Police officer of the period.

Ergo, NFA!

Phillip Tu otherwise known more recently as “Prima’ from the Budhist Centre ‘King Pandji Sakti House’ in Kew Melbourne had admitted to Murdering his dream girl Meagan Mulquiney some years back. This information was handed to the police by some unhappy over sea’s students (for other reasons), having a real murderer walking free amongst the group was not the only unsettling factor for some. The Budhist centre were questioned. The gruesome details he provided his fellow students were detailed and there was no doubt he did it, just as he said he did, but the students were sworn to secrecy. He must have lied on where he dumped Meagans body as I believe her case to be closed.

Roadrage77 said :

Thanks for the info & links TAD, although there appears to be nothing there now about the cases in question. Maybe the cops have officially given up on them?

I recall reading something a few years ago about the Herfort case to the effect that someone meeting her description was seen arguing with a man outside the British Embassy on Constitution Ave. Since she was presumably travelling south towards her destination (Pearce), this would have been the last sighting of her. Frustratingly though, I haven’t been able to find this snippet since I originally read it. Also, I was told she has a memorial around the same area, though I’ve never seen it despite riding my bike through the area a few times.

As for Herfort being on of Milat’s victims, I don’t think the idea is as proposterous as some people might think since he worked at numerous spots along the nearby Hume Highway around the same time. If I were a betting man I wouldn’t mind taking odds that Milat still has a few things to get off his chest. There were a few missing girls from the Newcastle area in the 70’s who also fit his M.O, as well as some in Blacktown I believe. Someone needs to belt him around the head for a while with the good ole yellow pages until he starts blabbing…

Roadrage 77- Thank you for your insight, reason and compassion. I was never aware that my loss was actually shared by so many. In a strange way I don t feel so alone, thank you. Bro

The police *know* what happened to Megan Mulquiney, they just can’t prove it. Paul Vincent Phillips had just been released from jail – on parole – for one rape/murder, can be proved to have been within a block of where Megan disappeared, and was arrested for yet another rape a few months later.
And guess what? He was due to be released this January, so he’s probably struck again.

I went to school with Megan – great girl. And if Phillips had just been hanged after his first offence, she’d still be alive today.

And no, I haven’t heard any more about the inquest since it was first announced.

I know it’s not nice to poke fun at missing persons but this one made me snortle.

Karen Lee-Anne Skinner.

Circumstances: Karen was sending Christmas cards to her mother in WA. Last one received was February 2004. No contact with family or friends since that time.

I too must be missing the joke – why so funny? You know this girl?

Cops don’t give up on cold cases. There is always someone investigating them. It’s a shame that the killers don’t come forward to allow the family to have closure. How someone can go on living, knowing they’ve killed someone is beyound me.

I think maybe you all watch a little too much Cold Case and CSI.

Thanks for the info & links TAD, although there appears to be nothing there now about the cases in question. Maybe the cops have officially given up on them?

I recall reading something a few years ago about the Herfort case to the effect that someone meeting her description was seen arguing with a man outside the British Embassy on Constitution Ave. Since she was presumably travelling south towards her destination (Pearce), this would have been the last sighting of her. Frustratingly though, I haven’t been able to find this snippet since I originally read it. Also, I was told she has a memorial around the same area, though I’ve never seen it despite riding my bike through the area a few times.

As for Herfort being on of Milat’s victims, I don’t think the idea is as proposterous as some people might think since he worked at numerous spots along the nearby Hume Highway around the same time. If I were a betting man I wouldn’t mind taking odds that Milat still has a few things to get off his chest. There were a few missing girls from the Newcastle area in the 70’s who also fit his M.O, as well as some in Blacktown I believe. Someone needs to belt him around the head for a while with the good ole yellow pages until he starts blabbing…

I must be missing the ‘joke’ too, I-filed.

What’s funny, hk0reduck? I don’t get your post.

I once saw a website that claimed Herfort could have been one of Ivan Milat’s victims.

I know it’s not nice to poke fun at missing persons but this one made me snortle.

Karen Lee-Anne Skinner.

Circumstances: Karen was sending Christmas cards to her mother in WA. Last one received was February 2004. No contact with family or friends since that time.

TAD said :

Megan Mulquiney 1984 (17yo)- As above comments by CR which are slightly innacurrate. The Tasmanian man is a long term suspect and now “person of interest” in future inquest. The DNA thing was an attempt to use modern forensics on old exhibits without results being yet made public. No body was ever found and there is no believed link with Herfort.

I didn’t realise the Tassie bloke was a long-term suspect, as I only heard about the DNA thing last year in the media. Interesting, thanks TAD. I thought the inquest was due to be last October but nothing yet.

I have long considered that the death of Irma Palasics would have had its precursor in a burglary/home invasion at the Palasics former Red Hill home. I believe a considerable amount of cash was stolen on this occasion.

I have also held the opinion that knowledge of the money kept at home would probably be known to associates of Mr Palasics at his social club. It is not drawing too long a bow to conclude that loose talk by a fellow club member in the presence of offspring may have inspired the first robbery, and a follow up raid some time later when Mrs Palasics met her death.

I’m also quite sure that this line of investigation has been thoroughly explored by the Police.

My 2 bobs worth.

http://www.afp.gov.au/national/missing/profiles/act.html
http://www.afp.gov.au/act/solving_crime/unsolved_cases.html

This info is all public knowledge.

Wendy Dalla 1975 – not much to say about this one. (other than she was reported missing by her husband…….)

Elizabeth Herfort 1980 (18yo)- last seen getting into a stranger’s car walking home drunk from the ANU bar. That driver was identified, interviewed etc. Suspicious as all crap but no body was ever located and he was never charged. He was summonsed to the inquest but couldn’t assist the Coroner.

Megan Mulquiney 1984 (17yo)- As above comments by CR which are slightly innacurrate. The Tasmanian man is a long term suspect and now “person of interest” in future inquest. The DNA thing was an attempt to use modern forensics on old exhibits without results being yet made public. No body was ever found and there is no believed link with Herfort.

Keren Rowland 1971 – Dissapeared and was found deceased 3 months later near the Air Disaster Memorial in a decomposed state. This one had no real leads in the inquest. (Rumours have included boyfriends and a botched illegal abortion but nothing to support any particular theory).

Other Cold Cases/Missing Persons
– Dissapearance of Amelia Hauisa (17yo) in 1992 – She was a Tongan lass who disappeared after a fight with her boyfriend and apparently made contact with her mother once by phone but not otherwise seen since.
– Murder of Katherine Grosvenor in 2002 – This one had a inquest that named a few people including a family member.
– Murder of Susan Winburn in 2004 at her home – This one had a quite high profile inquest without enough evidence to put persons named before the court.
– Murder or Irma Palasics in 1999 – Home invasion / burglary of elderly couple where Ms Palasics died of injuries.
– Murder of Allan Redston – 6 yo boy in 1966. This makes the papers every couple of years as it is unsolved nature and the effect that this had on the town.

There are others that although weren’t successful in court are considered solved.

Yes. Megan Mulquinney. Went missing July 1984. Worked at Woden Plaza Big W until 12noon, and was supposed to meet up with a male friend named Phillip Tu at the Plaza. Both students of Narrabundah College. Mulquinney never showed. No body ever found. Tu was an initial suspect but later dismissed.

No other leads until last year when the DNA of a man in a Tasmanian prison I believe, was matched to investigations related to the Mulquinney case – investigations still continuing I think. Haven’t heard anything in the news since 2007. Stay tuned.