Episode 7 of our collaboration with Whoismrcruel.com on the story of the Karmein Chan abduction.
NB:- this podcast deals with topics of a serious nature. Sexual assault and murder are discussed.
This episode includes the following:-
- Victoria Police send 1.4 million posters to every household in the state seeking information on the abductions of Sharon Wills, Nicola Lynas and Karmein Chan.
- A man in Victoria abducts and rapes a 7 year old girl two days after receiving one of the aforementioned posters.
- A senior police officer working on the case tells journalists he believes Karmein is dead.
- Sheree Beasley is abducted, raped and murdered in Rosebud leading to comparisons in the media between this offence and the abduction of Karmein.
- Phyllis Chan sends a message to Mr Cruel with a secret code that only Karmein can solve.
- Cop killer Peter Reid attempts to extort John Chan of $15,000, telling him from a Pentridge Prison telephone that he will release Karmein if he’s paid the money.
- The Chan household receives other unusual phone calls to their unlisted number on the birthdays of Phyllis and Karly, Karmein’s sister. Eerily, these calls are silent, but a crying child is heard in the background.
- The Spectrum Taskforce is embarrassed by the revelation they’ve published 1.4 million posters of Karmein using a photograph from when she was 8 years old.
- New photos of Karmein are published which show what she looked like just before her abduction. These photos lead to new leads in the case.
- Phyllis once again pleads to the offender to release her daughter on Karmein’s birthday, 5 November.
- VIC Police reinterview many of the previous victims, including Nicola in the UK.
- Two more prank callers get in trouble for making obscene calls to the Chan family.
- A home invader attempts to tie up and abduct a 12 year old Vietnamese girl in St Albans on a rare night off for the Spectrum Taskforce.
Lower Plenty Attack
The abduction of Sharon Wills
The abduction of Nicola Lynas
Please also read up on Jay’s website www.whoismrcruel.com for more information about this case.
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