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Karmein Chan 6 – Mr Cruel 13

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In Karmein Chan 6 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:-

  • Premier Joan Kirner appeals to the offender to release Karmein.
  • Police conduct Victoria Polices’s largest ever doorknocking campaign in Templestowe to seek information and receive some concerning information from residents nearby from a family with a 13 year old girl whose house was broken into.
  • A local songwriter writes a song for Karmein and tells of her own experience of surviving an abduction attempt as a teenager.
  • The story of a local boy who was followed by a stranger in the days before the abduction.
  • PLC returns from school holidays.
  • A Police public servant car is stolen from a home in the same area where the Lower Plenty attack occurred before it’s pursued by police and crashes into the Chan restaurant in Eltham
  • Operation Spectrum is set up.
  • Phyllis Chan writes a letter to the offender (published in a Melbourne newspaper), referring to him as ‘Mr Kind’, and appeals to him to release Karmein.

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.

NB: The use of copyright material in this podcast is for fair dealing for research purposes, for criticism and for reporting news. Melbourne Marvels is a non-profit blog/podcast that is researching the unsolved crimes of ‘Mr Cruel’.

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Karmein Chan 5 – Mr Cruel 11

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In Karmein Chan 5, the fifth episode in the series on the story of the unsolved abduction and murder of Karmein Chan, Eamonn and Jay from Melbourne Marvels and Who is Mr Cruel continue discuss the story of the Karmein Chan abduction.

NB:- this podcast deals with topics of a serious nature. Sexual assault and murder are discussed.

We continue discussing the story of the Karmein Chan abduction. In this episode we focus on the media telling of the story from the 19 and 23 April. Some of the main themes covered in this episode are:-

– A profile in the Herald Sun on the offender by criminologist Paul Wilson. Years later, Wilson himself was convicted for the persistent sexual abuse of a child.

– Heart-rending letters written by Karmein’s two younger sisters are released in the media. The letters appeal to Mr Cruel to release Karemein.

– A discussion about how the offender gained entry to the Chan property.

– The abduction is linked to a series of unslolved abductions/attacks that previously hadn’t been mentioned in the media. These occurred between 1985 and 1987 in Hampton, Hawthorn, Hampton again, Donvale, Caulfield North, Brighton East, and Dingley.

– A mention of an FBI profile that was done by Operation Challenge, an investigation into the aforementioned attacks and the ones that occurred in Lower Plenty, Canterbury and Ringwood. Operation Challenge was set up in July 1990 and was discontinued the day before Karmein’s abduction on 13 April 1991.

– Speculation the offender may be a police officer

– A discussion about DNA apparently found after the abduction of Sharon Wills.

– A discussion about possible similar offenders interstate.

– The media revelation that police are to bite the bullet and offer a reward after previously rejecting the State government’s offer of one.

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.

NB: The use of copyright material in this podcast is for fair dealing for research purposes, for criticism and for reporting news. Melbourne Marvels is a non-profit blog/podcast that is researching the unsolved crimes of ‘Mr Cruel’.

Warning, this episode contains details about the sexual assault of children and the murder of a child. Please use discretion before listening.

If you like to leave a comment to Melbourne Marvels, please fill out the form below.

Production by Elocra