Catching Milat

Let me guess.

You're lookin' for a lift, right?

Yeah, that'd be great.

Mr Small...

Given the similarities of the murder sites

and the fact that we have now recovered seven bodies,

I do think it is fair to say that there is a serial killer at work.

Clive and I thought you might want to take a look at this.

A lot of these Milats, they have records, they live in the area,

and they all love guns.

Yeah, Paul, I don't want gut feelings,

I don't want hunches.

I want a case that is provable in the Supreme Court.

Over 2,000 people were put forward as suspects last night.

And if we're lucky, one of them will be guilty.

So, our biggest problem is information overload

with what is a very old and overmatched computer system.

Consolidating? Organising?

The new computer, it's not gonna find anyone. We are.

How's Paul Gordon going?

He's working hard, Clive.

I'm not sure he's a team player.

We weren't supposed to get a list of his friends.

We were supposed to get the timesheets.

Not make waves - that was the brief.

We'll be OK.

Do you have any suspects yet?

None that we're prepared to share with YOU, Ms Kilmartin.

Yes?

What about all their gear? Packs, sleeping bags?

He would have got rid of them if he had any sense.

The murder weapon is a Ruger 10/22.

It has a 10-round rotary box,

which means the killer emptied a full magazine into Ms Clarke.

Oh, sh... shit...

Stop the car! Stop the car!

Get back in the bloody car!

What if it's got nothing to do with backpacking?

What if it's just simpler - hitchhiking and Liverpool?

December 30?

Ivan was on holidays.

January 20? Off.

December 26? Off again.

April 18?

Off.

It's Ivan Milat.

G'day. Where you headed?

Relax...

Where you headed?

- I build these bloody roads. - Relax, will ya...?

It's a short-cut.

G'day.

Hey, um, I'm Mary. Therese.

- How are ya? - Good.

Jump in.

Are you going to Canberra?

Goin' that WAY.

Oh, thank you so much!

No worries.

Ah, it's a bloody terrible world, though, isn't it, you know?

Tch!

People dyin' in wars, people dyin' of starvation, all over the world.

Terrible.

Jeez, mate. Lighten up.

So, um, what are you doin' in Albury?

I'm, um, goin' shootin' with me brother.

Thanks again for driving us to Canberra.

We were waiting for ages.

Yeah, no worries.

Um... Where are you going?

This is not the highway.

Won't be a sec.

I'll just have a piss.

Mary, I think he's going to get a gun.

No, it's OK...

Alright, girls.

Who wants to do me first?

You've got to be joking, right? No, I'm not jokin'.

Come on, come here!

Hey, settle down! Relax, will ya? Relax! Come on!

Oh, shit! Oh! Aagh!

Run, Therese! Shit, you bitch! Come back here!

Come back here, you bitch! Come back here!

You fuckin' bitches, get back here!

Come back and get back in the car, you bitches!

I'll bloody find ya!

I knew you'd panic, Mum.

We're nowhere near the earthquake.

Ring us when you get there, Joanne.

I really don't like you hitchhiking, OK?

Grape picking. Can you imagine ME doing that?

So, um, anyway, give us a call.

You're keeping safe, aren't you?

- I miss you. - And we'll send money.

If you need money, we'll send money, but no hitchhiking, alright, darling?

Right. Harris - he has a history of sexual assault.

He's known to frequent the Belanglo Forest and he owns a Ruger .22.

He's currently serving time for armed robbery,

but was not in jail at the time of the murders.

Let's talk to his cell mate. Find out what stories he's got to tell.

No. No, absolutely not.

Not until we get more evidence.

We don't want to alert him to our line of inquiry.

That goes the same for all our persons of interest - all 150.

We keep our distance, alright?

How are we going on that Milat file?

Well, we have the work records back for both Richard and Ivan Milat.

Now, it turns out that Richard was working on most of the key dates,

but not Ivan - he was off every one.

He was also working on a road gang around Galston.

And the same time, that Gibson boy's backpack was found.

I mean, he could have stashed that there, run us off the scent,

keep us away from Belanglo.

- What's Ivan's form? - Nothing that stands out.

Just a bit of petty crime as a kid.

No, no, that doesn't sound right. Not from what I've heard about that family.

The profiler reckons they're a fit.

Now, who did the background on this? Gordon.

Right, well, get him to go back and do it again.

Who's next on our list?

Bruce Pryor. Bloke who found the skull?

Yeah. We still haven't eliminated him?

Alright, get Gordon to do it and get him to do it properly.

I'll do it now. Thanks, Royce.

The boss wants you to go back and check Ivan's criminal history.

Why? What'd he say?

He wants to know you got it right. Of course I got it right.

And we also need you to go and re-interview Bruce Pryor.

Oh, come on, Royce. You know nobody thinks that Pryor did it.

It's about doing due diligence on every lead. You know that.

I thought we were going off the idea that the killer was a local.

Now, all the victims, they were heading south from Sydney.

Why is that, Royce? Because our guy lives in or near the Liverpool area.

That's why. I'm not gonna argue your logic.

The potter needs to be interviewed.

Right.

So, I go out there and find us the best lead

and you want me out there, ticking boxes.

Are you with us, Paul?

Tick.

Bruce? Bruce Pryor?

Yeah.

I'm Detective Senior Constable Paul Gordon.

This is my colleague, Detective Senior Constable Mark Camenzuli.

Go inside, love.

What's this about?

Do you pick up hitchhikers, Bruce?

No. What are you saying?

Is there something that you want to tell us?

Like what?

Like why you were wandering around on that particular fire trail.

I just hadn't looked at it before and I was kind of drawn to it.

OK. Drawn to it - what do you mean?

Well, I thought I might find something there

and, so, I went for a walk - that's all.

Look, I've got to ask you, Bruce -

are you in any way responsible for the death of Deborah Everist?

What?! No! Or responsible for the death of James Gibson?

No. I was just trying to help!

I've got two daughters. You think I could do something like that?!

Where are we going now?

While we're here, I want to check the crime scene.

Are you thinking one or two killers?

Does Ivan smoke?

I don't know. I'll go ask him, shall I?

No, there were cigarette butts found at the Clarke and Walters scene,

right by the shell casings.

And Gabor was a big guy. He wouldn't have been easy to deal with.

Not if you're dealing with Anja.

And if someone else was with him... I'm such an idiot.

Wha... what's happened now?

When I first checked the microfiche,

I didn't check all of Ivan's records.

Wait, wait, wait... Just... back up. Back up.

See? Ivan was charged for rape at the Supreme Court in 1971.

I think that Ivan's our killer.

Tell me more about this rape charge.

What were the circumstances?

The microfiche file, it didn't contain a lot of detail.

But you went and cross-checked court records, right?

Not yet.

Not good enough, Detective.

I'll chase up the detail of the '71 rape trial.

But I really think Ivan's our... Good. Good. Carry on.

See if you can find a reason why Ivan CAN'T be our killer.

Thank you.

Alright. Here we go. You're gonna love this.

Picked 'em up hitchhiking from Liverpool to Melbourne.

You're bullshitting. It says hitchhiking?

It's no bullshit. Come on.

Their names are Greta and Margaret.

"He picked us up on our way from Liverpool.

"We were hitchhiking to Melbourne.

"The driver said he was going to Canberra.

"We said the Canberra turn-off would be fine.

"I had a bit of a doze.

"Woke up in the car.

"We say..."

Where are we?

"What are you doing?" What are we doing?