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Qweekend. BCM. 24/5/17. Portrait of forensic anthropologist Donna Macgregor at QUT.  Photo David Kelly

The woman who reads skeletons

WHEN a charred, headless torso was found in southeast Queensland in 2013, there were no clues about who the person was. So police turned to the “bones lady” in the hope she could help. She did.

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Convicted backpacker murderer Ivan Milat, dressed in his orange overalls, handcuffed and manacled with his left hand bandaged, is escorted from hospital by prison officers to be returned to Goulburn Prison. Milat received treatment at the hospital for his left pinky finger that he severed and put into an envelope to send to the High Court in Canberra.

Letter-writing ladies in love with Ivan

AS a balding, ageing, convicted serial killer sentenced to live out his life in a sunless cell, Ivan Milat has absolutely nothing going for him — but that doesn’t stop women writing to him.

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Dumb and Dumber robber tells all

FOR ex-con Anthony Prince, surviving his four-year term in the US prison system was all about respect – something that was always going to be pushing uphill for a guy famous as one of the stupidest crims in history.

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