Spear Creek: ‘The little bastard done it’
The father of the man charged over the 1978 Spear Creek triple murders apparently told a family friend “the little bastard done it”, according to documents filed in court.
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Bombshell breakthrough in Spear Creek triple killings
A former unit commander from Australia’s hardest supermax prison has been charged with three counts of murder in connection to the Spear Creek killings of three friends on an outback road trip.
REVEALED: Key suspect in Spear Creek triple murders
A father of two and former supermax prison unit commander has emerged as a key suspect in a 40-year-old Wolf Creek-style triple murder. LATEST PODCAST
Evidence pulled from fuel-soaked wreckage
They were travelling into the heart of Queensland’s Outback to investigate a brutal triple murder when their chopper crashed. Now some of the evidence the cops on board managed to save from the wreckage has been revealed. SPEAR CREEK PODCAST: EPISODE 3
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Cops inundated with Spear Creek tip-offs
Detectives investigating the shocking triple murder of three friends in outback Queensland have been inundated with calls from the public who believe they know the killer.
Kombi couple may have seen triple murderer
Police investigating the Spear Creek murders are searching for a couple in a Kombi van who were described in early newspaper reports as having possibly spotted the killer. LISTEN TO EPISODE TWO OF THE TRUE CRIME PODCAST
Trio murdered: Who was the mystery man?
It’s a triple murder that remains unsolved: What happened to the three friends who disappeared on their outback adventure? Hear from those who met the group on the road – including memories of a mystery man who has never been identified. LISTEN TO EPISODE TWO OF THE TRUE CRIME PODCAST
Outback murder: Trio gunned down in cold blood
A 40-year-old Wolf Creek-style triple murder in outback Queensland now under review by cold case detectives is “definitely solvable”, writes Kate Kyriacou, with the long-forgotten tragedy the subject of a new true crime podcast.
Outback murder: Time running out for cold-blooded killer
Queensland’s “Wolf Creek” killer had got sloppy. He’d executed his victims in isolated bushland and stripped them of anything that may have helped identify them. But he made one mistake …
Who was the mystery man who joined murdered trio?
They were on the second day of their outback adventure of a lifetime when the mystery man appeared. A day later, Karen Edwards, Tim Thomson and Gordon Twaddle were lured into the bush at Spear Creek, north of Mount Isa, and shot dead. LISTEN TO EPISODE ONE OF THE TRUE CRIME PODCAST
Bike may be key to triple murder
Police believe a motorbike owned by one of the Spear Creek murder victims was ridden around Mount Isa for weeks after their deaths.
Four things police need to solve triple murder
Police reviewing Queensland’s Wolf Creek murders are confident it can be solved — but need the public’s help. Listen to the podcast
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