The crucial clue still missing in High Country campers murder case
A vital piece of evidence in the High Country campers murder case remains at large — and police are appealing for help to find it.
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A missing trailer remains a vital piece of evidence in the High Country campers murder case.
Investigators from the missing persons squad are still hopeful of recovering the trailer, which is believed to have been used to transport the bodies of Russell Hill and Carol Clay away from their east Gippsland death scene.
Despite major public appeals and other efforts to track the trailer, it is a missing link for detectives.
One theory is that it was advertised on online sales site Gumtree between March and July, 2020.
But police are open to the possibility it was sold elsewhere.
“Investigators have been working with Gumtree to examine sales of trailers matching the description in that time period but have not located it at this stage,” a Victoria Police statement.
It is described as a rusty silver-blue 7x5 trailer with off-road wheels.
The trailer was allegedly owned by former Jetstar pilot Gregory Lynn, who is charged with the murder of Mr Hill, 74, and Mrs Clay, 73.
Investigators will allege he used it to carry their bodies out of the Wonnangatta area, where they died in a fatal confrontation in March, 2020.
The 55-year-old Mr Lynn, who is from Caroline Springs, was arrested and charged with their murders in November last year.
The remains of Mr Hill, of Drouin, and Mrs Clay, of Pakenham, were found days later in the Grant historia area, north of the east Gippsland town of Dargo.
They had left for a camping trip on March 19, 2020, and arrived in Wonnangatta the next day.
Police will allege they died in the hours after arriving at their destination.
Mr Lynn appeared in Sale Magistrates’ Court last month where prosecutors applied for more time to compile exhibits, including transcripts.
The matter is scheduled to be back in court in August.
Anyone with information on the missing trailer can contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.
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