Claremont serial killings

The case began with the disappearance of Sarah Spiers (aged 18) on 27 January 1996, after she left Club Bayview in the centre of Claremont at around 2:00 am.{{cite news|title=Claremont serial killings: Sarah Spiers murder charge for Bradley Robert Edwards|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-22/bradley-edwards-charged-with-sarah-spiers-murder/9475258|access-date=27 February 2018|work=ABC News|date=23 February 2018}} At 2:06 am, Spiers called Swan Taxis from a public telephone booth.{{Citation|last=Reel Truth Crime - True Crime|title=The Claremont Murders {{!}} Crime Investigation Australia {{!}} Murders Documentary {{!}} True Crime|date=2018-12-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nN2TK51Jt0|access-date=2019-06-11}} Although she was living in South Perth with her older sister at the time, she had requested to be taken to the nearby suburb of Mosman Park. She was then sighted waiting alone near the corner of Stirling Road and Stirling Highway by three eyewitnesses, who also mentioned seeing an unidentified car stopping where she was waiting. However, she was not at the site when the responding taxi arrived at 2:09 am. Her disappearance soon attracted massive publicity{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Grant|last2=Knowles|first2=Gabrielle|title=The night Sarah Spiers disappeared from a Claremont street corner|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/the-night-sarah-spiers-disappeared-from-a-claremont-street-corner-ng-b88337785z|access-date=27 February 2018|work=The West Australian|date=22 December 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=Anthony|title=Unsolved serial killings still haunt West Australia|url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2015/s4395318.htm|access-date=27 February 2018|work=PM|date=27 January 2016}} and her fate remains unknown.{{cite news|last1=Flint|first1=John|title=Claremont serial killer: Taxi clue to Ciara Glennon's death|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/claremont-serial-killer-taxi-clue-to-ciara-glennons-death-ng-b80af943b3f4b839a9956cdffd1aa3ab|access-date=27 February 2018|work=The Sunday Times|date=4 January 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Thomson|first1=Chris|last2=Hayward|first2=Andrea|title=New footage of Perth serial killer's victim released|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/new-footage-of-perth-serial-killers-victim-released-20080828-44k7.html|access-date=27 February 2018|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 August 2008}}

In the early hours of Sunday 9 June 1996, Jane Rimmer (aged 23) from Shenton Park, also disappeared from the same part of Claremont.{{cite news|last1=Buckley-Carr|first1=Alana|title=CCTV footage could solve Claremont killings|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/cctv-footage-could-solve-killings/news-story/458c367e1fc2eb0fb316434d9e74be30?sv=fa5023fbce774dd88d3b8c7c3f0d0dcf|access-date=27 February 2018|work=The Australian|date=29 August 2008}} Similar to Spiers, she had been out socialising with friends the night before. Rimmer's friends explained how they had moved from the Ocean Beach Hotel to the Continental Hotel and then Club Bayview. Noting the long line at the club, her friends then caught a taxi home, but Jane opted to stay, and she was last seen on security footage waiting outside the Continental at 12:04 am. Fifty-five days later, on Saturday, 3 August 1996, her naked body was found {{convert|40|km}} south in bush-land near Woolcoot Road, Wellard by a family picking wildflowers.{{cite news|last1=Beattie|first1=Adrian|title=WA police deny 'inaccurate' reports about Claremont serial killer 'mistake'|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/wa-police-deny-inaccurate-reports-about-claremont-serial-killer-mistake-20160430-goiyrb.html|access-date=27 February 2018|work=WAtoday|date=30 April 2016}}[http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=94641 Claremont serial killer video released] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712135140/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=94641 |date=12 July 2009 }}. The West Australian. 28 August 2008.

Nine months later, in the early hours of Saturday 15 March 1997, Ciara Glennon (aged 27), a lawyer from Mosman Park, also disappeared from the Claremont area.{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Grant|title=Nightmare begins for third family|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/nightmare-begins-for-third-family-ng-b88337795z|access-date=27 February 2018|work=The West Australian|date=22 December 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Wainwright|first1=Robert|title=Closing in on a killer|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/24/1095961862193.html|access-date=27 February 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 September 2004}} Like the others, she was with friends at the Continental and had decided to make her own way home. Three men at a bus stop saw Glennon walking south along Stirling Highway at approximately 12:30 am, and observed her interacting with an unidentified light-coloured vehicle which had stopped by her. Nineteen days later, on 3 April, her semi-clothed body was found by a bush walker, {{convert|40|km}} north, near a track in scrub off Pipidinny Road in Eglinton.[http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2003/s1042100.htm Australian Broadcasting Corporation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225104944/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2003/s1042100.htm |date=25 December 2016 }}, Australian Story, He Who Waits, 9 February 2004

Within 48 hours of the disappearance of Spiers, the case was taken over by the Major Crimes Squad. After the disappearance of Rimmer, the Western Australia Police set up a special task-force called "Macro"{{Cite web |last=McNeill |first=Heather |date=2020-02-24 |title=Macro boss describes turning point in Claremont investigation after DNA breakthrough |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/macro-boss-describes-turning-point-in-claremont-investigation-after-dna-breakthrough-20200224-p543vo.html |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=WAtoday |language=en}} to investigate the two similar cases.{{cite news|title=Police deny talk of Claremont arrest|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/police-deny-talk-of-claremont-arrest-20140122-31909.html|access-date=27 February 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=22 January 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Pennells|first1=Steve|title=Why we didn't catch the Claremont killer|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/a/28288144/why-we-didnt-catch-the-claremont-killer/|access-date=27 February 2018|work=Yahoo! News|date=31 May 2015}} Macro was headed at first by Paul Ferguson, then David Caporn. After the disappearance of Glennon, police confirmed that they were searching for a serial killer, and the Western Australian Government offered a $250,000 reward, the largest ever offered in the state at that time.

Initial inquiries centred on the unidentified vehicles seen at two of the locations, and on an unidentified man seen in the video footage. Suspicion then focused on Perth's taxi drivers, because the women were last seen in circumstances where they may have used taxis. This included a driver who claimed to have transported Spiers the night before her disappearance.{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/17/1095320930031.html|title=Police raid lawyer in hunt for serial killer|date=17 September 2004|work=The Age|access-date=27 February 2018|agency=Australian Associated Press}} A massive fingerprint and DNA-testing exercise was then carried out on the thousands of taxi drivers licensed in Western Australia.{{cite news|title=The Courage of our Convictions – The Claremont Serial Killer|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/the-courage-of-our-convictions---the-claremont/3473202#transcript|access-date=27 February 2018|publisher=Radio National|date=25 June 2000}}{{cite news|last1=Kidman|first1=John|title=Murder accused linked to WA riddle|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/murder-accused-linked-to-wa-riddle/2006/09/30/1159337391088.html|access-date=27 February 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=1 October 2006}} Given evidence of a number of unlicensed operators, examining standards for eligibility were raised, and 78 drivers with significant criminal history were de-licensed.{{cite news|last1=Moulton|first1=Emily|title=Almost 20 years on police have yet to catch the Claremont serial killer|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/almost-20-years-on-police-have-yet-to-catch-the-claremont-serial-killer/news-story/e9dd975a598b4fcf349df9ac7acdd586|access-date=27 February 2018|work=Herald Sun|date=27 May 2015}} Stricter standards were also applied to verifying that decommissioned taxis were stripped of insignia and equipment. In December 2015, investigators finally revealed that fibres taken from Rimmer were identified as coming from a Holden Commodore VS Series 1, one of the cars seen that night.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Macro attracted both praise{{cn|date=December 2024}} and criticism for its handling of the case. At its peak, it had over 100 members across 10 teams. To avoid leaks, strict confidentiality protocols were implemented, and details of the nature of the deaths and injuries were suppressed. One of the tactics used by Macro was the controversial distribution of questionnaires to 110 "persons of interest", including various confrontational enquiries such as "Are you the killer?" Another was its reliance on international experts and use of an imported lie detector machine. Further, one of its officers accepted an offer by David Birnie to assist the investigation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/claremont-detective-turned-to-serial-killer-to-help-solve-australias-longestrunning-case/news-story/fd170850c677d6e1abdc19261cf01bbb|title=Claremont detective turned to serial killer to help him with case|date=2015-05-31|website=News.com.au|access-date=2019-06-12}} The taskforce was also censured for its overly narrow focus, under Caporn, on Lance Williams. He remained the prime suspect for many years despite a lack of direct evidence (as occurred in the cases of Andrew Mallard and Lloyd Rayney). Over its lifetime, Macro had 11 police reviews, including one in August 2004 led by Paul Schramm, the officer who had led the Snowtown investigation. It was finally wound down in September 2005 and the investigation moved to the Special Crimes Squad.

In April 1998, a public servant from Cottesloe, Lance Williams (aged 41), was identified by police as the prime suspect, after his behaviour attracted their attention (e.g. driving around after midnight and circling the Claremont area up to 30 times){{Cite web|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/former-claremont-serial-killer-suspect-lance-williams-dies-20180206-h0ulk3.html|title=Former Claremont serial killer suspect Lance Williams dies|last=Allan-Petale|first=David|date=2018-02-06|website=WAtoday|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}} during a decoy operation.{{cite news|url=http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20030201/news/002.shtml|title='Police decoy used in killer hunt sting'|last1=Christian|first1=Bret|date=1 February 2003|work=Post Newspapers|access-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060408160628/http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20030201/news/002.shtml|archive-date=8 April 2006}} Subjected to a high level of surveillance and police pressure over several years, Williams maintained his innocence. After interviewing him six times at length, police declared in late 2008 that he was "no longer a person of interest".{{cite news|title=Claremont serial killings suspect cleared|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/claremont-serial-killings-suspect-cleared-20081126-6iui.html|access-date=27 February 2018|work=WAtoday|date=26 November 2008}} Williams died in 2018.

It was reported that police also investigated whether 'backpacker murderer' Bradley Murdoch may have been involved,{{cite news|title=Murdoch's movements probed|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/murdochs-movements-probed/2005/12/17/1134703637613.html|access-date=27 February 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=17 December 2005}} although Murdoch was serving a custodial sentence from November 1995 until February 1997. In October 2006, it was also announced that British murderer Mark Dixie was a prime suspect in the killings, and that Macro had requested DNA samples.{{cite web|url=http://www.9news.com.au/|title=Breaking Australian and World News Headlines - 9News|access-date=24 December 2016}} However, Western Australia Police Deputy Commissioner Murray Lampard was later quoted as saying: "Dixie was closely investigated at the time and eventually ruled out as a suspect."{{cite news|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&docID=SAG080224Q64AS18FLBE|title=Did this man kill his first victims in Australia?|author=Russell, Mark|date=24 February 2008|work=The Sunday Age|access-date=24 October 2014|pages=6}}{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/wa-police-defend-role-in-dixie-probe-20080224-1uda.html|title=WA police defend role in Dixie probe|author=Perpitch, Nicolas|date=24 February 2008|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=24 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/murder-accused-linked-to-wa-riddle/2006/09/30/1159337391088.html|title=Murder accused linked to WA riddle - National - smh.com.au|date=October 2006 |access-date=24 December 2016}}

On 22 December 2016, Bradley Robert Edwards was arrested at his Kewdale house in relation to the deaths of both Jane and Ciara.{{Cite news|title=Claremont serial killings: Man arrested over women's murders still in custody 24 hours later [22 December 2016]|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-22/claremont-serial-killer-arrest-abc-understands/8143174|access-date=23 December 2016|website=ABC News|date=22 December 2016 }} The next day, he was charged with both murders.{{Cite web|title=Man questioned by cold case detectives over Claremont serial killings 23 December 2016|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/man-questioned-by-cold-case-detectives-over-claremont-serial-killings/news-story/fd01ca3906fbdd41894a88e00899e6df|access-date=23 December 2016|website=Perth Now Sunday Times|date=23 December 2016 }} According to ABC News, he is believed to have had no previous link to the case, though he had pleaded guilty to the aggravated assault of a social worker at Hollywood Private Hospital on 7 May 1990.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-27|title=Woman attacked by Bradley Edwards in 1990 reflects on seeing Claremont killer in court|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-28/claremont-killer-bradley-edwards-hollywood-hospital-victim/12708574|access-date=2020-12-24|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}} He was also charged in relation to two other attacks: the house break-and-enter and unlawful detention of an 18-year-old woman in Huntingdale on 15 February 1988 (where a stolen kimono with his DNA was dropped as the attacker fled), and the unlawful detention and two counts of aggravated sexual penetration without consent of a 17-year-old girl in Claremont on 12 February 1995.{{efn |The victim was taken in Rowe Park, shortly after exiting Club Bay View. She was tied, raped, stripped, and abandoned in Karrakatta Cemetery. In 2009, DNA evidence linked these cases to the Glennon one.}}{{Cite web|date=2016-08-20|title=Casefile: True Crime Podcast – Case 30: The Claremont Serial Killer (update)|url=https://casefilepodcast.com/claremont/|access-date=2019-06-13|website=Casefile: True Crime Podcast|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2019-03-20|title=Experts to help prove Claremont DNA not contaminated|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/claremont-serial-killings/claremont-serial-killings-experts-to-help-prove-dna-links-to-accused-were-not-contaminated-ng-b881141837z|access-date=2019-06-13|website=The West Australian|language=en}} On 22 February 2018, Edwards was also charged with the wilful murder of the first victim, Sarah Spiers.{{Cite web|date=22 February 2018|title=Claremont serial killings: Sarah Spiers murder charge for Bradley Robert Edwards|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-22/bradley-edwards-charged-with-sarah-spiers-murder/9475258|access-date=22 February 2018|website=ABC News}}{{Cite web|date=2019-02-14|title=The eight charges faced by Bradley Robert Edwards|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/claremont-serial-killings/claremont-serial-killing-the-eight-charges-faces-by-bradley-robert-edwards-ng-b881106173z|access-date=2019-12-21|website=The West Australian|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Barry|first=Heather McNeill, Hannah|date=2019-12-17|title=Claremont killer trial LIVE: Mother becomes tearful recounting finding Jane Rimmer's body while picking lilies|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/claremont-killer-trial-live-bradley-edwards-trial-moves-on-to-last-of-state-civilian-witness-20191217-p53kqi.html|access-date=2019-12-21|website=WAtoday|language=en}} In all, Edwards was charged with eight offences,{{Citation|title=THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA -v- EDWARDS|date=2019-03-20|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/wa/WASC/2019/87.html|issue=87|access-date=2020-01-18}}{{efn |Edwards was charged with:

• Count 1: On 15 February 1988, at Huntingdale, the accused broke and entered the dwellinghouse of EWH with intent to commit an offence therein and the offence was committed at night.
• Count 2: On the same date and at the same place as count 1, the accused unlawfully deprived ALH of her personal liberty.
• Count 3: On 12 February 1995, at Claremont and elsewhere, the accused unlawfully detained KJG.
• Count 4: On the same date as in count 3, at Karrakatta, the accused sexually penetrated KJG without her consent, by penetrating her vagina with his penis, and did bodily harm to KJG, and did an act which was likely to seriously and substantially degrade or humiliate KJG.
• Count 5: On the same date and at the same place as count 4, the accused sexually penetrated KJG without her consent, by penetrating her anus with his penis, and did bodily harm to KJG, and did an act which was likely to seriously and substantially degrade or humiliate KJG.
• Count 6: On or about 27 January 1996, at Claremont and elsewhere, the accused wilfully murdered Sarah Jane Spiers.
• Count 7: On or about 9 June 1996, at Claremont and elsewhere, the accused wilfully murdered Jane Louise Rimmer.
• Count 8: On or about 15 March 1997, at Claremont and elsewhere, the accused wilfully murdered Ciara Eilish Glennon.}} and on 21 October 2019, Edwards pleaded guilty to the five non-murder charges (at Huntingdale and at Karrakatta Cemetery).{{cite news |title=Accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards pleads guilty to two attacks including rape of teen girl |last1=Mayes |first1=Andrea |last2=Hamlyn |first2=Charlotte |date=2019-10-21 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-21/accused-claremont-serial-killer-bradley-edwards-guilty-rape/11622382 |access-date=2024-10-27 }}

Before the trial, the prosecution applied for Edwards to be tried by judge alone without a jury. The application was granted due to the publicity surrounding the case and the graphic nature of the evidence.{{cite web |last1=Hamlyn |first1=Charlotte |title=Judge warns Claremont serial killer trial video, photos are 'particularly graphic' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-30/claremont-serial-killer-judge-only-due-to-graphic-evidence/11059898 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |date=30 April 2019}} The murder trial began on 25 November 2019, before Supreme Court Justice Stephen Hall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-24/new-evidence-claremont-serial-killer-trial-bradley-edwards/11041856|title=Claremont serial killer trial of Bradley Edwards may be delayed as new evidence emerges|last=Hamlyn|first=Charlotte|date=24 April 2019|website=ABC News}}{{Cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/claremont-serial-killings/claremont-serial-killings-lawyers-for-accused-killer-bradley-robert-edwards-bid-to-delay-trial-until-november-ng-b881222634z|title=WA's 'trial of the century' to begin in November|date=2019-06-06|website=The West Australian|language=en|access-date=2019-07-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/claremont-killings-accused-bradley-robert-edwards-pleads-guilty-to-rape-charges/news-story/6a7f4669a90426e06caff17c5b4cf257|title=Claremont accused admits rape|date=2019-10-21|website=www.theaustralian.com.au|access-date=2019-12-05}} During the trial, the court was told that two of the victims had defensive wounds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-29/claremont-serial-killings-trial-jane-rimmer-ciara-glennon-deaths/11910290|title=Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon died while trying to defend themselves, Claremont trial hears|date=29 January 2020|website=ABC News}} Edwards' DNA was also found under Glennon's fingernails (and matched to the kimono) although the defence argued this evidence was contaminated in the laboratory.

One of the main pieces of evidence was the Telstra work vehicles; Edwards was working as a technician at the time, and it was claimed that he used company vehicles after hours to execute the crimes. This was corroborated by a witness, a security guard, who recalled seeing a Telstra van parked on multiple occasions at the Karrakatta Cemetery "for no apparent reason", both after the 1995 attack and before Spiers' 1996 disappearance. According to the prosecutor, Carmel Barbagallo, the state presented this evidence as part of a case called "Telstra Living Witness project" where, between 1995 and 1997, a man with a Telstra station wagon stopped to look at women and offer them rides.

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During the trial, a witness from the group of men dubbed "Burger Boys", identified a Series 1 VS Commodore station wagon as cruising past them shortly after Glennon walked past. The vehicle had distinctive tear-drop hubcaps which were present on some Series 1 VS commodores{{Cite web|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/claremont-killer-trial-live-bradley-edwards-trial-moves-on-to-last-of-state-civilian-witness-20191217-p53kqi.html|title=Claremont killer trial LIVE: Mother becomes tearful recounting finding Jane Rimmer's body while picking lilies|last=Barry|first=Heather McNeill, Hannah|date=2019-12-17|website=WAtoday|language=en|access-date=2019-12-24}} Between April 1996 and December 1998, Edwards drove a white VS Series wagon with Telstra logos.{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-01/claremont-serial-killings-edwards-car-fibres-matched-victims/12084876|title=Accused Claremont serial killer's car and uniform had fibres matching those found on bodies, court told|work=ABC News|date=April 2020 |language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-01}} The vehicle was tracked down and impounded on the same day as his arrest. During the hearing, it was revealed that fibres matching carpet in the rear of Edwards' vehicle matched fibres found on the bodies of both Rimmer and Glennon although defence argued these fibres could have come from another source or another vehicle which was not included in the Western Australian crime database.

The trial concluded on 25 June 2020, after seven months of hearings and evidence from more than 200 witnesses. Justice Hall then retired to consider his verdict in the case, flagging that it may potentially be handed down before Edwards's remand in custody ended on 24 September 2020. On the final day of custody, Hall handed down a 619-page written verdict within which Edwards was found guilty of the murders of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon, but not of Sarah Spiers (though it was "more likely" that Edwards was involved in her disappearance than not).[https://ecourts.justice.wa.gov.au/eCourtsPortal/Decisions/DownloadDecision?id=9582e4ba-91ec-4119-998b-269447363aed The State of Western Australia v Edwards [No 7] [2020] WASC 339] On 23 December 2020, Edwards was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of a parole after 40 years. Hall said there was a "high likelihood" that Edwards would die in prison.

In April 2008 journalist Liam Bartlett reported that police told the father of a fourth missing woman, 22-year-old Julie Cutler, that his daughter was probably a victim of the Claremont killer. Cutler, a university student from Fremantle, vanished after leaving a staff function at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel in Perth at 9:00 pm on 20 June 1988. Her car was found in the surf near the groyne at Cottesloe Beach two days later, and her fate remains unknown.

Other possible cases include that of Lisa Brown (aged 19), a sex worker who disappeared on 10 November 1998, and Sara McMahon (aged 20), who disappeared on 8 November 2000.

• Australian Story, ABC, November 2007.
• Hunt for a Killer: The Claremont Murders, Crime Investigation Australia, 2008.
• The Claremont Serial Killer, Casefile True Crime Podcast, 20 August 2016.
• Claremont Serial Killings podcast, Post Newspapers, 2019.{{Cite web|title=Claremont Serial Killings on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/claremont-serial-killings/id1454692586?l=en|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Apple Podcasts|language=ja-jp|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124121349/https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/claremont-serial-killings/id1454692586?l=en|url-status=dead}}
• Claremont: The Trial podcast, The West Australian, 2019–2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/claremont-serial-killings/claremont-the-claremont-serial-killings-podcast-ng-b881120532z|title=Claremont Serial Killings Podcast|date=2019-02-27|website=PerthNow|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}{{Cite web|title=CLAREMONT: The Trial on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/claremont-the-trial/id1454487674|access-date=2020-12-25|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-au}}
• The Claremont Murders, Seven Network, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/the-claremont-murders-channel-seven-reveals-new-shows-for-2023-including-kate-ritchie-and-erik-thompson-drama-c-8646190|title=The Claremont Murders: Channel Seven reveals new shows for 2023 including Kate Ritchie and Erik Thompson drama|work=The West Australian|author=Clare Rigden|date=25 October 2022|accessdate=6 April 2022}}

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• [https://ecourts.justice.wa.gov.au/eCourtsPortal/Decisions/DownloadDecision?id=9582e4ba-91ec-4119-998b-269447363aed The State of Western Australia v Edwards [No 7] [2020] WASC 339]
• {{Find a Grave|10618723|Jane Rimmer}}
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nN2TK51Jt0 Hunt for a Killer: The Claremont Murders] - Crime Investigation Australia - YouTube
• {{IMDb title|qid=Q128924991|title=The Claremont Murders}}

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