An accused serial killer has been charged with the murder of an 18-year-old girl who mysteriously vanished on Australia Day 22 years.
Bradley Robert Edwards, 49, has been charged with the murder of Sarah Spiers, 18, who disappeared after calling a cab on a night out with friends in Claremont, Perth in 1996.
‘This development follows extensive inquiries by the Macro investigation team within the cold case homicide squad,’ Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said at the press conference.
Mr Edwards was charged in December last year with the murders of two other girls who both vanished after a night out in 1996 and 1997 respectively.
Claremont serial-killer accused, Bradley Robert Edwards, 49, has been charged with the murder of Sarah Spiers (pictured) who disappeared 22 years ago after a night out with friends in Perth
Just months after Sarah disappeared, childcare worker Jane Rimmer, 23, went missing after she was last seen outside the Continental Hotel in June 1996.
Her body was found in bushland in August 1996.
In March 1997, Ciara Glennon, a 27-year-old lawyer, disappeared after leaving Continental Hotel.
Her body was found in bushland at Eglington, in Perth’s north, on April 3.
Edwards is also accused of two other sex attacks on other women – the 1995 abduction and sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl at Karrakatta Cemetery and the 1988 indecent assault of an 18-year-old woman in her home.
His case is still in the beginning stages and he will appear in court on February 28.
The white Toyota Camry’s Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) was 6T172SV2109318479 that police believed may have been connected to Sarah’s disappearance
Sarah (pictured) went missing on Australia Day 1996 after a night out with friends in the leafy suburb of Claremont
In February, cold case detectives asked for public help to find a white 1992 Camry Toyota station wagon that was de-registered in 2008. The car has not been found.
Ms Spiers went missing on Australia Day 1996 after a night out with friends in the leafy suburb of Claremont.
Her last known phone call was for a taxi, made from a phone box near Stirling Highway just after 2am on January 27, but when the cab arrived she was gone.
Her body has never been found.
Sarah’s father Don released a statement last year urging anyone with information about the car to contact police.
‘We have been kept informed by the police on the status of the investigation (and) we do not want to comment publicly about today’s appeal,’ he said.
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