4. Keren Rowland: Was She Ivan Milat's First Victim?
About this episode
The episode explores the possibility that Keren Rowland was Ivan Milat's first victim and discusses the investigation into her murder.
What if Ivan Milat’s first victim was killed more than two decades before the backpacker murders? Keren Rowland was 5 months pregnant when she was brutally murdered and hidden in a pine forest in 1971. In this episode, Tim & Xanthe sit down with Keren's brother Steve Rowland and former UK detective Hugh Hughes. They detail years of fighting for answers, alleging police ignored crucial leads, withheld information and failed to properly investigate Milat despite mounting evidence linking him to Keren’s murder. More than 55 years on, the family is still asking the question that haunts this case: if police had done more back then, could Ivan Milat have been stopped before his backpacker killing spree began? More episodes of Australia's Killer Secrets coming soon... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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