Keren Rowland was five months pregnant and dearly looking forward to being a mother when she went missing on the evening of February 26, 1971.
Nearly three months later the 20-year-old s body was found discarded in a pine plantation, covered with pine needles, close to the Air Disaster Memorial in Canberra on 13 May.
Police believe Keren was dragged to her final resting place as her possessions were located in a relatively straight line from a track towards her body. Her arms were still above her head when her body was found.
While an official cause of death has not been established, fractures to Keren s hyoid bone are consistent with strangulation, ACT Police said.
Retired UK detective has evidence his wife s cousin was Ivan Milat s first victim
Milat murdered seven backpackers in Belanglo State Forest, Sydney, in 1989-92
Family of Keren Rowland who vanished in 1971, are still searching for answers
Detective Sergeant Hugh Hughes believes Ms Rowland was killed by Milat
Milat died from oesophageal and stomach cancer in Sydney jail in 2019, aged 74
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Notorious serial killer Ivan Milat could have claimed the lives of 20 more victims, including a 20-year-old pregnant woman whose body was dumped in a field, experts have claimed.
Milat murdered seven young backpackers and dumped their bodies in the Belanglo State Forest, south of Sydney, between 1989 and 1992.
He was 74 years old when he died in October 2019 at Long Bay jail s hospital from oesophageal and stomach cancer.
The backpacker murderer will now be the focus of a true crime series airing this weekend on Channel 7, which will reportedly expose new evidence that Milat was responsible for other killings.
Milat murdered seven young backpackers and dumped their bodies in the Belanglo State Forest, south of Sydney, between 1989 and 1992
Published March 12, 2021
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In news that has absolutely shook me to the core on this Friday morning, two leading crime experts are claiming that notorious serial killer
Ivan Milat could be responsible for up to twenty additional unsolved murders in Australia.
Milat, who died in prison in 2019, was convicted of the murder of seven backpackers in the 90s, all of whom were buried in New South Wales’ Belanglo State Forest.