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October 13, 2023 60 mins

Starting in the late 1980s in Melbourne, an unidentified masked assailant broke into family homes and abducted young girls, eventually becoming the main suspect in a tragic murder. A real-life boogeyman the media would eventually name  ‘Mr. Cruel’. To this day we still don’t know the true identity of this attacker.





sources:
Twenty-Five Years On, Here's Everything We Know About the Murder of Karmein Chan (vice.com)

Mr Cruel, The Unknown Child Abductor Who Terrorized Australia (allthatsinteresting.com)

Mr. Cruel: Nightmare In Melbourne | Australian Crime Stories | Real Crime

Mr Cruel, The Unknown Child Abductor Who Terrorized Australia (allthatsinteresting.com)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12023455/Melbourne-woman-claims-detailed-information-child-killer-Mr-Cruel.html

https://whoismrcruel.com/suspects/

Hunting Mr.Cruel: Where is Australia's worst serial killer? 60 Minutes Australia

https://www.grunge.com/886356/who-are-the-biggest-suspects-in-the-mr-cruel-case/

A Current Affair | Brian Alan Elkner | Prime Suspect Mr. Cruel

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/robert-keith-knight-was-behind-sick-abduction-and-sex-attacks-on-young-girls-nad-cannot-be-ruled-out-as-mr-cruel-suspect/news-story/75cbef6c519a37f6bc6369e1f9c1f137

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