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[[File:Bowraville.jpg|thumb|Bowraville, New South Wales]]
The '''Bowraville murders''' is the name given to three deaths that occurred over five months from September 1990 to February 1991 in [[Bowraville, New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. All three victims were [[Australian Aborigines|Aboriginal]], and all three victims disappeared after parties in the Aboriginal community in Bowraville, in an area known as The Mission.<ref name="aus_story">[http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1733527.htm Australian Story – Truth be Told – Transcript] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701073359/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1733527.htm |date=1 July 2016 }}, 2006-09-04, abc.net.au</ref><ref name="lone_cop">[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/07/1075854109819.html?from=storyrhs Lone cop to tell inquest name of killer suspect], By Alex Mitchell, 2004-02-08, The Sun-Herald</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?https%3A%2F%2Ffly.jiuhuashan.beauty%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Frn%2Ftalks%2Fbbing%2Fstories%2Fs10587.htm |title=ABC Radio National – Background Briefing: 20 July 1997 – The Ghosts Of Bowraville |access-date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101001011/http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?https%3A%2F%2Ffly.jiuhuashan.beauty%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Frn%2Ftalks%2Fbbing%2Fstories%2Fs10587.htm |archive-date=1 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A local
==Victims==
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On 4 October 1990, Walker's cousin, four-year-old Evelyn Greenup, disappeared after a party at her grandmother's house. She was last seen by her mother as she was put to bed sometime during the night. The next morning she was gone from her bed.<ref name="Newcastle" /> Her grandmother later recalled hearing her cry out in the night but did not think much of it at the time.{{fact|date=September 2018}} On 27 April 1991, Greenup's skeletal remains were found in bushland near Congarinni Road.<ref name="Newcastle" /> An autopsy could not conclusively determine the cause of death, but noted that a skull injury was "consistent with a forceful penetration by a sharp instrument".<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/accused-spoke-of-killing-girl-court-told/2006/02/06/1139074171433.html Accused spoke of killing girl, court told], By Natasha Wallace, 2006-02-07, The Sydney Morning Herald.</ref>
On 31 January 1991, 16-year-old Clinton Speedy-Duroux went missing after a party at The Mission. He was last known to have stayed with his girlfriend in a yellow Viscount caravan used by the suspect on the morning of 1 February.<ref name=":1" /> On 18 February, his remains were discovered in bushland near Congarinni Road about seven
==Investigation==
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===Trials===
On 8 April 1991, a 25-year-old local Bowraville
In 1997, the [[New South Wales Police]] Commissioner [[Peter Ryan (police commissioner)|Peter Ryan]] set up Task Force Ancud to continue the investigation into the unsolved murders. On 9 February 2004, the NSW Coroner [[John Abernethy (judge)|John Abernethy]] reopened the inquests into Greenup's death and the suspected death of Walker. On 10 September 2004, he recommended the man be charged afresh with Greenup's murder. As a result, he was charged again, this time for the murder of Greenup.<ref name=":1" /> The trial was conducted in February 2006. The prosecution produced two supposed confessions made by him, but he was acquitted on 3 March 2006.<ref name="aus_story" /><ref name=Newcastle/>
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