Inside the hunt for Australia's most notorious serial killer
More than 20 years since Australia's most notorious serial killer was brought to justice Channel 7's series Catching Milat has looked inside the hunt for Ivan Milat.
If you missed the show you can watch episode one and episode two for free on Plus 7 here.
TIMELINE OF THE CASE
The Ivan Milat killing spree began when two bushwalkers discovered the bodies of British backpackers Caroline Clarke and Joanne Walters, who had originally disappeared after leaving a youth hostel in Kings Cross in April 1992.
ORIGINAL NEWS REPORT- September 20 1992
On October 6 1993 fears began to grow there a serial killer was preying on backpackers in NSW after two more bodies were found in the forest.
NSW Police stepped up the search for more bodies near Bowral.
ORIGINAL NEWS REPORT: October 6 1993
On November 1 1993 NSW Police discovered more human remains bringing the grim haul of bodies to five.
ORIGINAL NEWS REPORT: November 1 1993
Three days later two more bodies were found in the forest bringing the number of bodies to seven.
ORIGINAL NEWS REPORT: November 4 1993
Police made a dramatic breakthrough on May 22 1994 in the investigation when they arrested Ivan Milat and began questioning him.
ORIGINAL NEWS REPORT- May 22 1994
Milat was charged with all seven serial killings and appeared unmoved in court at his first hearing.
ORIGINAL NEWS REPORT: May 31 1994
On July 27 1996 Milat was found guilty of all seven backpacker murders and was told he would spend the rest of his life behind bars.
His seven tragic victims were:
Caroline Clarke
Joanne Walters
Deborah Everist
James Gibson
Simone Schmidl
Anja Habschied
Gabor Neugebauer
ORIGINAL NEWS REPORT: July 27 1996
RELATED LINKS
Ivan Milat is not the only killer in his family.
His great-nephew Matthew Milat was jailed for a maximum of 43 years in 2012 after the 'deliberate and premeditated' murder of David Auchterlonie.
The younger Milat tried to get his jail sentence halved in 2013 which angered his victim's family.
Matthew Milat lost a High Court fight against his jail sentence for murdering his friend with an axe in September 2014.
Channel 7's Sunday Night programme delved deep into the history of Ivan Milat and made a groundbreaking discovery.
After spending hours interviewing his brother Boris Milat, who has now changed his name, they found a case which was probably Ivan's first victim.
A detective reviewing Sunday Night's investigation into the shooting of a taxi driver 52 years ago says he believes Boris Milat's testimony that Ivan Milat was responsible.
See the interview here.
