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Convicted Child Killer Bevan Spencer von Einem Moved to Yatala Prison Infirmary in Reported Terminal Decline

Police have long suspected multiple offenders in the linked 'Family Murders' cases.

Overview

  • The 79-year-old was transferred from Port Augusta Prison to Yatala Labour Prison, where the ABC reports he has only a short time to live.
  • 9News reports he is believed to have lung cancer, a detail not independently confirmed.
  • Von Einem is serving life for the 1983 abduction, rape and murder of 15-year-old Richard Kelvin, with his conviction handed down in 1984.
  • Families of victims are publicly urging him to disclose information that could resolve unsolved cases associated with the so-called Family Murders.
  • A criminologist told ABC Radio Adelaide a deathbed confession is unlikely, and authorities have not reported any new admissions or charges.