Post by hi224 on Oct 7, 2019 5:36:18 GMT
During the 1980's and 1990's the eastern suburbs of Melbourne were taunted by a presumed serial kidnapper, known by the media as Mr. Cruel. The first kidnapping occurred in 1987 in Lower Plenty, where a man broke into a home, and armed with a gun and a knife tied up the parents in the wardrobe, as well as tied the son to the bed. The man then attacked their 11 year old daughter whilst their phone lines were cut.
The second attack occurred in Ringwood in in 1988, where again during the night he broke into a family's home armed with a knife and handgun, and tied the parents up. This time however, he abducted their 10 year old daughter, Sharon Wills, and held her for 18 hours until she was released on the ground of a nearby school.
The final kidnapping occurred in 1990 in Canterbury where he broke into the home and gagged 13 year old Nicola Lyons. He taped her eyes shut and cut the phone lines, before abducting her for 50 hours where he molested her, and dropped her off at a near by power station.
The final case related to him, while suspected, is the only murder he committed. In 1991 he abducted Karmein Chan. The suspect broke into the house while Chan was babysitting her younger sisters and dressed in a balaclava confronted them with a knife. The sisters were put in a cupboard while Chan was abducted, and there was spray painting on the family car which was thought to lead them off the killers real motives. Chan was shot execution style in the head. While Mr. Cruel is only a suspect in this case, it is suspected that he is the one who did it.
Mr. Cruel is thought to be highly intelligent due to his modus operandi. He left no traces of evidence at the scene, and always wore a balaclava when carrying out his attacks. He was described by his victims as soft spoken and unhurried, even eating a meal during one of the attacks. He also bathed his victims and in one case brought the victim a second set of clothes to change into. In another case the victim was dressed in garbage bags so police could not test her clothes. Nearly 20 years later and no one has be captured for the crimes.
It was brought up in the media again after Bung had disappeared from Boronia, and this is where it terrified me due to it being close to where I live, as well as us being very close in age.
Sources:
casefilepodcast.com/case-41-mr-cruel/
listverse.com/2019/08/26/10-chilling-facts-about-mr-cruel/
unresolved.me/mr-cruel
The second attack occurred in Ringwood in in 1988, where again during the night he broke into a family's home armed with a knife and handgun, and tied the parents up. This time however, he abducted their 10 year old daughter, Sharon Wills, and held her for 18 hours until she was released on the ground of a nearby school.
The final kidnapping occurred in 1990 in Canterbury where he broke into the home and gagged 13 year old Nicola Lyons. He taped her eyes shut and cut the phone lines, before abducting her for 50 hours where he molested her, and dropped her off at a near by power station.
The final case related to him, while suspected, is the only murder he committed. In 1991 he abducted Karmein Chan. The suspect broke into the house while Chan was babysitting her younger sisters and dressed in a balaclava confronted them with a knife. The sisters were put in a cupboard while Chan was abducted, and there was spray painting on the family car which was thought to lead them off the killers real motives. Chan was shot execution style in the head. While Mr. Cruel is only a suspect in this case, it is suspected that he is the one who did it.
Mr. Cruel is thought to be highly intelligent due to his modus operandi. He left no traces of evidence at the scene, and always wore a balaclava when carrying out his attacks. He was described by his victims as soft spoken and unhurried, even eating a meal during one of the attacks. He also bathed his victims and in one case brought the victim a second set of clothes to change into. In another case the victim was dressed in garbage bags so police could not test her clothes. Nearly 20 years later and no one has be captured for the crimes.
It was brought up in the media again after Bung had disappeared from Boronia, and this is where it terrified me due to it being close to where I live, as well as us being very close in age.
Sources:
casefilepodcast.com/case-41-mr-cruel/
listverse.com/2019/08/26/10-chilling-facts-about-mr-cruel/
unresolved.me/mr-cruel