Case 249: Lorraine Wilson & Wendy Evans

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00:40: It was a windy Sunday night on October 6, 1974, as two Queensland police officers drove along

00:46: the forested roads to Yucanavale Youth Camp. They were greeted by the camp's caretakers,

00:53: who appeared flustered. For the past half hour, their remote and peaceful surroundings had been

00:59: intermittently disturbed by a frightening noise. The officers listened. A few minutes later,

01:07: they heard it for themselves. Blood-curdling screams. For the first time in officer Ian Hamilton's

01:14: career, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up. He had never heard such a horrendous and terrifying

01:21: sound. It didn't seem like the screams were coming from just one person either. The difference

01:29: in pitch indicated there were at least two women screaming for help.

01:35: Like the caretakers, the officers couldn't determine what direction the screams were coming

01:39: from. The Yuccanavale youth camp was situated on the uphill section of the Tuwumba range,

01:46: about halfway between the inland city of Tawumba and the rural town of Withkord.

01:52: This mountainous location, mixed with the blustery winds, meant the origin of the screams kept changing.

02:00: One minute it sounded like they were coming from the top of the range, the next it sounded

02:04: like they were coming from the east.

02:08: After 40 frustrating minutes helplessly listening to the distorted screams echo around them, went quiet.

02:17: The officers drove up and down the range on the lookout for anyone in trouble.

02:22: Every now and then they stopped and got out to see if the screams had started up again, they will met with silence.

02:58: For 20-year-old Lorraine Wilson, nursing had been an obvious career choice.

03:04: The youngest of four children in a close-knit family, she followed in the footsteps of

03:08: her mother who had served as a nursing Sydney during World War II.

03:13: The Wilson family lived on a farm 64 kilometres outside of Dubbo, a small city in central

03:19: New South Wales.

03:22: They predominantly lived off the land, with the children helping their parents take care

03:26: of the daily chores. It was a humble and enjoyable upbringing, which taught Lorraine the value

03:33: of hard work. An avid animal lover, she especially loved taking care of the domestic pets,

03:39: which included dogs, cats, chickens, lambs and birds. Lorraine's work ethic, combined

03:47: with her compassionate nature, inspired her to pursue nursing after finishing high school.

03:53: The last of her siblings to leave their nest, she moved to Sydney to begin her live-in training at St George Hospital.

04:01: It was there that she met fellow trainee, 18-year-old Wendy Evans.

04:08: Like Lorraine, Wendy shared the unique traits necessary to succeed as a nurse, strength, empathy and understanding.

04:16: She too had grown up in a close-knit family and was one of four children.

04:21: Leroyne and D had a more urban upbringing in Sydney's inner west, but that didn't prevent

04:26: her and Lorraine from becoming close friends.

04:29: They excelled at their training, topping their classes in such subjects as neurology.

04:36: By late August of 1974, Lorraine and D'Wendy had completed their first year of studies.

04:43: To celebrate, they embarked on an interstate bus tour together, visiting popular tourist

04:48: destinations like Townsville, Mount Isah, Catherine, Darwin and Dallas Springs.

04:55: The trip ended in Dubbo.

04:58: The two friends spent a few days on the Wilson's family farm before heading off in Lorraine's

05:03: Volkswagen Beetle for the final leg of their journey, an 800km road trip to Brisbane.

05:10: Halfway there, the car broke down and had to be towed to a mechanic, who calculated it

05:15: would take at least a week to fix.

05:19: This threw a major spanner in the works.

05:22: The friends were on a tight budget and didn't have extra money for alternative transport.

05:28: They were hesitant about hitchhiking, but after some deliberation, they decided to take the risk.

05:35: It paid off.

05:38: The men who picked them up was so friendly, he even stopped to buy them burgers before

05:42: For dropping them at the home of Wendy's sister Susan, who lived in the suburb of Camp Hill.

05:49: Lorraine and Wendy spent six days exploring and shopping in Brisbane while catching up with Susan and her family.

05:58: By Sunday, October 6, the pair were ready to head home to be back at work on Thursday.

06:04: They were running out of money, but Lorraine's Volkswagen still wasn't ready to be picked up.

06:10: They considered their options.

06:12: Given the positive experience they'd had hitchhiking to Brisbane, they decided to hitch

06:17: a ride back to the Wilson's Farm in Dubbo.

06:22: Susan urged them to reconsider.

06:25: They were welcome to stay until Lorraine's car was ready, or she could lend them money for a train or bus ticket.

06:33: Wendy considered her sisters' offer, but Lorraine was confident that everything would be okay.

06:40: The friends were sure their good luck would continue.

06:44: Wendy reassured her sister, saying,

06:46: I've got Lorraine to protect me.

06:54: When the young women failed to arrive in Dubbo,

06:56: Lorraine's mother Betty told herself that they must have made a last-minute plans.

07:01: But she could feel in her bones that something was wrong.

07:07: It was only after Lorraine and Wendy failed to appear for work on Thursday that the pair were realised as missing.

07:15: A police investigation was launched.

07:18: Lorraine and Wendy hadn't told anyone what route they intended to take from Brisbane,

07:23: or whether they intended to stop anywhere along the way.

07:27: With no concrete information to use as a starting point, it was like searching for a needle

07:32: in a near 900 kilometer long haystack.

07:37: Lorraine's parents hit the road,

07:39: retracing every step the friends had taken on their journey up to Brisbane.

07:44: They showed photos to everyone they crossed paths with

07:47: and spoke to the media along the way,

07:49: doing everything in their power to bring publicity to Lorraine and Wendy's disappearance.

07:56: Reported sightings of the young nurses

07:58: came in from all over the country, but none could be verified.

08:02: Neither Lorraine or Wendy had touched their bank accounts

08:05: since the day before they left Camp Hill.

08:09: As time wore on, the possibility grew

08:12: that they had met with foul play.

08:16: Taking the mentality that no news is good news, the Wilson family remained hopeful

08:22: that the young women would be found alive.

08:25: The Evans family were less optimistic.

08:29: By the time Wendy had been missing for four months, her sister Susan had given birth,

08:34: meaning Wendy had become an aunt again.

08:37: The fact she didn't reach out could only suggest that something terrible had happened.

08:43: Wendy's mother Alice told reporters,

08:47: I now feel the situation is hopeless for my daughter, and just want to know where she lies dead.

08:54: There is no doubt in my mind that the worst has happened.

09:04: The investigation continued but no promising leads emerged.

09:08: By Friday June 25, 1975, the two friends had been missing for almost 21 months.

09:17: That day an elderly couple went for a leisurely drive to Murphy's Creek, a small historic settlement approximately 30 kilometers north-east of Toowoomba.

09:28: The couple drove down Murphy's Creek Road, a rural thoroughfare surrounded by dense bushland and dry paddocks.

09:37: About 2.5 kilometers outside the township, they turned down an unsealed dirt road.

09:43: After 900 meters, they parked their car near a split rail fence.

09:49: It was a isolated area with residential homes few and far between.

09:54: The closest farmhouse was about 800 meters away, making it an ideal spot for a private picnic.

10:02: As they ate lunch in their car, a Wallaby hopped past the couple's vehicle.

10:07: They decided to get out and follow it.

10:12: The pair scaled a barbed wire fence that framed a private property before walking into a

10:16: a wooded paddock. After heading through a cluster of trees, they came across a small clearing.

10:24: It looked like some kind of rubbish dump. On the ground, all kinds of items were strewn about,

10:31: clothing, cosmetics, bags, and other personal belongings.

10:37: The men bent down to get a better look at a discarded camera when his companion noticed

10:42: something on the ground nearby. A human skull. This wasn't just a rubbish dump. It was

10:51: a burial site. The couple rushed back to their car and drove towards to Womba. By chance,

10:59: they passed the police car and stopped to inform the officer what they'd found.

11:05: The officer followed the couple back to the clearing where he identified two human skulls and other human bones.

11:12: Amongst the personal belongings dumped throughout the site was a transistor radio, and name was engraved on the back.

11:21: Lorraine Wilson

11:23: Within hours, the remote site was teaming with police.

11:28: They uncovered the mostly intact skeletons belonging to Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans.

11:35: Although wildlife had dispersed some of the bones, it was clear that the two bodies had initially been dumped side by side.

11:43: Their killer had made no attempt to hide the bodies.

11:47: They likely deemed it unnecessary given the remote spot was obstructed by trees and

11:52: at the rear of a 2000 acre plot of farmland.

11:58: Both women had sustained fatal head injuries, possibly inflicted by a large piece of timber

12:03: found nearby. Lorraine had been struck on the back of the head between one and three times,

12:09: whereas Wendy had injured multiple extensive injuries. A forensic examiner determined that

12:16: Wendy's face had been, quote, bashed to a pulp. Remnants of a thin, looped synthetic

12:25: cord indicated both women had been hogtied, but the state of the remains meant it couldn't

12:30: be ascertained whether either of them had been sexually assaulted.

12:35: Their genes and underwear were still in place, their bra straps were fastened, and the

12:40: cord had been tied over their genes.

12:44: Had they been raped, it likely happened sometime before they were killed.

12:50: All up, a total of 90 personal items belonging to Lorraine and Wendy were found at the

12:55: bush side, everything they'd been carrying on their journey from Brisbane.

13:01: Only a few items were missing, both of their wallets and two bank books.

13:07: However, it didn't necessarily seem that the killer was motivated by robbery.

13:12: Lorraine and Wendy still had their jewellery, including Appendant necklace, a gold bracelet, and Lorraine's prized antique ring.

13:22: Having a metal detector, an army officer scanned a dry mound of dirt nearby.

13:28: They located a men's silver signant ring with a large green stone.

13:34: This was the only item that couldn't be attributed to either Lorraine or Wendy.

13:39: While it was possible that the killer had accidentally lost the ring, another scenario had to be considered.

13:46: What if the killer, or someone who knew of the crime, had intentionally left it behind as a clue.

13:55: The crime scene was around a two hour drive west of Camp Hill where Lorraine and Wendy were last seen alive.

14:03: Investigators deemed it unlikely that the pair had been killed elsewhere before being dumped at Murphy's Creek.

14:09: It would have been too difficult to cut their bodies over the barbed wire fence and dense bush to the burial site.

14:17: It made much more sense that Lorraine and Wendy had met their fate in this isolated location

14:22: where no one would hear them scream.

14:26: Except someone did.

14:34: When police officer Ian Hamilton heard about the discovery of the remains, he immediately

14:39: thought back to the night of Sunday, October 6, 1974.

14:44: B Yinti's partner had been unable to locate the source of two women screaming in the

14:49: To Womba Ranges region.

14:52: He checked his records and confirmed that the incident had happened on the same day that

14:56: Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans went missing.

15:00: Based on this information, investigators concluded the screams had come from the two nurses,

15:06: and that they had likely been killed the same day they left Brisbane.

15:11: Lorraine and Wendy had briefly mentioned wanting to go sunbathing on the Gold Coast.

15:17: This became a significant detail.

15:20: In July 1972, 18-year-old Robin Hoinville-Bartram and her friend, 19-year-old Anita Cunningham,

15:28: had hitchhiked to Queensland and were last seen in the Gold Coast suburb of Kool-Lingada.

15:35: Four months later, Robin's body was found under a bridge in the rural town of Charter's

15:40: hours. She had been shot twice with a rifle. A needy's body was never found, but police

15:48: was certain she'd met the same fate.

15:53: Then on October 6, 1973, one year to the day before Lorraine and Wendy went missing, best

16:00: Franz Michele Riley and Gabrielle Janky got out of a taxi in Brisbane's CBD. The 16

16:08: 19-year-old planned to hitchhike to the Gold Coast.

16:13: A week later, Gabrielle's decomposing body was found at the bottom of an embankment on the side of the Pacific Highway.

16:21: Eleven days on and 25 kilometres away, Michele's body was found in bushes off the Mount Tambourine

16:28: Highway.

16:30: Both teens had been sexually assaulted and bludgeoned to death in what police described as a frenzied attack.

16:39: On May 5, a month and a half before Lorraine and Wendy's bodies were found, Gold Coast

16:45: teenager Margaret Roseworn attempted to hitchhike from surface paradise to a party in nearby burly heads.

16:53: Sixteen days later, her body was discovered amongst overgrown grass on a vacant block in West Burley.

17:01: We had been beaten so ferociously that dental records were needed to make a positive identification.

17:09: It appeared as though a struggle had taken place on a nearby road, leading investigators

17:13: to believe Margaret had tried to flee from someone's car.

17:19: Including Lorraine and Wendy, all seven women were of a similar age group and had gone missing

17:24: while hitchhiking in the Brisbane Gold Coast areas.

17:29: of them were bludgeoned to death and to likely sexually assaulted, their bodies disposed of relatively out in the open.

17:38: The similarities seemed too strong to be purely coincidental.

17:42: Was it possible that all seven of the young women had fallen victim to the same cold-blooded

17:48: killer, who the public had dubbed the Gold Coast Hitchhiker murderer.

18:00: A $100,000 reward for information pertaining to the Wilson and Evans case was offered,

18:05: the largest ever for a Queensland homicide.

18:09: A bus driver came forward to report that on Sunday, October 6, 1974, he'd been completing

18:15: his route on Ipswich Road in Western Brisbane.

18:19: As he passed the Oxley Police Academy, he saw two young women who matched the descriptions

18:25: of Lorraine and Wendy sitting on the side of the road.

18:29: A faded light green EK Holden pulled over, and the women got in.

18:35: Two men aged in their early 20s were sitting inside.

18:40: The driver had shoulder length fair hair and his passenger had an afro.

18:45: This sighting coincided with the time that Lorraine and Wendy left Camp Hill, prompting detectives to conclude it was genuine.

18:54: They appealed for anyone who had seen a similar vehicle in the area to come forward.

19:01: The appeal caught the attention of Brisbane resident Anthony Doherty.

19:06: On Sunday, October 6, 1974, he'd been parked in front of the Oxley Hotel when he overheard

19:12: two young women disagreeing about whether or not they should accept a ride.

19:18: The women matched the description of Lorraine and Wendy.

19:22: The shorter of the pair, presumably Wendy, was reluctant.

19:26: Her friend said,

19:28: I'm going whether you come or not.

19:33: She walked over to the car park to next to Anthony's, a green holding with a white top.

19:40: In the passenger seat was a young male around 20 years old with dark hair and around face.

19:47: He had a scruffy look and a quote, silly grin on his face.

19:53: Another male of similar age stood next to the Holden as though waiting for the girls to make up their minds.

20:00: He was tanned with dark medium-length hair and a tadoo on his upper arm.

20:07: Eventually, the shorter girl picked up her luggage and followed her friend into the back seat of the Holden.

20:14: Anthony watched as the tanned male got into the driver's seat.

20:18: vehicle then sped off towards Ipswich Road, kicking pebbles in its wake.

20:26: Anthony called the police to report this sighting, but the sergeant he spoke to thought he must have been mistaken.

20:33: Convinced Lorraine and Wendy had fallen victim to the Gold Coast hitchhiker murderer, they

20:38: believed the girls had actually been traveling in the opposite direction, down the Pacific

20:43: Highway towards Sydney.

20:46: Consequently, the sergeant wasn't interested in Anthony Siding and didn't take a statement.

20:54: This was despite the fact that the Holden had also been cited in the vicinity of where

20:59: Lorraine and Wendy's bodies were discovered.

21:02: A local musician drove down Murphy's Creek Road every Saturday night for several weeks during September and October 1974.

21:12: Each week, he noticed a car parked in the same spot, not far from where Lorraine and Wendy's bodies were eventually found.

21:21: It was a light-coloured 1964 E.H. Holden.

21:28: Officer Ian Hamilton knew the vehicle well.

21:31: Over his years working as a traffic cop, he'd pulled over a similar holden several times.

21:38: Although it was a common model, he remembered its distinct chrome wheels and the way it

21:42: sat low at the front and higher at the back. He'd issued defective tickets upon realizing

21:49: there were no interior door handles or windowwinders in the back seat. He told detectives working

21:57: the Wilson Evans case everything he knew about the vehicle and those associated with it.

22:03: Regardless, these leads went nowhere and the case eventually went cold.

22:12: Nine years passed with no further developments until an inquest was finally held in October 1985.

22:21: No witnesses were called and no suspects were named. Based on the known facts,

22:27: the coroner could only conclude that Lorraine and Wendy had been killed in Murphy's Creek by a person or person's unknown.

22:36: Lorraine's brother, Eric Wilson, had an overwhelming need to uncover the truth of what happened, explaining,

22:44: it's hard to accept that we might never ever find out.

22:48: The thing is, you compound it every day.

22:52: It makes it worse in your mind if that's possible, all those unanswered questions, they're not knowing.

22:59: You walk around every day with a mountain of fear sitting on your shoulder.

23:07: Three years after the inquest in October 1988, Detective Senior Constable Paul Rouge of

23:13: the Tuwumbu Criminal Investigation Branch received a word that an inmate in New South Wales had

23:19: implicated two men in the Wilson Evans homicide.

23:24: According to this witness, several years after Lorraine and Wendy were killed, he'd been

23:28: When drinking with two acquaintances, when the subject of the nurse's murders came up,

23:34: one of the men allegedly admitted that they'd picked the pair up to drink with them, to which the other allegedly responded.

23:43: Yeah, but more than that happened, didn't it?

23:47: We screwed them and killed them.

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24:29: The witness named the man as Tuwumba Locals, Donald Lorry and Trevor Hilton.

24:35: This confession turned out to be a bust.

24:38: Trevor Hilton had been incarcerated at the time Lorraine and Wendy were killed.

24:44: Still, Detective Rouge's interest was peaked.

24:48: He requested the Wilson and Evans case file to find or look contained was a few notes and newspaper clippings.

24:57: There were no witness statements, no running sheets, nothing.

25:03: Rouge was left to piece together the case using the skint paperwork and limited physical evidence.

25:10: The more he learned, the more shocked he became.

25:14: The inmates' confession wasn't the first time that the name's Hilton and Lorry had

25:19: been mentioned in relation to the murders.

25:24: The extended Lorry and Hilton families were interrelated by blood and marriage.

25:30: They had lived around to Womba for decades, where some members of the family so-durned

25:34: a fierce reputation for being violent and dangerous.

25:39: People police were very familiar with several members of the two families due to their history

25:44: of alcohol abuse, domestic violence and run-ins with the law.

25:51: Following the discovery of Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans' remains, three separate people

25:56: had suggested police look into the Hilton and Lorry crew.

26:01: It was well known that some of the young men associated with the group had a habit of picking

26:05: up teenage girls for sex, whether consensual or by force. They'd go as far as grabbing

26:12: them off the street and throwing them into the boots or backseat of their cars.

26:19: Survivors described that handles and windowwenders had been removed from the back doors to prevent

26:24: their escape. The group were also known for throwing alcohol-fueled parties out in the

26:31: bush, including at Murphy's Creek. Despite this information, none of these men had been

26:38: questioned at any point, for reasons Detective Rouge could in ascertain.

26:46: Back when the bodies of Lorraine and Wendy were found, a local couple had reported a strange

26:51: encounter they'd had on the Toowoomba range in early October of 1974. Brian and Velma

26:59: had been driving home from visiting their sick infant daughter in hospital when they

27:03: noticed a vehicle parked in a small turn-off on the left hand side of the road.

27:09: It was a pale green EJ or EH Holden with a white top.

27:14: Judging by its angle, the Holden looked as though it had abruptly skidded to a stop.

27:20: Both passenger side doors were open.

27:25: Once the back of the car, a man was throttling a young woman while trying to force her inside.

27:31: About 20 metres away, another man was marching a second young woman towards the holden, pinning her arms behind her back.

27:40: The woman looked directly at Brian and Volma and screamed.

27:44: Help me.

27:46: Oh God.

27:46: Help me.

27:50: ordered her husband to stop and he slowed down a little further ahead.

27:55: Brian and Velma looked back.

27:58: In the front seat of the Holden, they could see two other men and a third woman.

28:04: Velma and Brian wanted to offer assistance, but they had their three-year-old daughter

28:09: in the back seat, and were scared they might put her or themselves in danger.

28:15: to come with fear, they decided to keep driving.

28:20: They soon passed a pay phone, but decided not to call the police in case the man drove

28:25: past and suspected what they were doing.

28:29: Instead, they went home.

28:33: The next morning, Velma reported the incident to a police officer whom they knew.

28:40: The officer wasn't too worried.

28:42: There hadn't been any news of any assaults the night prior, or missing person reports filed.

28:49: When the bodies of Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans were discovered not far from where

28:54: they witnessed the altercation, Brian and Velma were convinced they had seen something significant.

29:02: They reported their concerns to the same officer they'd initially spoken to, who looked into their claims.

29:09: Apparently, hospital admission records for Brian and Velma's sick daughter didn't match up

29:14: with the alleged timing of Lorraine and Wendy's murder. Their accounts were therefore eliminated

29:21: as a potential lead in the investigation. Detective Rouge wasn't so sure. He showed the

29:29: couple a photo line up of 16 man. Despite over a decade passing, Brian confidently pointed

29:37: to one photo. It was Wayne Hilton.

29:43: Better known by his nickname Boogie, Wayne was a prominent member of the Hilton Laurie

29:48: clan. 19 years old at the time Lorraine and Wendy were killed, he had a reputation for

29:54: a turning violent if he didn't get his way.

29:58: He reportedly had a tire lever stored under the front seat of his car that he wielded as a weapon.

30:06: Some of Wayne Hilton's close cohorts included friends and relatives, Alan Shorty-Lory,

30:12: Alan Ungy-Lory, Donald Lorry, Desmond Hilton, Larry Charles, and Jimmy O'Neill.

30:20: Due to their proclivity for heavy drinking and fighting, many of the men were banned from every pub into Womba.

30:28: Another member of their crew named Kingsley Hunt didn't drink.

30:32: He took on the role of designated driver and ferried the gang to parties and pubs out of town.

30:40: There were several vehicles that could be attributed to the crew.

30:45: was a pale green holding with a white top.

30:52: Detective Rouge turned his focus to one of the only pieces of physical evidence at the

30:56: crime scene, the court used to bind Lorraine and Wendy.

31:01: It was fairly commonplace, much like the kind used on Venetian blinds, but Rouge had

31:07: his suspicions about where it might have originated.

31:12: visited the Darling Downs Bacon Company into Womba. The pig processing plant was one of

31:18: the largest in the state and employed many of the town's locals.

31:23: Rouge presented the cord to an employee and asked if it looked familiar.

31:28: The employee said yes, a similar type of cord was used in the factory to hang bacon.

31:36: This was a significant revelation. Wayne Hilton had been employed at the Darling Downs Bacon

31:41: company around the time Lorraine and Wendy were killed.

31:47: Detective Rouge spoke with another man named Neil who had worked with Wayne Hilton on an off for several years.

31:55: According to Neil, one day Wayne suddenly announced that he'd soon have to quit his job.

32:01: When Neil asked why, Wayne allegedly said,

32:05: Did you see the picture of our cars in the paper?

32:08: They're right onto us.

32:10: He would have heard about the nurses being murdered a bit over the range.

32:15: Me and the brother had done that.

32:19: Neil assumed Wayne was talking about his brother's travel, but realized he'd been in jail at the time.

32:26: Instead, he figured Wayne was talking about one of his uncles, who were close in age to

32:31: Wayne and with whom he had a close relationship.

32:35: According to Neil, Wayne went on to explain that the nurses had gotten away from them and

32:40: gave them, quote, a bit of trouble. He said he was afraid of getting caught and asked

32:47: for advice. Neil asked why he did it, to which Wayne responded, full of piss and bad manners.

32:59: Although Neil found it odd, he didn't really believe what Wayne was saying,

33:04: even when he went through with quitting his job. Neil said Wayne mentioned his involvement

33:10: in the murders on several other occasions. But it was only years later that Neil suspected

33:17: he might actually be telling the truth.

33:23: Wayne Hilton's cohort, Alan Laurie, who went by the nickname Shorty, had also worked

33:28: at the Darling Downs Bacon Company. Shorty turned 22 the day Lorraine and Wendy were murdered.

33:37: the most violent of the group, he was feared by many and labelled by some as a psychopath.

33:44: Shorty's violence knew no boundaries. He once punched and stomped on his own mother

33:50: and had bid his father zero off over a fight about a sausage.

33:56: Detective Rouge visited Alan Shorty's lorry at home and asked if he could come by the station

34:01: to answer some questions. He made no mention of Lorraine and Wendy, simply saying he wanted to

34:07: to discuss a car that Shorty had previously owned.

34:11: Shorty became highly anxious,

34:13: but reluctantly agreed to come by later that day.

34:19: He arrived at the station, hand in hand with his wife.

34:23: Shorty was clearly agitated, almost to a point of panic.

34:28: Everything about his demeanor

34:30: was in complete contrast to the menacing character

34:33: that Detective Rouge had been led to expect.

34:37: When placed in an interview room away from his wife, Shorty entered a full-blown state of panic.

34:43: He started breathing heavily and frothing at the mouth.

34:49: When told, we need to ask you some questions about your involvement in the nurse's murders.

34:55: Alan Shorty Laurie leapt to his feet and started bellowing like a bull.

35:01: It was so loud that other officers rushed to the interview room to see what was going on.

35:07: He repeatedly cried out, I didn't do it, I didn't do it.

35:13: His distress was so extreme that Detective Rouge couldn't continue with his questioning.

35:19: He requested that Shorty return to the station later on for a formal interview.

35:25: Instead, Shorty hired a lawyer who advised that his client wouldn't be answering any further questions.

35:34: Detective Rouge was eventually transferred to another district which meant he could no

35:38: longer have any involvement with the Wilson and Evans case.

35:43: He collated all the information and witness statements he'd obtained and sent them to

35:47: the homicide squad, hoping someone would pick up where he left off.

35:53: Although tips continued to come through over the years, things soon came to a standstill.

36:00: arrests were made. In fact, none of the remaining persons of interest were even questioned.

36:14: Lorraine's brother Eric spent his adult life tormented by the murders. In 2003, he wrote

36:20: a book about the case titled The Echo of Silent Screams. It sparked renewed interest in

36:27: a case, putting pressure on the Queensland Police Commissioner to reopen the investigation.

36:33: The job went to Detective Inspector Kerry Johnson, a former member of the Homicide Squad

36:39: known for his success rate at solving cold cases.

36:43: For the first time, all the case material was reviewed in thorough detail.

36:50: It was abundantly clear that poor policing, lack of investigative resources and conflicting

36:55: witness statements had contributed to Lorraine and Wendy's killers going unpunished.

37:02: Motivated to finally find closure for the Wilson and Evans families, Detective Johnson

37:07: said about re-interviewing all of the key witnesses and persons of interest, piecing together

37:12: the known information and trying to fill in any gaps.

37:18: It appeared that the circumstances surrounding Lorraine and Wendy's murders were an open

37:23: secret amongst many people into Womba. Over the years, others had reported worthwhile

37:29: information that implicated the same group of men.

37:34: The morning after the murders, Wayne Hilton's neighbor claimed to have seen him ripping

37:38: the carpet out of the backseat of a green holding. When she asked what he was doing, Wayne

37:44: told her to mind her own business. The neighbor left but couldn't ignore what she saw

37:51: on the carpet. A large, reddish brown stain that looked like blood.

37:59: Another associate of the group, Desmond Hilton, recalled that one morning in October 1974,

38:05: Wayne Hilton and Donald Lorry were drinking at his house when a light green EH olden pulled

38:11: up. Inside were Alan Shorty Laurie, Jimmy O'Neill,

38:16: Larry Charles and Alan Ungy Laurie.

38:20: They revealed that they'd quote, given two girls are hiding down the bottom of the range.

38:27: According to Desmond, Shorty bragged and demonstrated how they kicked and stomped on the girls.

38:34: Desmond claimed that the men offered him beer in exchange for cleaning their car.

38:40: He agreed to scare to say no.

38:44: the back seat was a light smear of blood as though an injured person had been dragged

38:49: across it. According to Desmond, Wayne Hilton and Donald

38:54: Lorry then went back to the range to check on the girls. When they returned, they had

39:00: blood on their hands. It was only years later when Desmond found out about the murders

39:07: of Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans that he realized the group had been talking about

39:12: the nurses. Donald Lorry had seemed to terrified ever since and it now made sense why. He

39:21: admitted to Desmond that he'd taken a ring from one of the girls that he'd delayed

39:25: a sold-for-beer money at the local pub. While sick in hospital years later, Donald

39:33: Lorry allegedly told a friend, we killed the nurses, I was there, I didn't do it.

39:42: According to this witness, Donald directly implicated Wayne Hilton,

39:47: Unny Laurie and Shorty Laurie, but also said that three or four carloads of people were involved.

39:54: When asked why he hadn't gone to police, Donald apparently replied that the others would have killed him if he had spoken up.

40:03: Another associate had once seen gang member Larry Charles crying, which was completely out of character.

40:11: When asked what was wrong, Larry allegedly responded.

40:15: It was two years today that them girls got killed at Murphy's Creek.

40:22: Larry then apparently confessed to having picked up Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans with

40:26: Wayne Hilton, Shorty Laurie, Donald Laurie and Jimmy O'Neill.

40:32: They took the women into the bush at which point, Agni Laurie, Desmond Hilton and a few

40:37: of their friends arrived. The whole group, excluding Larry, then took turns raping and bashing

40:44: the women. The next morning, Wayne Hilton and Shorty Laurie had a whispered conversation,

40:52: then quote, they both walked towards the girls, picked up a big stick each, and just wailed

40:59: and wailed into them. Fear of retaliation had kept some silence, but the poor police leasing couldn't be ignored.

41:11: Back in 1974, a 19-year-old woman had accepted a lift home from Shorty Laurie and one of his friends.

41:19: Instead of taking her home, she claimed they pulled over and took turns raping her in the back seat.

41:27: She reported the incident and was examined by a medical officer, but never heard another

41:31: word about it and was too scared to follow it up with the police.

41:38: This was just one in a long series of similar allegations.

41:44: Detective Inspector Kerry Johnson was deeply troubled by this information and the fact

41:49: that nothing had been done to reprimand those involved.

41:54: But perhaps most concerning was there were other innocent bystanders that had witnessed

41:59: the attack against Lorraine and Wendy as it unfolded.

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42:43: On Sunday, October 6, 1974, married couple Neil and Jocelyn had been driving down the

42:48: To Womba Range when one of their children fell car sick.

42:53: They pulled into a turn-off, only to find two cars already parked there.

42:58: Clothing was strewn on the side of the road, leading Neil and Jocelyn to believe the

43:03: two cars had been involved in an accident.

43:07: Two men were escorting a young woman into a black-forward Falcon, as though offering her assistance.

43:14: One of the men was scrawny and ill-looking and dressed all in white.

43:20: This fit the description of the designated driver of the Hilton and Laurie crew, Kingsley

43:25: Hunt.

43:27: His job at a pest control company required him to wear a white uniform.

43:32: The young woman turned to face Neil and Jocelyn.

43:37: That's when they realized the men weren't helping her at all.

43:40: They were forcing her into the car.

43:43: The young woman screamed, please help me.

43:48: The young woman was in the backseat of the other car, a light-coloured Holden.

43:53: She was wrestling with a dark-haired man aged in his early to mid-20s.

43:58: He attempted to restrain her as she lent forward and yelled for help.

44:04: Another man was pacing around nervously outside the vehicle with his hands on his head.

44:10: Too scared to stop, Neil and Jocelyn continued down the range.

44:15: They considered reporting the incident to the police, but instead they drove onwards,

44:20: convincing themselves that it was just a lover's tip of some kind.

44:25: They decided to let it go, unless they heard anything in the news over the next few days, which they never did.

44:34: Another married couple Vivian and Rose were driving down the range at dusk when they saw

44:39: a car pulled over on the left-hand side of the road.

44:43: A man and young woman were lying across the front bonnet in what appeared to be a lover's embrace.

44:49: Thinking it was a strange place to stop for a cuddle, they soon realized it wasn't a romantic moment at all.

44:57: The man was restraining the woman who was trying to break free.

45:02: At that moment, another young woman raced out onto the road screaming for help.

45:08: A dark-haired man of average height and build was chasing close behind her, undeterred by

45:13: the fact that Vivian and Rose had seen what was going on.

45:19: Vivian applied the brakes, but the couple had their three young children in the back seat,

45:23: so Rose urged him to keep driving.

45:28: They drove to the nearest police station, where the officer on duty said they'd contact

45:32: that to Womber Police to send a patrol car down the range to check it out.

45:38: Vivian and Rose never heard another word about it.

45:42: When the bodies of Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans were found, Rose contacted police again.

45:49: She did so again when the case was featured on Australia's most wanted in 1989.

45:56: No one ever so much as asked for her contact to details, let alone took a statement.

46:05: Norma was preparing dinner alone at her home in the Toowoomba Rangers in early October 1974

46:12: when she heard a panicked woman's voice. It was coming from her back door.

46:19: Norma found a young woman with light-brown hair standing there. She begged for Norma's help,

46:25: saying she had just been at a party with a group of people whom she now wanted to get away from.

46:31: She had escaped from their vehicle and needed somewhere safe to stay for a while.

46:38: Norma didn't know what to do. Her husband was due to arrive home, so she told the young woman

46:44: she could wait inside until he returned. They'd figure things out from there.

46:49: there. But the woman became increasingly frantic. She said she couldn't wait around because

46:56: the group had her friend, and they were going to kill her if she didn't go back. Norma

47:02: told the woman she could sneak out the back way, who in turn responded, they would probably

47:08: find me anyway. Norma offered to call the police, but the woman declined, saying, I better

47:16: go. Norma returned to her kitchen only to hear a loud scream. She rushed to a front window

47:26: where she saw a car idling outside. The woman who had just been in her house was struggling

47:33: with a young man who had a long, wavy dark hair. He struck the woman across the face as

47:39: he tried to force her into the backseat of the car. Norma could see a second young woman

47:45: in the back of the vehicle. She too was in the throes of a struggle with another man.

47:52: It looked as though she was trying to get out, but the man wouldn't let her leave.

47:58: At that moment, Norma's husband pulled into the driveway. He had also witnessed the struggle

48:05: and headed inside to ask Norma what was going on. She filled him in, but he responded,

48:13: It was probably just a domestic.

48:17: The couple returned to the front window.

48:20: By then, the men, the women, and the car were gone.

48:27: Two weeks later, Norma was reading the newspaper when she came across a photo of Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans.

48:35: Norma immediately recognized Lorraine as the young woman who had knocked on her door,

48:40: Wendy as the woman in the backseat of the car. She wanted to contact the police, but her husband

48:47: warned her not to get involved. When Lorraine and Wendy's bodies were discovered, Norma informed

48:55: her parents what she had witnessed two years earlier. They agreed that she should obey her

49:02: husband's wishes and not get involved. Memories of the women's cries for help haunted Norma for

49:09: years. By the time a segment about the case appeared on Australia's most

49:15: wanted in 1989, Norma and her family had relocated into state. Unable to keep it

49:22: to herself any longer, she finally contacted the police. They had her identify

49:28: Lorraine and Wendy from a photo, but whether anything else was done beyond that is unknown.

49:38: When Lorraine's brother Eric heard about this, he was crushed.

49:42: He remarked,

49:44: My sister was standing in front of a woman who was the same age as her mother.

49:49: She was looking for a mother's protection, a mother's advice on what she should do.

49:55: She got nothing.

49:56: She was on her own.

49:59: There is a famous saying.

50:02: exists when good men or women do nothing. How true a statement that is.

50:15: For almost 40 years, Lorraine Wilson's family had tried to move on with their lives, but

50:21: the lack of closure made it impossible. By 2012, Lorraine's father was suffering from

50:27: Dematua. Her brother Eric wanted answers not only for himself, but for his elderly parents.

50:35: With all the new information that had come to light since the initial inquest in 1985,

50:41: the Wilson family felt that Lorraine and Wendy at the very least deserved another inquest.

50:47: Lorraine's mother Betty wrote to the coroner, quote,

50:52: To this day, no one has been held accountable for the murder of Lorraine, my daughter, and her friend Wendy.

50:59: It is important to me, my family, and to the public at large to have these suspects fully

51:05: accountable and have them named in the public domain.

51:09: For the sake of justice and history, I feel it is important that with all the new evidence

51:14: in this investigation to be laid out in clear view for all to see.

51:20: I wish to rest in peace and I urge for the sake of the girls who do not have a voice, as

51:26: well as my own, for you to convene a coronial inquest to wear these findings.

51:35: Three days after writing the letter, Betty was working alone in the garden when she slipped and severed an artery.

51:42: She tried to make it back to the house, but the blood loss was too severe.

51:48: passed away without ever seeing Justice served for her daughter.

51:57: Betty's request for accountability was denied, much to the outrage of the public.

52:04: Media rallied around Eric Wilson, propelling the murders back in the headlines.

52:09: The coroner succumbed to the public pressure, and it was announced that a new inquest would

52:14: be held with the aim of determining whether there was enough evidence to warrant a trial.

52:21: By this point there was no shortage of witnesses.

52:25: Some had seen Lorraine and Wendy accepting a ride, others had seen them trying to escape their attackers.

52:32: Others had received confessions or incriminating statements from the suspected perpetrators.

52:39: The problem was inconsistencies were rife.

52:44: One had described the perpetrator's car as an EJ Holden, others said an E. H. Holden, both remarkably similar models.

52:53: The physical description of the men involved also varied, making it difficult to pinpoint

52:58: which individuals were responsible for which acts.

53:03: A full forensic review was ordered on all available evidence, but there was even less to go by than originally thought.

53:11: There were hopes that the cord used to hogtile rain and wendy would reveal traces of the

53:16: perpetrators' DNA, but the tests proved negative.

53:21: Some of the evidence had been disposed of in 2010, while other items had been lost altogether.

53:28: Amongst the missing items was the silver man's signant ring that was found at the crime scene.

53:35: Wayne Boogie Hilton was known to wear a similar ring.

53:40: When the ring had been misplaced, images of it couldn't be circulated to facilitate the identification of its owner.

53:49: In the 1970s, the Laurie family had owned a pale green EH-olden with a white roof.

53:56: The shell of this vehicle was tracked down and examined.

54:00: Traces of blood were detected inside, but too much time had passed for it to be of any use.

54:07: There was one notable discovery. There were no interior handles or windowwinders on the back doors.

54:17: The Inquest commenced into Womba in April 2013. For the first time, the seven primary

54:24: suspects were publicly named. They included Wayne Boogie-Hilton, Donald Lorry, Alan

54:32: Shorty Laurie, Alan Ungy Laurie, Desmond Hilton, Jimmy O'Neill and Larry Charles.

54:40: Kingsley Hunt, the gang's designated driver, was noted as a person of interest, but not nominated as a primary suspect.

54:50: Over several days, evidence was heard from the various witnesses who claimed to have seen

54:55: Lorraine and Wendy with a group of men on the day they went missing.

54:59: were individuals who provided testimony ranged from the reliable to the questionable, with

55:05: one member of the Laurie family claiming to have witnessed the murders himself when he was 10 years old.

55:13: Many witnesses connected to the persons of interest gave vague non-committed answers.

55:19: Some backtracked from damning claims they'd made in the past, while several retracted their statements pertaining to alleged confessions.

55:28: implicated, flat out denied any involvement in the crime.

55:34: Yet there was an air of anticipation when one particular person finally took the stand.

55:45: 1984 marked a decade after Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans were killed.

55:50: Towards the middle of that year, Kim Sandocock had been having a tough time at home.

55:55: She headed to Womba's Crown Hotel for a breather.

56:00: Kim sat nursing a drink when a woman whom she'd never met approached her table.

56:06: The stranger took a seat and introduced herself as Ellen.

56:11: The two women engaged in small talk for a while before Ellen, who was clearly intoxicated, asked,

56:18: have you ever had to carry around a secret that you couldn't tell anybody?

56:25: It was clear to Kim that Ellen had something she wanted to get off her chest, so she let her talk.

56:32: But Kim wasn't prepared for what came next.

56:37: Ellen revealed that she'd been present when Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans were murdered,

56:42: and she was sick of covering up for those responsible.

56:46: Ellen claimed that she had been driving around in a 1963 Holden with two men when they decided

56:52: to pick up the two nurses in the hopes of getting sex.

56:57: But the nurses refused the man's advances and were labeled as, quote, prick teases.

57:04: The man wanted to teach the nurses a lesson.

57:08: The plan was to take them to an isolated area and rape them.

57:13: But during the drive, things went haywire.

57:16: The nurses became terrified and tried to escape.

57:20: One of them had been sitting in the front seat, and the driver began hitting her over the head and pulling her hair.

57:28: The other men who were sitting in the back seat grabbed a bar of some kind.

57:33: He reached over and bashed the woman across the head.

57:37: She flung forward, blood flying everywhere, and it was obvious that she was dead.

57:43: The other nurse was hysterical.

57:46: She began screaming.

57:48: The men panicked and decided they'd have to kill her too.

57:53: They pulled up to a remote side in Murphy's Creek and dumped the first body.

57:58: The remaining nurse saw this as her chance to escape.

58:02: She got out and ran, but the man chased her down.

58:06: They launched a frenzied attack, bashing her multiple times in the head until she was no longer moving.

58:12: They then dragged her body alongside her friend.

58:18: When Ellen finally stopped talking about the murders, Kim was shaking as she got up to leave.

58:25: Ellen grabbed her firmly by the shoulder and warned,

58:29: If you ever tell anyone what I just told you, you'll end up the same way as the nurses.

58:37: Kim was terrified.

58:39: She kept this information to herself for five years before finally going to the police.

58:45: By then, she couldn't remember much about Ellen herself, but could remember every detail

58:51: about the story Ellen had told her, including the names of the men involved.

58:57: Shorty Laurie and one of the Hilton boys.

59:02: By the time Kim Sandocock appeared at the Inquest in 2013, she was in a wheelchair and

59:08: talked up to a morphine drip as the result of a spinal injury.

59:13: She relied heavily on strong pain medication, which severely hindered her memory.

59:19: Consequently, Kim claimed she had absolutely no recollection of Ellen and the conversation they shared in 1984.

59:29: The court wasn't buying it.

59:32: They believed it was more likely that the encounter with Ellen was a fabrication to cover

59:37: for the fact that Kim knew more than she was willing to admit.

59:41: After all, what were the chances that an individual would approach a complete stranger

59:46: in a pub to confess to witnessing a murder?

59:50: Furthermore, the level of detail she'd managed to retain in her statement was outstanding.

59:57: A more plausible explanation was that Kim herself had witnessed the crime and wanted to unburden

01:00:03: herself without fear of retaliation or punishment.

01:00:08: This fit with the witness statement from Brian and Velma, who claimed to have seen a third

01:00:13: woman in the car with Lorraine and Wendy.

01:00:16: Alternatively, someone close to Kim might have been involved and had told her the story

01:00:21: enough times for her to retain such an accurate level of detail.

01:00:27: These possibilities were put forward to Kim's Santa Cocking Court.

01:00:32: She flat out denied being present when Lorraine and Wendy were attacked, or having any first and knowledge of what happened.

01:00:41: The coroner made it clear that Kim could be given immunity if she was willing to share what she knew.

01:00:47: Kim replied,

01:00:50: I can't remember.

01:00:52: I just can't.

01:00:59: The coroner presented his findings in June 2013.

01:01:04: He concluded that the witness statement that held the most veracity was the one given by Kim Sandakok.

01:01:11: The details she provided aligned with the crime scene.

01:01:15: Lorraine had been killed by a single blow to the head before the perpetrators carried out

01:01:20: a rage-fueled frenzy on Wendy as she tried to escape.

01:01:25: The coroner concluded that Kim had to likely either been present when the crimes were committed,

01:01:30: had a close connection to someone who was.

01:01:35: The coroner viewed the alleged confession that Wayne Hilton had made to his former colleague as a valid.

01:01:42: As for the number of witnesses who ignored Lorraine and Wendy's screams for help, he put this down to the bystanders effect.

01:01:51: This sociosacological phenomenon dictates that the more witnesses there are to an event,

01:01:56: the less likely any one of them will offer help.

01:02:00: The coroner remarked, with the failure of any of those people to even attempt to intervene,

01:02:07: went the girl's last chance of survival.

01:02:11: He went on.

01:02:14: The lives of these two fine young women and the happiness of their families were shattered

01:02:18: by an unprovoked violent vicious attack, mounted to satiate the perverse sexual dysfunction of a despicable gang of thugs.

01:02:28: family suffering was made worse still by a long period of not knowing.

01:02:36: Speaking about the seven persons of interest, the coroner stated that they'd gotten away

01:02:40: with committing their habitual sexual assaults in the 70s because of the victim blaming

01:02:45: mentality of the time, and the fact that survivors were too scared to come forward.

01:02:52: He concluded,

01:02:55: It is more likely than not Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans tragically stumbled into this

01:03:00: putrid pool of miscreants and were killed by them.

01:03:04: Undoubtedly, they were abducted and killed by more than one person, but the identity

01:03:09: of those responsible cannot now be established with sufficient certainty, with one exception, namely Wayne Hilton.

01:03:19: I am satisfied the evidence implicating him in the death of the two women reaches the

01:03:24: required standard for a coroner's finding to that effect.

01:03:31: By the time he was implicated in the double homicide, Wayne Hilton had been dead for 27 years.

01:03:38: He was killed in a car accident in 1986.

01:03:43: As such, he would not face any justice for his involvement.

01:03:48: As for his associates, the coroner conceded that there was insufficient evidence to have any of them stand trial.

01:03:57: With that, the Inquest was closed.

01:04:04: Three other members of the Hilton-Lorrie gang were deceased by the time the 2013 Inquest was underway.

01:04:12: A car accident had claimed Alan Shorty-Lorrie's life in 2001.

01:04:17: Charles took his own life in 1993. Donald Lorry had died in 1994 from a long-standing illness.

01:04:27: According to one friend, Donald had made a deathbed confession, saying,

01:04:33: we killed the nurses. I was there. I didn't do it.

01:04:39: The friend claimed to have reported this to police, who took no significant action.

01:04:47: Those who were still alive were Desmond Hilton, Jimmy O'Neill and Alan Ungy-Lory, all of

01:04:53: whom were aged in their early 60s, when appearing at the inquest or when notably Kaji.

01:05:01: Desmond, who had been warned he could be charged with being an accessory after the fact

01:05:06: for cleaning the car after the others allegedly spoke of giving two girls a hiding, claimed

01:05:11: he had no memory of ever making such a statement to the police.

01:05:17: On the stand, each of the three men attempted to distance themselves from the others,

01:05:22: but denying they were ever friends or spent time together back in the 70s.

01:05:29: Back in 1976, Officer Ian Hamilton of the Toowoomba Police had met with detectives working

01:05:35: the Wilson Evans case to divulge everything he knew about the Green Holden and the Hilton

01:05:40: and lorry men who were associated with it.

01:05:45: It was only through the inquest that he learned no record was ever made of this meeting.

01:05:51: Officer Hamilton told the courier mail.

01:05:55: There is no doubt in my mind that if those leads were followed up, the case would have been solved and solved quickly.

01:06:03: Because the suspects would have been shooting themselves and someone would have squealed.

01:06:09: they would have got them all, I don't know. But someone would have been brought to justice.

01:06:16: Although Lorraine and Wendy's loved ones were disappointed that no tangible justice had been served,

01:06:22: they were grateful that someone had finally been held accountable, and that those suspected

01:06:27: of being involved had been publicly named and changed. Outside court, Lorraine's cousin told reporters,

01:06:37: I don't think they'll be able to walk down the street now and feel comfortable.

01:06:41: I think naming them has probably been the best outcome that we could have here.

01:06:48: Lorraine's brother Eric found peace with the fact that the community was now aware of the criminals walking among them.

01:06:56: Quote,

01:06:57: The mountain of fear that sat on my shoulders can sit on theirs now.

01:07:04: Eric sought permission from the Tuwumba Regional Council to install a memorial plaque in

01:07:09: a park garden in the name of his sister and Wendy Evans.

01:07:15: After some back and forth, Eric's request was denied.

01:07:20: Eric said of the decision,

01:07:23: It was an excellent opportunity to make a man's and acknowledge what happened, not only

01:07:28: to the girls, but the community who have been held hostage for 40 years.

01:07:35: Had it been installed, the plaque would have included the message.

01:07:40: Fear and intimidation must never again silence a community.

01:07:47: The so-called Gold Coast Hitchhiker murderer who is believed to be responsible for the deaths

01:07:53: of Michelle Riley, Gabrielle Janki, Robin Hwynnville Bartram, Anita Cunningham and Margaret

01:07:59: Roseworn, has never been brought to justice.

01:08:04: Investigators don't believe that the Hilton and Laurie gang were involved with these crimes.

01:08:10: Hopes remain that advances in genealogical DNA testing could soon lead to the killer or killers being identified.

01:08:20: A plaque in memory of Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans was installed on the grounds of St. George Hospital in Sydney, where the pair had worked as trainee nurses.

01:08:31: For Lorraine's mother, Betty, it was ironic that her daughter had a particular interest in psychiatric nursing.

01:08:39: Prior to Betty's death, she remarked,

01:08:43: It seems the kind of people Lorraine wanted to help most and ended up killing her.