The satin man : uncovering the mystery of the missing Beaumont children / Alan Whiticker with Stuart Mullins.
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TextPublisher: Chatswood, NSW : New Holland, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Revised and updatedDescription: 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates. : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781742573083Subject(s): Beaumont, Jane | Beaumont, Arnna | Beaumont, Grant | Harrison, Hank | Abduction -- South Australia -- Glenelg -- Case studies | Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- South Australia -- Glenelg | Missing children -- South Australia -- Glenelg -- Case studiesDDC classification: 364.1540994231 Summary: The mystery of the Beaumont Children remained unsolved because of the failure to identify a suspect, a man seen 'frolicking' with the children on a grassy reserve the day they disappeared but also because of a lack of witnesses and the absence of crime scene evidence. This is the story of Mullins' obsession with the case and his efforts to have South Australian Police (SAPOL) investigate 'The Satin Man'. The book lays out everything that has been discovered about 'the man', with a view to establishing a coronial enquiry into allegations that a local man of wealth and social position, and who lived 500 metres from where the children were last seen, was involved in the disappearance of the three children.
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First published in 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216).
The mystery of the Beaumont Children remained unsolved because of the failure to identify a suspect, a man seen 'frolicking' with the children on a grassy reserve the day they disappeared but also because of a lack of witnesses and the absence of crime scene evidence. This is the story of Mullins' obsession with the case and his efforts to have South Australian Police (SAPOL) investigate 'The Satin Man'. The book lays out everything that has been discovered about 'the man', with a view to establishing a coronial enquiry into allegations that a local man of wealth and social position, and who lived 500 metres from where the children were last seen, was involved in the disappearance of the three children.
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