MIKHEL, IOURI & JURIJUS KADAMOVAS: Crime Stories TV - Murderpedia online -
An autopsy revealed that the blood on the bridge matched that of the victim ... The identity of the body was unknown. Crime Stories: The Russians are Killing
In Los Angeles three separate investigations were looking into the disappearances of real estate developer Meyer Muscatel, financial consultant Rita Peckler and car customiser Alex Umansky. ibid.
There were other trails to follow: the faxes from Russia, the bank account in Dubai and the calls Umansky made from a mobile phone that was not his. ibid.
The bodies ... were recovered from the depths of the reservoir. ibid.
Mikhel remained the ringleader. ibid.
They were condemned to death. ibid.
Jurijus Kadamovas (1966-) and Iouri Mikhel (1965-) are two Russian immigrants to the United States currently on Federal death row for 5 kidnapping for ransom related murders. The kidnappings occurred over a four-month period beginning in late 2001, in which the kidnappers demanded ransom. Documents related to the case allege the crew demanded a total of more than $5.5 million from relatives and associates, and received more than $1 million from victim’s relatives.
Prosecutors said the victims were killed regardless of whether the ransoms were paid. The bodies were tied with weights, and dumped in a reservoir near Yosemite National Park. Federal prosecutors sought the death penalty under murder during a hostage-taking, a federal crime.
On March 12 2007 Kadamovas and Mikhel were sentenced to death. Murderpedia online article
MILAM, BLAINE & JESSICA CARSON: Werner Herzog on Death Row TV - Houston News online -
This is Blaine Milam – the prison system refers to him as 999558. At the time of his conviction he was the youngest inmate on Texas Death Row. Werner Herzog on Death Row s2e3: Blaine Milam, Channel 4 2013
A little girl was found dead ... Spiralling down meant both of them [mother of girl and Blaine] apparently became delusional caused by their belief in forces of demons and Blaine’s use of methamphetamines. ibid.
Labeled by prosecutors as a ‘monster’ who deserves ‘the ultimate penalty’, convicted murderer Blaine Keith Milam was sentenced late Thursday night to die by lethal injection for his role in the beating death of his girlfriend’s daughter.
Milam, 20, was convicted of capital murder May 17 for killing 13-month-old Amora Carson, the daughter of his girlfriend, Jessica Carson.
Amora Carson died from blunt-force trauma inflicted on her December 2nd 2008. Milam and Jessica Carson, both of Rusk County, said they repeatedly struck the toddler with an unknown object in an attempt to remove demons from the child during an exorcism. An expert during the trial said 23 of 24 bite marks found on Amora Carson’s body belonged to Milam. Houston News online article 27th May 2010
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Seven young lives cut short by a serial killer known as the Backpacker Murderer. Australian Families of Crime s1e2: Ivan Milat: Backpacker Bloodshed, Nine Network 2010
Did he act alone? ibid.
Richard Milat not only boasted to others at the time about being involved, some of the victims’ belongings were found on his property. ibid.
As he became an adult, nothing got in Ivan’s way. ibid.
When police came calling, the hardest part was getting past mum. ibid.
Police learned of Ivan Milat’s trial for abduction and rape twenty years before. ibid.
The two-killer theory persists. ibid.
Bearing in mind that some of the victims were travelling in pairs, and having regard to the way in which they appeared to have been bound or otherwise restrained, it was possible that one person was involved. Murray Gleeson, NSW Chief Justice February 1998
I did wonder how many more bodies we would find. Clive Small, chief investigator
A young traveller’s worst nightmare: miles from home, no-one knows where they are. The victims were from all over the world. Seven young backpackers were killed in two and a half years. They had little chance of escape. Crimes that Shook the World: Ivan Milat, 2006
As the search began the bodies were identified by dental records. ibid.
The Milat family were now what the police called ‘persons of interest’. ibid.
Ivan liked guns like his brothers. ibid.
With Milat under arrest the search for evidence began. ibid.
Did Ivan Milat operate alone? Or was there a second killer? ibid.
On 19th September 1992 two orienteers discovered the body of a young woman in an Australian forest. Nearby, the police uncovered another shallow grave. The detectives were soon searching for one of Australia’s most notorious killers. Crime Stories: Ivan Milat
Joanne [Walters] and Caroline [Clarke] weren’t the only backpackers to have mysteriously disappeared around that time. ibid.
News of more bodies in Belanglo Forest spread fast. ibid.
Dubbed the Backpacker Killer. ibid.
An intriguing pattern: one local family with the surname Milat seemed to have been named in numerous tips from the public. ibid.
Today Ivan Milat remains behind bars in Australia; he continues to deny any involvement in the backpacker murders. ibid.
Ivan Robert Milat was the third son of a Croatian migrant and an Australian mother. Murder Trail: Ivan Milat CI 2013
The smallest thing would send him into a rage. ibid.
Five bodies had now turned up in less than four weeks ... The total was now seven. ibid.
Ivan Milat was Australia’s worst serial killer. From 1989 to 1992 he abducted, robbed, sexually molested, tortured and murdered seven backpackers. He hid their bodies in the Belanglo forest south of Sydney. Did the harsh environment Milat grew up in put him on the inevitable path or was he born to kill? Born to Kill? s1e6: Ivan Milat, Sky 2007
Little did these adventurers know that they were about to cross paths with one of the most notorious serial killers in Australian history: Ivan Milat. True Crime Recaps: When Backpacking in Australia Goes Terribly Wrong, Youtube 18.05, 2023
What started as a peaceful adventure for eight backpackers quickly turned into a nightmare down under. ibid.