![]() ![]() ( Supplied: Victoria Police) Police not looking for more suspects Police are looking for this trailer in connection with the alleged murders. The past 20 months have been an incredibly difficult time for them and I know their grief remains as raw as ever."Īssistant Commissioner Hill said police were "indebted" to the media and the community for their support, which had played a part in the investigations. "My heartfelt thoughts are with both the Hill and Clay families. "Police are hopeful that we will be able to locate the deceased and provide ultimate closure to the families," he said. He said detectives identified a crime scene on Thursday morning within the Great Alpine area and forensic specialists would start searching at the location in the coming days.īut Assistant Commissioner Hill declined to reveal the exact location. "Our efforts to locate the remains of Russell and Carol will continue," Assistant Commissioner Hill said. However, he said, the investigation was far from over. He said that, during the "extraordinary" investigation, police interviewed numerous people, inspected vehicles, analysed data and adopted "unique investigative techniques". 'Extraordinary' investigation led to the arrest, police sayĪssistant Commissioner Hill said police had been combing the Victorian countryside for the past 20 months for human remains or any clues that would provide answers to the mystery. The officers arrested the 55-year-old from Caroline Springs in Melbourne's west and seized his Nissan Patrol for forensic testing. On Monday night, special operations officers descended on a campsite near Moroka Road at Arbuckle Junction, roughly 55 kilometres south of the Wonnangatta Valley. The campsite was later found burnt out, but Mr Hill's four-wheel drive was still there.Īssistant Commissioner Hill said police had established by mid-2020 that it was unlikely that the missing couple were alive. ![]() The couple were last heard from on March 20, 2020, from their remote Wonnangatta Valley campsite in the Victorian high country. "We are hoping this arrest brings us a step closer to providing the answers the families have been desperately seeking and richly deserve," he said. Victoria Police Crime Command Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill said Mr Lynn would appear in the Sale Magistrates' Court on Friday morning. ![]()
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