Joseph Schwab

14 June

Five days later, three locals who went fishing overnight, Phillip Walkemeyer (26), his fiancée Julie Warren (25), and their friend, Terry Bolt (36), were shot dead hundreds of kilometres away in neighbouring Western Australia in similar circumstances at a campsite at the Pentecost River Crossing near Wyndham. They were reported missing the next day after not appearing at work, and colleagues (two of whom had camped with them the day before) returned to the site and found their burnt Toyota and traces of blood. A seven-member team of police officers from the Tactical Response Group and an officer from the forensic division were rushed by chartered jet from Perth to Kununurra to assist Kimberley police with the apprehension of the suspect. Forensics identified the weapon used in the murders as a Ruger Mini-14 .223 semi-automatic rifle. The killer was suspected to be driving a white Toyota 4Runner raised the alarm after spotting a camouflaged vehicle in bushland near Fitzroy Crossing. The crime was also featured on Casefile True Crime Podcast, case 70, aired December 2017.