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Warning: this article contains the name of an Aboriginal person who has died, and distressing details.
New South Wales Police have announced a two-day search for the remains of an Indigenous teenager who disappeared 35 years ago will begin in Bowraville on Friday.
In September 1990, 16-year-old Colleen Walker-Craig vanished without a trace.
Her disappearance, along with those of her cousin Evelyn Greenup and Clinton Speedy-Duroux, occurred under eerily similar conditions within a span of five months. These unsettling cases have drawn significant attention and concern from the community. Source: Supplied
Ms Walker-Craig was the first of three Aboriginal people to die over a five-month period, deaths which came to be known as the Bowraville Murders.
4-year-old Evelyn Greenup, Ms Walker-Craig’s cousin, disappeared from her family home in the evening of October 4 1990.
Her remains were later discovered with trauma to the skull.
In February of 1991, Clinton Speedy-Duroux also disappeared in similar circumstances to Ms Walker-Craig, following a party.
He was reported missing a day later. His remains were discovered 7 kilometres outside Bowraville two weeks later.
Given the similarity and close occurrence of the three deaths, they have been long presumed the work of a serial killer.
A man was tried for the murders of Clinton and Evelyn in 1994 and 2006 respectively, but was acquitted.
Colleen’s absence was quickly noticed by her family, who reported her missing. Tragically, her clothing, weighted down, was later found submerged in the Nambucca River.
