The Girls Who Disappeared: Murder in a Small Town

Channel 5 +1

11:00 PM to 1:05 AM

Wednesday 3 July

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In 1996, women began to disappear off the streets of Claremont, sending shockwaves through the wealthy suburb of Perth and all of Australia. A community lived in fear and the perpetrator simply disappeared, leaving behind a chilling trail of rape and murder. It took more than 20 years and the assistance of FBI profilers and British forensic experts to uncover the identity of the killer, who was someone already in the system. Through the lens of the surviving victims, this documentary reveals how society can enable a serial killer to hide in plain sight - and the devastating legacy of a series of terrifying disappearances