Talk:Claremont serial killings

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Claremont serial killings article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Crime and Criminal Biography: Serial, mass, and spree killers Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Crime and Criminal Biography articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Crime and Criminal BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Crime and Criminal BiographyCrime-related articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Serial Killer task force (assessed as Low-importance).

Death Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Death, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Death on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.DeathWikipedia:WikiProject DeathTemplate:WikiProject DeathDeath articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Australia: Western Australia / Perth / Crime Low‑importance

	Australia portal Claremont serial killings is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Western Australia (assessed as Mid-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Perth (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Australian crime (assessed as Low-importance).
	Need help improving this article? Ask a Librarian^{What's this?} at the National Library of Australia, or the State Library of Western Australia.
	The Wikimedia Australia chapter can be contacted via email to helpwikimedia.org.au for non-editorial assistance.

Article title[edit]

I live down the road from Claremont and I've never heard it referred to as the Claremont Murders. Its always been the Claremont Serial Killer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.59.187.214 (talk • contribs) .

I created the article, knowing of the crime, but living 2 states away. We get a filtered deal here I guess. What did the media call it before the second murder occured I wonder? :) I'm open to renaming. -- Longhair 07:13, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Prior to the second murder, it was still seen as a "missing persons" case. Anyone who was in WA at the time should remember the "Have You seen Sarah?" campaign - the posters were everywhere. One breakfast radio crew even thought they could make a joke of it (and were promptly ostracised). I seem to remember the term "Claremont Killings" being used at one point in time. But it's been the "Claremont Serial Killer" for most of the time, certainly for as long as the Macro Taskforce has been around. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.12.23.195 (talk) 12:56, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

External Links[edit]

To me it seems extremely ghoulish to post a link to a site called 'find a grave'. I wonder if the external links should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.136.194 (talk) 15:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That was done by a disruptor and sock-puppeteer. The linkage was sloppily-done anyway and uninformative. I've deleted the section. Retarius | Talk 06:39, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Arrest and name[edit]

The name of the suspect may not be that hard to find, but for now, remember it's under a police/media blackout, and is not stated in any of the references provided in the December 2016 section of article. Wait until there is an official source, guys - it won't be long.

And there is: http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/12/23/13/36/man-in-court-for-claremont-serial-killings Helenabella (Talk) 02:44, 23 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Claremont serial murders. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060408160628/http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20030201/news/002.shtml to http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20030201/news/002.shtml

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 18 January 2022).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 21:15, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Balancing Subjects[edit]

I believe this Wikipedia page is developing well. However, I believe that the sections for background information and the arrest itself could include more details and how this was important in solving the case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stanfojl (talk • contribs) 17:35, 4 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Still serial killings with only two known victims?[edit]

Seems the verdict has ramifications for the title, unless serial killers don't need three or more kills in Australia. Or maybe it's become a common enough name in news that it should remain, regardless. Possibly complicated, discuss? InedibleHulk (talk) 17:27, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

According to serial killer, 3 is a normal start point (and until yesterday, that was the suspected victim count in this case). However, CSK now also represents the common name of this case, irrespective of the actual confirmed numbers too (as more than 2 victims are still suspected). Thanks. JabberJaw (talk) 21:24, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:52, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Judge concluded he was most likely "involved" in Sarah Spiers disappearance. However, they haven't found her body yet. So it isn't confirmed she's dead much less that Edwards killed her. He probably did though. 2001:8003:8024:B700:302E:8650:AA28:896E (talk) 14:17, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category: Unsolved murders in Australia[edit]

Should the article remain in this category, considering that 2/3 of the case is officially solved? Greyjoy^talk 07:30, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well the article still includes one unsolved killing. Mitch Ames (talk) 13:07, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. Greyjoy^talk 14:37, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Perth Football Club Brad Edwards is a different person[edit]

There was a Brad Edwards (also born 1968) who played a few games for Perth Demons in the WAFL competition in 1988. The source is Alan East, From Redlegs to Demons (2005 history book of the club). This might be worth adding to the article given that Huntingdale is part of Perth's suburban recruitment zone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C8:9C32:F001:58F5:6B72:B732:B82D (talk) 18:11, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Source not specific enough[edit]

Reference 2, a true crime documentary, must be cited more specifically, i.e. time of statement, who made the claim Billsmith60 (talk) 23:22, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]