The boyd of Adele Bailey (pictured) was found in an abandoned Victorian mine shaft by two men exploring in 1995 - 17 years after she went missing She had worked as a prostitute in St Kilda where she met now 68-year-old Bandali 'Ben' Debs who years later would be jailed for the murders of two other sex workers and two Victoria Police officers who unwittingly pulled him over.ĭetectives tasked with the investigation under Operation Kale identified alleged corrupt cop Denis Tanner as a prime suspect who had arrested Ms Bailey in a sex worker crackdown a few months prior to her September 1978 disappearance.ĭetectives visiting the mineshaft in 1995 noted it was located near to a property owned by the Tanner family and where Mr Tanner's sister-in-law was found dead in suspected foul play in 1984. A tip-off to police that a serial killer could have been responsible for the cold case murder of a sex worker whose body was found in an abandoned mine shaft was largely ignored by detectives.Īdele Bailey's body was found by two men exploring the 'Jack of Clubs' mineshaft in Bonnie Doone, Victoria, in 1995 after she disappeared 17 years earlier.

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