Robert Joe Wagner was a cold – blooded murderer. He was found to be the leader of the perpetrators, in the case Snowtown murders which happened between August 1992 and May 1999, in and around Adelaide, South Australia. A fourth person, Mark Haydon, was convicted for helping to dispose of the bodies. The trial was one of the longest and most publicised in Australian legal history.
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Who Was Robert Joe Wagner?
Robert Joe Wagner was born 28 November 1971 in Parramatta, New South Wales. He was befriended by John Justin Bunting in 1991. Bunting encouraged Wagner to assist in the various murders. Moreover, John Justin Bunting was found to be the leader of the perpetrators.
Where Is Robert Joe Wagner Now?
Robert Joe Wagner was convicted of committing murders. The trial of Robert lasted almost twelve months, the longest in the history of South Australia. Snowtown, also known as The Snowtown Murders, a feature film based upon the life of John Bunting, was released in Australia on 19 May 2011.
In 2011, after a judge lifted all the suppression orders from the case, details of the story were finally allowed to be published to the public.
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Robert Joe Wagner: Snowtown Murders
Robert Joe Wagner killed, Clinton Trezise, on 31 August 1992, body found 16 August 1994. Further, he killed Ray Davies, 26, on December 1995, body found 26 May 1999.
Suzanne Allen, Bunting’s ex-girlfriend, 47, died November 1996, body found 23 May 1999 (perpetrators were tried but not found guilty as a result of a hung jury; her case was never tried again, but it is believed she was likely a victim of Bunting).
Michelle Gardiner (Born Michael Gardiner), 19, killed September 1997, body found 20 May 1999. Then, Vanessa Lane (Born Barry Lane), Wagner’s ex-partner, 42, killed October 1997, body found 20 May 1999.
Thomas Trevilyan Vanessa Lane’s last partner, 18, killed 5 November 1997, body found 5 November 1997 in Kersbrook.
Gavin Porter, Vlassakis’s friend, 29, killed April 1998, body found 20 May 1999. Troy Youde, Vlassakis’s half-brother, 21, killed August 1998, body found 20 May 1999. Frederick Brooks, 18, killed September 1998, body found 20 May 1999. Gary O’Dwyer, 29, killed October 1998, body found 20 May 1999. Elizabeth Haydon, Mark Haydon’s wife and Frederick Brooks’s aunt, 37, killed 21 November 1998, body found 20 May 1999. David Johnson, Vlassakis’s stepbrother, 24, killed 9 May 1999, body found 20 May 1999.
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