Current Trial Russell Hill & Carol Clay - Wonnangatta *Pilot Greg Lynn Pleads Not Guilty to Murder

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On the Greg Lynn committal proceedings Crown Prosecutor Mr Dickie said 'It is clear hopefully from the document, and if it's not clear from the document it's clear hopefully from the charges put before the court, that it is alleged of course that the accused acted with murderous intent when he allegedly killed the two victims.'

 

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"Footage has emerged of police helicopters hovering over a remote East Gippsland campsite to arrest high country murder suspect Greg Lynn. It can be revealed Mr Lynn was first spoken to by police last year"

Dang paywall, that's all I can get, so they spoke to him last year, interesting

He was spoken to by police last year over the suspected murders of the pair.

Mr Lynn, 55, is believed to have been asked about his presence in the vicinity of the Wonnangatta Valley earlier in the inquiry.

Police had become aware he had been in the area around March 20, 2020 when Mr Hill and Ms Clay mysteriously disappeared.

He was spoken to by detectives and is believed to have told them he did not see the elderly pair.

The Caroline Springs dad was one of hundreds of people spoken to as part of the state’s biggest missing persons investigations.

He had been under close scrutiny for many months.

He was still being questioned by detectives on Wednesday morning.

It can be revealed Greg Lynn was a long-term member of the Melbourne international shooting club, whose headquarters are based in Port Melbourne.

One source told the Herald Sun he was an enthusiastic member who enjoyed recreational shooting and looked forward to his visits to the club.

It can also be revealed that Mr Lynn had a significant firearm collection consisting of rifles and shotguns.

 

[Zidane98]

Plot twist. Patrol was initially registered as a white nissan wagon. So its been resprayed a few times.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

I'm guessing the convo went nothing like this, but alleged perp seems to have made some grave miscalculations on the face of current reports:

"Hey mate, we're just following up on the campers who disappeared, and believe you may have been in the area around that time?"

"Nah, not me, I do go there occasionally in my BEIGE Patrol with NO trailer, but nowhere near Wonnangatta Valley and I don't know anything about drones or tent fires or anything. Besides, I'm too busy as a pilot, so I rarely get a chance to take my BEIGE Patrol up there, and certainly don't own a trailer. Did I mention I'm a pilot, and I drive a BEIGE Patrol?"

Not sure, I would have thought he would at least mention the Patrol, beige I think!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

He was spoken to by police last year over the suspected murders of the pair.

Mr Lynn, 55, is believed to have been asked about his presence in the vicinity of the Wonnangatta Valley earlier in the inquiry.

Police had become aware he had been in the area around March 20, 2020 when Mr Hill and Ms Clay mysteriously disappeared.

He was spoken to by detectives and is believed to have told them he did not see the elderly pair.

The Caroline Springs dad was one of hundreds of people spoken to as part of the state’s biggest missing persons investigations.

He had been under close scrutiny for many months.

He was still being questioned by detectives on Wednesday morning.

It can be revealed Greg Lynn was a long-term member of the Melbourne international shooting club, whose headquarters are based in Port Melbourne.

One source told the Herald Sun he was an enthusiastic member who enjoyed recreational shooting and looked forward to his visits to the club.

It can also be revealed that Mr Lynn had a significant firearm collection consisting of rifles and shotguns.

Wonder if he went up the hills hunting deer. That’s not automatically clear, he could be a sporting shooter who just goes camping. The fact his weapons are known about and he’s a member of a shooters clubs suggests the weapons collection is nothing nefarious.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

He was spoken to by police last year over the suspected murders of the pair.

Mr Lynn, 55, is believed to have been asked about his presence in the vicinity of the Wonnangatta Valley earlier in the inquiry.

Police had become aware he had been in the area around March 20, 2020 when Mr Hill and Ms Clay mysteriously disappeared.

He was spoken to by detectives and is believed to have told them he did not see the elderly pair.

The Caroline Springs dad was one of hundreds of people spoken to as part of the state’s biggest missing persons investigations.

He had been under close scrutiny for many months.

He was still being questioned by detectives on Wednesday morning.

It can be revealed Greg Lynn was a long-term member of the Melbourne international shooting club, whose headquarters are based in Port Melbourne.

One source told the Herald Sun he was an enthusiastic member who enjoyed recreational shooting and looked forward to his visits to the club.

It can also be revealed that Mr Lynn had a significant firearm collection consisting of rifles and shotguns.

MISC at Port Melbourne is where people usually go for handguns (one of the few), and mandatory rangetime is prerequisite for what is a pain in the butt licence to obtain and keep
They do smallbore indoors, so he may be into precision type target shooting.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Police must have found some significant discrepancies with their prior conversation with him whilst checking out everyone elses alibi's that were in the area at the time to be this confident. There must be more significant evidence then his car being in the area at the time and since re-painted...

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Wonder if he went up the hills hunting deer. That’s not automatically clear, he could be a sporting shooter who just goes camping. The fact his weapons are known about and he’s a member of a shooters clubs suggests the weapons collection is nothing nefarious.

Yeh I'm an avid firearms owner/collector and hunter and do take light offence at how firearms ownership can be thrown around by the news media as some sort of indictment of something dodgy. I might just be overly sensitive to it.

 

[Zidane98]

 

[Zidane98]

He was spoken to by police last year over the suspected murders of the pair.

Mr Lynn, 55, is believed to have been asked about his presence in the vicinity of the Wonnangatta Valley earlier in the inquiry.

Police had become aware he had been in the area around March 20, 2020 when Mr Hill and Ms Clay mysteriously disappeared.

He was spoken to by detectives and is believed to have told them he did not see the elderly pair.

The Caroline Springs dad was one of hundreds of people spoken to as part of the state’s biggest missing persons investigations.

He had been under close scrutiny for many months.

He was still being questioned by detectives on Wednesday morning.

It can be revealed Greg Lynn was a long-term member of the Melbourne international shooting club, whose headquarters are based in Port Melbourne.

One source told the Herald Sun he was an enthusiastic member who enjoyed recreational shooting and looked forward to his visits to the club.

It can also be revealed that Mr Lynn had a significant firearm collection consisting of rifles and shotguns.

Interesting. The coppers reported that the Patrol driver was "unaccounted for". But it seems they already had accounted for who it was and had questioned him. Surely they weren't thrown off by the colour of his Patrol.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Police must have found some significant discrepancies with their prior conversation with him whilst checking out everyone elses alibi's that were in the area at the time to be this confident. There must be more significant evidence then his car being in the area at the time and since re-painted...

The footage of the car itself doesn’t mean much by itself if they already know he was there, but it might contradict his account (ie he said he never left the campsite etc where he’s clearly filmed flying out of there at midnight).

There will have to be more though.

 

[Kurve]

Who knows what happened. Could have been drink driving and hit one or both of them in his car whilst they were out for a walk.

If he accidentally ran them over, or drove over their tent when they were in it for example he can show them where their bodies are and there should be some kind of proof the coroner will find to back that up. It might mean the difference between 25 and 15/12 years jail.

 

[Awakening]

The photos of the patrol in front of his house. One photo shows the car as blue, the other photo shows the car as beige. Photos look to be taken from the same position. Who took these photos? The police? The neighbour? Was someone onto him from the beginning?

 

[nut]

They must have some physical evidence …
It’s all circumstantial at the moment.

 

[nut]

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Wow … I wonder if had reason to change the colour in the past?

 

[footscray1973]

The photos of the patrol in front of his house. One photo shows the car as blue, the other photo shows the car as beige. Photos look to be taken from the same position. Who took these photos? The police? The neighbour? Was someone onto him from the beginning?

Not exactly the same position if you look closer, but I'd ask Kurve the source, being the original poster of the photos. Or maybe Kurve was onto him all along? Maybe Kurve is VicPol and has been using this thread to gather information and assist with the investigation?!

 

[Zidane98]

Are they google street view images?

 

[Kurve]

Not exactly the same position if you look closer, but I'd ask Kurve the source, being the original poster of the photos. Or maybe Kurve was onto him all along? Maybe Kurve is VicPol and has been using this thread to gather information and assist with the investigation?!

Google street view my friend

 

[footscray1973]

Wow … I wonder if had reason to change the colour in the past?

Well, there have been several articles in the media suggesting a link between several disappearances in the high country in recent years, e.g.

Four people have gone missing within a 60km radius in the past year. Their fate remains a mystery

It's not unusual for people to get lost in Victoria's remote and rugged High Country — but it is strange for them to remain missing. That's why the past year has left police and locals baffled.

www.abc.net.au

Maybe it's the same guy, respraying a Patrol after each disappearance?!

 

[footscray1973]

Google street view my friend

Yeah, I know, but there's more fun throwing in a 'conspiracy' suggestion!

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Google street view my friend

How the heck did you find his address? Just virtually drove around CS for a few hours?!
Next time I lose my keys I'm calling you

 

[Kurve]

Does anybody remember at what time the CCTV image was grabbed? I'm trying to get a rough time of when they might have been killed, whether it was light or whether night had already well set.

Because the drunk driving theory as per Whistling Hawk might be good for going straight over their tent with them in it, particularly if it was in the dark.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Does anybody remember at what time the CCTV image was grabbed? I'm trying to get a rough time of when they might have been killed, whether it was light or whether night had already well set.

Because the drunk driving theory as per Whistling Hawk might be good for going straight over their tent with them in it, particularly if it was in the dark.

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One report said about midnight.

Allow for the failed trip north, and I think quite early. It’s 2+ hours from the site.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

Does anybody remember at what time the CCTV image was grabbed? I'm trying to get a rough time of when they might have been killed, whether it was light or whether night had already well set.

Because the drunk driving theory as per Whistling Hawk might be good for going straight over their tent with them in it, particularly if it was in the dark.

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The morning after the events, I read very recently in a police release I believe, that it was early morning and put the timing about right if he had had left the camp ground around midnight

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Does anybody remember at what time the CCTV image was grabbed? I'm trying to get a rough time of when they might have been killed, whether it was light or whether night had already well set.

Because the drunk driving theory as per Whistling Hawk might be good for going straight over their tent with them in it, particularly if it was in the dark.

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Wouldn't have thought so given the tent is so close to the car. Surely if he drove through the tent fast enough to kill them, depending on the direction, he would have either hit the car or the tree.

 

[footscray1973]

Does anybody remember at what time the CCTV image was grabbed? I'm trying to get a rough time of when they might have been killed, whether it was light or whether night had already well set.

Because the drunk driving theory as per Whistling Hawk might be good for going straight over their tent with them in it, particularly if it was in the dark.

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Would there be tyre tracks though if that was the case? Or some indication? Hard to see from that shot how you'd hit a tent and miss the vehicle parked right next to it - not impossible mind you, and could be coming from opposite direction.