Case 46: The Frankston and Tynong North Serial Killer

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🗓️ 18 February 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In the 18 month period between May 1980 and October 1981, six women went missing from the Frankston and Tynong North areas in Melbourne’s south-east. The victims – Bertha Miller, Catherine Headland, Ann-Marie Sargent, Narumol Stephenson, Allison Rooke and Joy Summers – were later found murdered and dumped in remote scrubland. Obvious efforts had been made by the offender to prevent the victims from being identified.

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0:43.9	Frankston is a base-eyed council of Melbourne, as well as a suburb itself, with around 135,000
0:50.1	people residing there. It sits 40 kilometres, or 25 miles, south-east from the centre of
0:56.4	Melbourne, and includes a varied mix of affluent areas, as well as inexpensive and council
1:01.6	housing. It has a mixed reputation, with Frankston North renowned for drugs and crime, and
1:08.4	with the south more wealthy and scenic, with sweeping views of Port Phillip Bay and huge
1:13.1	houses nestled in the hills. You've heard about Frankston before on this podcast,
1:19.3	Case 23, the Frankston serial killer. But before Paul Daniel, there was another serial
1:26.0	killer hunting in Frankston.
1:28.0	Alison Rook was a 60-year-old widow who lived with her pet, Baji, in a red brick flat on
1:56.4	Hannah Street, Frankston North. On Friday, the 30th of May, 1980, Alison was experiencing
2:02.8	car trouble with her EK Holden. She ditched the car and decided to catch a bus along the
2:08.3	Frankston Dendon Road instead. Alison had to go grocery shopping and visit the real estate
2:14.3	agent to pay a bill. About 11am, she was seen by neighbors leaving her flat, walking
2:20.0	towards the bus stop on Frankston Dendon Road.
2:23.4	Alison never placed her grocery order and didn't make it to the real estate agent. The bus
2:29.4	driver working the route that they couldn't recall picking Alison up. Alison's daughter,
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