Joanne Ratcliffe, 11, and Kirste Gordon, 4, were abducted in 1973.
In his first-ever interview, Tony Kilmartin says he was selling lollies and ice cream with his brother at an Australian rules game, when he saw victims Joanne Ratcliffe, 11, and Kirste Gordon, 4, being taken in 1973.
"When the siren had gone, people were buying and grabbing stuff and at that moment is when the screams started," he said." one go under the arm ... and the other one just pulling on him, screaming the words 'no' and 'let her go'," he said."I just watched them go towards the gate ... and that was the last I'd seen," Kilmartin said.Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon were never seen again.
Archival vision from the time shows him giving a description to police, however, the identity of the abductor remains one of Australia's biggest mysteries.Since that day, Kilmartin has been shown photos of a multitude of suspects and he says the deceased Stanley Hart most resembles the man he saw.Hart was a known paedophile and a devoted supporter of the North Adelaide Football Club, which was one of the two teams that played at Adelaide Oval on the day of the abduction.
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