Convicted murderer Ronald Joseph Buckland who was accused of killing Perth teenager Radina Djukich, who disappeared almost three decades ago, has died in hospital from cancer.
A convicted murderer accused of killing a Perth teenager who disappeared almost three decades ago has died in hospital from cancer.Ronald Joseph Buckland was charged with her manslaughterRonald Joseph Buckland, 70, was due to stand trial in December accused of injecting 14-year-old Radina Djukich with a deadly substance before burying her body in bushland.Ms Djukich was last seen alive in May 1992 leaving her home in the Perth suburb of North Beach.
A year after Ms Djuckich's disappearance, Buckland murdered his 18-year-old girlfriend Victoria Robinson, after an argument, and buried her body in bushland near Yanchep in Perth's north.He was jailed for life with a 20-year minimum, and it was when he became eligible for parole that police charged him with killing Ms Djukich.after police received fresh information about her disappearance.
Buckland's death comes a day after cold case police officers conducted a new search of bushland at Yanchep to try to find Ms Djukich's remains.
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