The what-if moments that are haunting the Claremont serial killings trial

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The what-if moments that are haunting the Claremont serial killings trial
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The fateful decisions unwittingly made by three young women on the nights they vanished, and the chances missed to report suspicious events, are exposed at the trial of Bradley Edwards for the so-called Claremont serial killings.

It is the"what-if" moments during the final hours of murder victims Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon that must haunt their families, even more than 20 years later.

What if Ciara's hesitation about joining her colleagues for drinks in Claremont following a St Patrick's Day function at her work in March 1997, had meant she instead headed directly home? Edwards, 51 and a former Telstra technician, is accused of either forcing or enticing the women into his work vehicle after they left popular nightspots in Claremont, then murdering them and dumping their bodies.

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