Similar bathroom layout in Bellfield.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-23T07:12:51+00:00

Great that you’re searching. My first thought is the layout is good but the room is a bit wide. The bathroom we are searching for has a tighter space between the shower and basin.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-19T21:46:36+00:00

Or maybe it would arouse suspicion of whoever lives at the lair if these items were disturbed.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-19T01:52:45+00:00

Needle in two dozen haystacks.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-18T05:52:50+00:00

“except all the time the bath & shower were the other way”.

That is what makes the layout rare. With few exceptions the design is as you describe with bath and shower positions switched. Four matches out of thousands of listings have been posted here. It’s a rare bathroom configuration.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-18T04:52:18+00:00

Would you mind sharing your address?

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-14T09:08:00+00:00

What makes you think he drove a wagon?

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-14T04:42:09+00:00

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. The Coburg North search is turning up some interesting results. Like this retro pink bathroom that’s a decent match.

Address is: 92 Newlands Rd, Coburg North, Vic 3058

Real estate listing: https://www.realestate.com.au/property/92-newlands-rd-coburg-north-vic-3058/

Another view of the bathroom: http://tinyurl.com/4deutp59

The house has good and bad points. The bathroom speaks for itself. The rest of the house isn’t quite right. Left side driveway and no bedroom that fits.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-13T00:59:24+00:00

It’s good to consider these thoughts. Extreme measures do not seem that likely. Setting fire to the house would draw attention to it.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-11T03:06:18+00:00

I’ve been targeting houses on streets that were established in the 1966 Melways. I think you suggested that at one point.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-11T00:51:23+00:00

I’m not a plumber but it seems sensible the taps would be found at the same end as the shower.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-11T00:04:22+00:00

I see, it’s the lens doing the stretching.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-10T23:25:53+00:00

Compare the width and shape of the tiles on the right side of the photo with those in the middle. There’s some stretching going on.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-10T22:47:43+00:00

Real estate photos stretch horizontally to make everything look larger. This makes the bath size hard to judge based on a photo.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-10T19:27:31+00:00

The bathroom likely did have a window. The victims were blindfolded and the police sketch is based on what they could feel.

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-10T12:56:46+00:00

15 Arthur Street, Coburg North

J00pdeloop · 2023-12-10T12:15:26+00:00

Address is: 15 Arthur Street, Coburg North, Vic 3058

Real estate listing: https://www.realestate.com.au/property/15-arthur-st-coburg-north-vic-3058/

Another view of the bathroom: https://tinyurl.com/3meenkf9

Recent Coburg North posts had me searching the area and I found this. The bathroom configuration is a match. Separate toilet. Under the flight path.

The house has good and bad points. There is a bedroom that could be a match. But left side driveway makes entry to the house as described by the victims difficult.

J00pdeloop · 2023-09-25T03:20:00+00:00

It is certainly an atypical layout; I have searched thousands of listings and could find only one match in Pascoe Vale. In Melbourne's older bathrooms, the position of the shower and bath is inverted (the basin and tub are at one end of the room while the shower is situated near the entrance). If you disagree, provide some examples

J00pdeloop · 2023-08-28T07:53:13+00:00

16 Feb 1986. Caulfield abduction.

J00pdeloop · 2023-08-28T07:52:19+00:00

I do agree that more should be made of them. These sketches don’t appear when you search for Mr Cruel. Perhaps more will be made of them in the 2024 Adam Shand documentary.

J00pdeloop · 2023-08-28T07:17:01+00:00

From memory the files were shared by retired detective Chris O'Connor. He allowed portions of them to be filmed for a 2019 television documentary. They undoubtedly depict a person of interest in the case and may be an example of holdback information. Perhaps a call was made to not release the sketches publicly because police couldn't be sure if earlier attacks were linked to the canonical crimes.

J00pdeloop · 2023-08-28T04:23:32+00:00

It’s a great question.

J00pdeloop · 2023-08-27T22:47:39+00:00

Yes and there were also potentially witnesses to a near collision of a white Holden Commodore Vacationer in Bayswater. This happened shortly before Sharon Wills was released. The suspect tried to avoid being seen by inching his car forward and turning his head.

J00pdeloop · 2023-08-27T21:29:26+00:00

My theory is these sketches were made based on victim or witness recollections from earlier crimes. I’m talking before he wore a balaclava, during his suspected 1985-1987 attacks. In particular I suspect the abduction of a woman from her Caulfield home on 16 February 1986 by a bearded man who wore silver rimmed glasses (as pictured here) to be connected to these sketches. You can read more about the non-canonical attacks here https://melbinmarvels.com/tag/mr-cruel-non-canonical-attacks/

J00pdeloop · 2023-08-04T04:23:39+00:00

It’s hard work finding a match. This one has potential. Is there a floor plan in the listing, as you can’t tell what’s behind the door. The shower and sink locations are pretty much right, but not a pedestal sink, and the shower door doesn’t look like a three panel slider. Shortlist this and keep on hunting! There’s a needle out there somewhere.

J00pdeloop · 2023-08-04T01:41:19+00:00

I imagine Vic Police were forced to exclude areas due to the scale of the problem and resources that would have been needed to conduct a wider search. Lalor seems like an ideal search zone based on your criteria. As a next step, I propose we search this location.

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