The Frankston Murders: 25 Years On

Twenty-five years ago, serial killer Paul Denyer terrorised the bayside suburb of Frankston.

It began on 11 June when Elizabeth Stevens was murdered on her way home from the library. Then, on 8 July, Debbie Fream left her new baby boy with a friend while she dashed out for milk. She was abducted and killed. Three weeks later, Year 12 student, Natalie Russell, was brutally murdered on her way home from school.

Melbourne residents lived in fear, as the Frankston area was flooded with police hun...