The Suspects

                                         Fig. 3 Beaumont Children Suspect                                                      Fig. 4 Adelaide Oval Suspect

Here we can see that both of these men have a heart shaped face with a narrow chin and wide forehead. They both have prominent ears, and small, deep-set eyes. They also share thin noses and lips. All of their facial features are the same or quite similar. The Beaumont suspect was described with sandy blonde hair and the Adelaide Oval suspect with brown hair. However, over the course of seven years, his hair could have darkened or it could have been dyed to alter his appearance (Orr, 2011, Pandora.nla.gov.au, 2015 Whiticker and Mullins, 2013).

Many people believe that the same man took these children, and this man is Harry Phipps (Mullins, S, 2015). Photographs taken on the day that show Phipps with the children or related evidence, multiple firsthand accounts naming Harry Phipps or an extensive dig to be done at Phipps company factory, Castalloy, unearthing the children’s remains and any other evidence he may have left behind is the only way to formally and officially accuse him. Unfortunately, there has been no evidence of this kind seen by police. A dig was conducted in March 1967, funded by donations from the public. One square metre was excavated but brought no success. Then in 2013 another excavation took place by the South Australian Police with nothing of interest found. However, according to an anonymous man, he and another were asked by Phipps to dig a grave sized hole in his factory just days after the Beaumont children went missing. He claims that the police dug in the wrong spot as to where he remembers digging the hole. SAPOL have still yet to excavate this said area. Unfortunately, there has been no evidence of this kind seen by police (2, B. and Pangallo, F., 2013, Mullins, S, 2015).

Harry Phipps was described by many, as looking much younger than his 48 years. This coincides with the description of the Beaumont children’s abductor, a man in his mid 30’s to 40’s. He also lived only 250 metres down and alleyway from Colley Reserve, where the children were seen with the man. The man in question brought only a towel and clothing -no keys, no bag. This leads us to assume that he lived close by (Mullins, S, 2015, Whiticker and Mullins, 2013).

Harry Phipps would often give his son Haydn and his friends pound notes to leave him alone on Saturdays. Back then, one pound was a lot of money. Jane Beaumont had purchased lunch with a one-pound note, despite her mother giving her only coins that day. This is another link to Harry Phipps and the Beaumont children (Mullins, S, 2015, Whiticker and Mullins, 2013).

A purse just the same as Janes was found in Phipps basement before his second wife got rid of it. Why would Phipps, his wife or his son have a child’s purse? (Mullins, S, 2015). During an interview with Phipps’ wife, she showed Alan Whittacker and Stuart Mullins the basement, where they saw the bag. When asked about it she claimed that she bought it from a second hand store. The next time they visited, they asked to see the bag, but Phipps wife had gotten rid of it (Whiticker and Mullins, 2013).

One of Australia’s best lie detectors, Steve Van Aperen always found Haydn, Phipps’ son to be telling the truth. This makes us believe him when he described the Beaumont children in his yard that fateful Australia Day. He even described that Jane’s bag had a shoulder strap. Not many people knew of this fact. Haydn would often say that they’re in the sand pit at the factory. What did he mean by this? It is believed that Phipps buried the children in the sandpit at his Castalloy factory. Two men claim of hurriedly digging a pit in Phipps’ factory in the sand pit three days after the children went missing. He didn’t have the men fill in the pit however. This tells that he did not want them to see what was going into the pit. There have been a couple excavations at this site in search of the children but have always been too shallow and not quite in the correct spot according to the two men, whom were both highly respected, who dug the hole for Phipps. Phipps even paid a hefty price in the late 60’s or early 70’s to have one metre of top soil put specifically on the pit for no apparent reason, or so it seemed at the time (Mullins, S, 2015, Whiticker and Mullins, 2013).

Why were the crimes seven years apart and there were none prior to 1966? After paedophiles commit a crime they bury the urge to strike until it builds up and they commit again. As for why no crimes before 1966? Phipps abused his son physically, emotionally and sexually and his urges were being filled (Mullins, S, 2015).

 So here, we have significant links that the Beaumont children, Kirste Gordon, and Joanne Ratcliffe were all abducted and killed by the same man, Harry Phipps and there is evidence that they might have been buried in the yard of his Castalloy factory. The whole yard should be excavated in order to prove, or disprove whether or not Phipps did kill these children.