There are 3 main suspects, for The Family Members:
Suspect 1
What we know for sure
- An eastern suburbs businessman. Live in Eastern suburbs very close to his business
- His business is/was on a main Eastern suburbs shopping strip
- His business is/was a 2 storey building
- In one of the rooms upstairs there was just a mattress on the floor (not evidence was found when examined)
- He visited von Einem the night von Einem was first questioned
- He visited von Einem in prison soon after conviction
- Police monitored him when we was a suspect. Every day he came to work at the same time, then locked up for lunch at 12pm, went cruising the gay beats, came back at 1pm after lunch, then when closing his shop instead of going home which was close by, he went cruising the gay beats again. Everyday he was looking for men.
- At the time of murders he lived with suspect 2 - The Doctor Stephen Woodards (please refer to Electoral role where they can be found)
- He was still in Adelaide as of a few years back running same business
- Suspect 1 was referred to as "Mr R" in court.
What we can speculate
- His shop is/was on one of Melbourne St North Adelaide, Magill Road Maylands, The Parade Norwood
- To be able to leave his shop everyday for lunch suggests he sells high end goods that are slow moving. You can't leave a newsagent, chemist, bakery, florist, fashion store at lunch time. I would suggest antiques, art, gemstones, maybe even a music store like a piano store. Or maybe an adult shop.
- He was with von Einem when Richard Kelvin was abducted. Police believe this to be the case but ultimately there is no proof
- He was with von Einam and Alan Barnes after Barnes was abducted. Witness "Mr B" claims he was there when Barnes was out cold and suspect 1 arrived after von Einem had called him to join in.
What is unclear
- Is suspect 1 still in Adelaide and is he still running his shop?
- What does R stand for in Mr R? First name or second?
Suspect 2
What we know for sure
- His name for starters: Stephen George Woodards
- He's an Adelaide doctor who now lives in Bondi, NSW
- At the time of the murders he was living with suspect 1
- At the time he was also the lover of a high profile Adelaide lawyer
- Police know Woodard and his lover were drugging and raping dudes
- Supplied von Einem a plethora of date rape drugs
- He was charged in 2011 on 5 counts of raping a male under 17
What we can speculate
- In 1982 he committed the rapes in St Peters. Is this where he was living with suspect 1? It's very close to those 3 shopping strips I suggested.
What is unclear
- Who was his high profile lawyer lover?
Suspect 3
What we know for sure
- A close friend of von Einem and suspect 1 and a former male prostitute (Possibly Pru Firman)
What we can speculate
- This guy is the witness known as "Mr B". Made a lot of statements about von Einem from day one. Told police in the original investigation about how he and von Einem were picking up hitchhikers, drugging them, and raping them. He's a dodgy guy but police believe his information to be true. He told them stuff that over time matched up with what they discovered about von Einem.
- "Mr B" always claimed he left just before von Einem murdered people. "I was there, didn't like it, left, then met up with von Einem 2 weeks later to pick up and rape dome more dudes". This guy had to be more involved that he made out. One police officer thinks this guy has serial killer like qualities.
Others:
Gary Wayne Place: witness who testified in 1988
Derrance Stevenson – Gay lawyer murdered in 1979. His 19 year old boyfriend was convicted but some doubt he is guiltY.
Gino "Luigi" Gambardella: Chiropractor, friend of von Einem, was picking up and sexually assaulting blokes in 70s. Left for Europe when he was being investigated. Not considered a Family suspect. Police trying to locate him in Europe to get info on the Family.
I have no idea if any of the above are in The family. Just a lot of sexual assaults back in the 70s.