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Australian serial killer Ivan Milat dies in jail

Ivan Milat smiles in a police car after attending court, on 4 November 1997.

Ivan Milat smiles in a police car after attending court, on 4 November 1997. Source: AAP

Ivan Milat, whose grisly serial killings of seven young backpackers horrified Australians in the early 1990s, has died in a Sydney jail.



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