Milat 'not only serial killer'

Tara Ravens
AAP
NEWS.com.au
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Backpacker murderer Ivan Milat might not have been the only serial killer preying on young people in NSW in the 1980s, an inquest into the disappearance of two nurses heard today.
NSW Deputy Coroner Carl Milovanovich found that nurses Gillian Jamieson and Deborah Balken died a few days after they were last seen at Parramatta's Tollgate Hotel in 1980.
The two 19-year-old women, who shared a flat in the Sydney suburb of Dundas, left the bar with a man in dirty work clothes after telling friends they were going to a party in Wollongong.
At the time, Milat was working less than 2km away at the then Department of Main Roads.
The 60-year-old is serving a life sentence for the murder of seven backpackers between 1989 and 1992.
Detective Sergeant Ian McNab today named Milat as one of four men considered key persons of interest in the disappearance of the two nurses.
During a police interview at Goulburn Prison in 2004, Milat denied having met the women.
"He said he did not know them or about their disappearance," Insp McNab said, adding that Milat also told him he did not visit hotels and rarely drank.
After hearing a police brief of evidence compiled over 26 years, Mr Milovanovich told Westmead Coroner's Court "it is a reasonable finding" the women died soon after their disappearance.
But there was not enough evidence to satisfy a jury that Milat was involved in their disappearance, he said.
"Unfortunately, his name comes up in every missing person's case I deal with," Mr Milovanovich said.
22/05/06