Murder of Denise McGregor

Denise McGregor (1966–78) was an Australian schoolgirl from Pascoe Vale, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. She was kidnapped, raped and murdered on 20 March 1978. McGregor's assailant was never identified, and the case remains one of Melbourne's most infamous cold cases.

Abduction and aftermath
Denise was abducted as she was returning home from running errands to a local milk bar at the corner of Westgate and Anderson streets, Pascoe Vale, around 7.30pm.

The brutality of the murder was such that a pathologist described her injuries as being like those suffered by plane crash victims. A police re-enactment that screened at the time was reported to the broadcasting authorities as being excessively graphic, but the police chief said that it was toned down from what had happened to McGregor.

Robert Arthur Selby Lowe, convicted of the murder of Sheree Beasley, was a suspect in the murders of Denise McGregor and Kylie Maybury, but DNA evidence did not show any connection.

See also
List of kidnappings
List of unsolved murders

References

Category:1966 births
Category:1970s missing person cases
Category:1978 deaths
Category:Female murder victims
Category:Formerly missing people found dead
Category:Kidnapped Australian children
Category:Missing person cases in Australia
Category:Murdered Australian children
Category:Rape in Australia
Category:Unsolved murders in Australia