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    "Justice Denied"
    "Justice Denied"
    "Justice Denied"
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    "Justice Denied"

    By Rodd Clark

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    The city of Adelaide was a beautiful village of laid-back citizens until serial murder struck the town and the continuing saga of the murder of five beautiful boys would forever change the city and mark it citizens by the Infamous "Family Murders" which occurred in the late 70's through the early 80's. The butchered boys of Adelaide would tarnish the town and let it be known as "The City of Corpses"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRodd Clark
    Release dateDec 3, 2013
    ISBN9781310625480
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      "Justice Denied" - Rodd Clark

      Justice Denied

      Hiding in plain view in the City of Corpses

      By

      Rodd Clark

      Copyright 2014 © by Rodd Clark

      Published by Smashwords

      The city of Adelaide Australia covers about 12 miles, and borders the waters of the Gulf of St. Vincent while sitting comfortably between the low hills of the Mount Lofty Ranges. As the capital city of South Australia, it is a city the residents took back from the ever encroaching bushlands of the region. It now claims fame of urban sophistication and an inviting Mediterranean climate. It has just enough rainfall to keep the bushland from reclaiming the city and spoiling the sprawl of townhomes and quaint businesses that line the streets. It harbors dark secrets as well; those that manage to evade the limelight, and are only hinted at by residents who are eager to keep silent on the tragedies that taint their town.

      A dark pall enveloped Adelaide from the mid-seventies. It held its grip for over a decade, and in some corners of the city…still exists. It began with a murder; it became complicated with additional murders and equally became the unflinching view of what powers some respected souls possessed, while illustrating the substantial lack of powers that still other souls were saddled with. The coming murders would rock a belief system previously held by its citizens; it provided a loss of innocence for many, proving that justice was a luxury that was not always afforded to everyone. The rift of impartiality would prove wide-spread. It covered victims and their families, as well as a cultural sub-sect within the community - demonstrating to everyone who paid attention that we were not all equal under the eyes of the law or the morays of the society we all held as sacrosanct.

      The task or recognizing where freedom meet rights, while differentiating between justice for a small percentage, and a demand for justice from a larger whole, was made unachievable. It is a difficult line drawn in the sand. It is made more difficult when victims arise from the struggle, and when a boy is murdered and a killer escapes penitence.

      Adelaide is, and has always been, considered a beautiful city, aptly named the City of Gardens for a time. It was equally known as the City of Churches due to the abundance of houses of worship that seemed to dot every corner and every intersection. Over half the citizens consider themselves to be Christian yet in the 2011 census an alarming ratio of Adelaide citizens denied affiliation within a particular religion. Adelaide seemed to be a city steeped in belief, yet unbound by religious conviction. Yet Catholic & Anglican churches still held presence and seemed to hold sway over a community that was quickly losing faith. As it would become apparent in time, Adelaide may have once been a thriving community built on faith…but now was becoming a community that seemed to be defeated by their own conviction. Adelaide would eventually become known as The City of Corpses, it was difficult to hold onto faith when an appalling number of horrific murders gave your town such an infamous moniker.

      South Australians have always been a reverent people; the two largest churches have always been The Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania which was renamed in 1981 to the new Anglican Church of Australia. The sectarianism of each religion seemed to be based on a greater sense of propriety. Both major religions were constantly fighting to prove their ‘greater moral good’ over the other. Australia held the largest Christian denomination in the world until the 1900’s. Much like in the United States, an influx of land grabbing colonist trying to enforce religion on the indigenous people would prove disastrous. Whether you were Native American Indians or Bush Aborigines fighting to maintain your culture was an uphill battle. Since Australia was colonized with Irish convicts banished from the Church of England, it created a clash between the morally superior religious zealots, and those seeking religious freedom. It undoubtedly was why the nation moved the Roman Catholic Church into the number one denomination, and pushed the staunch Church of England into second place. Power had shifted and a country built by religious persecution became a county willing to stand on its own, as maturing peoples, weary of what religious conviction could do to a person’s character.

      It did not help the faithful citizens of Adelaide that so much murder would eventually taint their town. The capital city was small in comparison to other capital cities, and with such a small number of residents, the major crimes per capita gave The City of Corpses a notoriety they did not desire or deserve. And it began early in their history.

      Adelaide was a planned city, unlike the other major cities within Australia [1] which were formed from convict resettlement of the early 1800’s, such as Queensland or Sydney. It was formed by free immigrants who purchased affordable land offered by the government, and therefore seemed to be a city of potential. Free-thinking, hard-working people were

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