50 years later and police still recieve, on average, a tip every 4 days regarding the missing Beaumo - Polidicks

[quote]Police are investigating a potential new lead in the disappearance of the three Beaumont children, who went missing 50 years ago. Major Crimes Detective Superintendent Des Bray revealed officers working on the case received a call on average every four days and were currently investigating a recent tip-off. The children — Jane, Arnna and Grant — went missing from Glenelg, near Adelaide, on Australia Day in 1966. Superintendent Bray said police had never closed the file but conceded time was running out. "With the passage of time, we've had some witnesses die, we've had some witnesses that are elderly and recollections have passed ... certainly the number of witnesses is in decline," he said. "The person who committed this offence if alive today would be somewhere between 70 and 100. ... "We have had 159 Crime Stopper calls in the last two years," Superintendent Bray said. "We average a Crime Stoppers call on the Beaumonts every four days."[/quote] [url]http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-20/beaumont-children-cold-case-still-gets-calls,letters,police/7100674?section=sa[/url] Probably one of the most puzzling crimes in Australian history. I think at this point it's a lost hope.

[QUOTE]Beaumont children, who went missing 50 years ago[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]The person who committed this offense if alive today would be somewhere between 70 and 100[/QUOTE] That's a real hollow victory. Whoever did it has lived their life in full and the glory years are well behind them now.

[QUOTE=Axznma;49570391]That's a real hollow victory. Whoever did it has lived their life in full and the glory years are well behind them now.[/QUOTE] Assuming anyone even did it. It [i]is[/i] Austrailia. They could just as easily fallen to some wild animals in the bush while on a hiking trip or somethin'.

[QUOTE=TestECull;49571252]Assuming anyone even did it. It [i]is[/i] Austrailia. They could just as easily fallen to some wild animals in the bush while on a hiking trip or somethin'.[/QUOTE] that rarely ever happens

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;49571370]that rarely ever happens[/QUOTE] Rarely doesn't mean never

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;49571370]that rarely ever happens[/QUOTE] Rarely isn't never, and people were universally a little more careless in the 1950s and 1960s than they are now. Certainly plausible that outdoorsey type kids would have been allowed to wander about unsupervised back then. I wouldn't rule it out.

That's a puzzlingly high number of tips. What new could they even have to tell?

[QUOTE=TestECull;49572422]Rarely isn't never, and people were universally a little more careless in the 1950s and 1960s than they are now. Certainly plausible that outdoorsey type kids would have been allowed to wander about unsupervised back then. I wouldn't rule it out.[/QUOTE] I think you've confused Australia and the stereotype.

australia's got, what, dingoes, wild dogs, and some poisonous snakes and spiders? nothing like what america has. the australian bush just seems less dangerous from a "large animal mauling and eating you" standpoint than most sparsely populated areas of north america can be [editline]20th January 2016[/editline] meaning it is likey animals aren't involved, especially since animal attacks leave quite a bit of evidence behind

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;49574321]australia's got, what, dingoes, wild dogs, and some poisonous snakes and spiders? nothing like what america has. the australian bush just seems less dangerous from a "large animal mauling and eating you" standpoint than most sparsely populated areas of north america can be [editline]20th January 2016[/editline] meaning it is likey animals aren't involved, especially since animal attacks leave quite a bit of evidence behind[/QUOTE] Unless it swallows its victim whole like a snake.

[QUOTE=adamsz;49575074]Unless it swallows its victim whole like a snake.[/QUOTE] You'll be incredibly hard pressed to find a snake in Australia that'd eat three children whole, clothes and all.

They're buried in the bush. :mysterysolved:

what if they were never found; because they don't wish to be?

The fact they went missing on the beach outside of one of the busiest areas in Adelaide... I don't think they were eaten by wild animals.

A little research on the background of the case seems to indicate the authorities have a lot of circumstantial evidence to possibly bring an end to it but that's all it is: Circumstance. Not enough to really prove anything even if it were correct. Plus it has been so long, anyone involved would either be old, infirm or dead. I fear it may never really find true closure.