Ross Warren
Warren in the 1980s
Born
Ross Bradley Warren

1964 (1964)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Died (aged 25)
Tamarama, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationTelevision presenter

Ross Warren was an Australian journalist for WIN TV who was killed as part of the Gay Gang Murders on 22 July 1989.[1] Having disappeared after a night out with friends on Oxford Street,[2] Warren's car was discovered outside Marks Park, Sydney, a popular gay beat. His car keys were found two days later at the bottom of the adjoining cliffs.[3] Police initially theorized that Warren had faked his own disappearance, concluding after four days that he had accidentally fallen into the sea.[4] A search was undertaken,[5][6] however his body was never recovered.[7] In 2005, the case was recategorised as a homicide, the previous investigation being described as "grossly inadequate" and "shameful" by the then-deputy coroner Jacqueline Milledge.[8] Today his murder is seen as one of many slayings and hate-crimes committed on the cliffs of Marks Park[9] in the 1980s and 90s.[10][11] His name is listed on a memorial to the victims of these crimes located at the site.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Ross Bradley WARREN". Australian Missing Persons Register. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Tullis, Ashleigh (27 February 2019). "Inquiry heard details of TV presenter's gay-hate murder". Mandurah Mail. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Gay-Hate Decades: 30 unsolved deaths". SBS. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Scott Johnson gay murder charge dredges up violent slice of Sydney's history". ABC News. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "IN BRIEF". Canberra Times. 27 July 1989. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Treasure, Kim (26 July 1989). "Ross Warren Disappears; TV Star Murder Feared". Illawarra Mercury.
  7. ↑ "Deaths of Gilles Mattaini, Ross Warren and John Russell - NSW Police Public Site". www.police.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Sydney must share the shame of gay-hate crimes". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  9. ↑ queerstorian (3 August 2020). "Ross Warren". World Queerstory. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Suspected murders of Sydney gay men at centre of inquiry into brutal hate crimes". ABC News. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Many of Garry's friends disappeared or were killed during dark chapter of Sydney's history". ABC News. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  12. ↑ Gorrey, Megan (21 October 2018). "Gay beat to tribute: Bondi's Marks Park to get hate crime memorial". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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