Mr. Cruel— a mysterious monster only seen wearing a dark balaclava and wielding a knife. The most notorious Australian serial child rapist and murderer snuck into homes and attacked 4 girls across the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His crimes escalated in 1991 after the abduction and murder of a fourth girl, Karmein (KAR-meen) Chan, who lived in a "suburban fortress." Despite the high-profile investigations, all of the attacks remain unsolved cold cases to this day, and no theory has ever definitively answered the question: who is Melbourne's Boogeyman, Mr. Cruel?

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https://www.theage.com.au/national/mr-cruel-filmed-his-victims-say-police-20060408-ge23k9.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/new-clues-in-police-hunt-for-mr-cruel-20101214-18vna.html

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https://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2016/fbi.pdf

https://melbinmarvels.com/2021/01/26/mr-cruel-serial-rapist-and-murderer-overview-of-case/