There were four suspects for the Beaumont children case. The first suspect was Bevan Spencer Von Einem who was an accountant aged 21 during the children disappearance. There was a witness known as "Mr B" gave an alleged conversation of Bevan brag about himself who had taken the Beaumont children from a beach and had taken them home to conduct experiments. Bevan said that he had done "brilliant surgery" on each of the children and "connected them up". One of the children died during the procedure, therefore he killed the other two and dumped their bodies in bushland South of Adelaide. The police did not consider Bevan to have any connection with the Beaumont children but somehow he resembled the descriptions and police sketches from 1966. Bevan was known to have frequently visited Glenelg beach. He told the witness "Mr B" that he had taken two girls from Adelaide Oval. Thus, Bevan matches the police sketches of the suspect in both Beaumont children case and Adelaide Oval case in 1989. Due to this, he was identified as a suspect. But there were arguments saying that Bevan might not be the criminal as he was only 21 during the children disappearance and the real suspect which had been reported by the witness was in his mid-30s.
A picture of Bevan Spencer Von Einem
The second suspect was Arthur Stanley Brown who was targeted as a suspect in year 1998. He was considered to be a suspect for the Beaumont children case because his face was similar to a sketches of the suspect for the Beaumont children and Adelaide oval cases. However Brown was in his fifties the time when the Beaumont children went missing. Therefore, he does not match the description of the suspect seen with the children who was supposed to be in his mid-30s.
A picture of Arthur Stanley Brown
The third suspect for the Beaumont children disappearance was James Ryan O'Neill. In the early 1970s, James told a station owner that he was responsible for the disappearance of the Beaumont children. However, there was no evidence to relate James with the disappearance of the children. South Australian police had interviewed James and they dismissed him as a suspect for the Beaumont children case.
A picture of James Ryan O'Neill
The fourth and last suspect for the children case was Derek Ernest Percy. This is because he was Victoria's longest serving prisoner. However, Derek was only 17 in 1966, the year when the Beaumont children went missing. Therefore, he was too young to be match as the man who had been described to be in his mid-30s.
A picture of Derek Ernest Percy
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