An Air Disaster Memorial site photo c1970s provided by the AFP.
NEW information has come to light on a potential 1973 confession in the five-decades-old, unsolved Canberra cold-case murder of Keren Rowland.
Nichole Overall.
As May 13 approaches, marking 50 years ago since the skeletal remains of the 20-year-old were stumbled across in the Fairbairn pine plantation in 1971, the revelation has emerged as part of the ongoing exploration for my Capital Crime Files podcast.
A convicted killer serving a life sentence in Goulburn, who was living in Canberra in 1971, is said to have made the startling admissions.
Neither a name nor an arrest were then forthcoming but sources involved have confirmed there were a variety of elements that warrant closer scrutiny in a modern investigation.
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Subscriber only Exclusive: Back in 1971, Keren Rowland was a bright and happy 20-year-old dental nurse, expecting her first child. Now - in shock new claims by a 7News investigation - two leading criminologists assert the Canberra woman was also serial killer Ivan Milat s first victim 50 years ago.
Ivan Milat: Buried Secrets reopens Rowland s cold case among others, with forensic anthropologist Dr Xanthe Mallett and criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro determining the murdered woman was Milat s first prey - 20 years before he began his terrifying backpacker killings. Â Ivan Milat has been linked to at least 20 cold cases by a new 7News investigation. Picture: AP