A South Australian community gathered in mourning today to mark the 50th anniversary of the notorious Adelaide Oval abductions.
Joanne Ratcliffe, 11 and Kirste Gordon, 4 were abducted from an Australian rules football match on August 25, 1973. The case remains unsolved to this day.
Fifty years on, friends and family members held a vigil in remembrance of two young girls.
Key witness Tony Kilmartin, who saw the abduction unfolding when he was 11, was also in attendance at the vigil.
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Other guests included the former Victims of Crime Commissioner Michael O’Connell, police officers, a retired detective and locals.
Joanne’s sister, Suzie said it’s a tough time for their family, but they have been “blown away” by the outpouring of support.
Just this week Suzie met with investigators, claiming the abductor was the now-deceased Stanley Arthur Hart, who lived in the area at the time of the girl’s disappearance and was later known to be a paedophile.
