Ross Warren Explained

Ross Warren
Birth Name:Ross Bradley Warren
Birth Date: 1964
Birth Place:Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Tamarama, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:Television 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ross Bradley WARREN. 2021-11-05. Australian Missing Persons Register.
  2. Web site: Tullis. Ashleigh. 2019-02-27. Inquiry heard details of TV presenter's gay-hate murder. 2021-11-05. Mandurah Mail. en-AU.
  3. Web site: The Gay-Hate Decades: 30 unsolved deaths. 2021-11-05. SBS.
  4. News: 2020-05-15. Scott Johnson gay murder charge dredges up violent slice of Sydney's history. en-AU. ABC News. 2021-11-05.
  5. News: 1989-07-27. IN BRIEF. Canberra Times. 2021-11-05.
  6. News: Treasure. Kim. 1989-07-26. Ross Warren Disappears; TV Star Murder Feared. Illawarra Mercury.
  7. Web site: Deaths of Gilles Mattaini, Ross Warren and John Russell - NSW Police Public Site. 2021-11-05. www.police.nsw.gov.au.
  8. Web site: 2016-05-20. Sydney must share the shame of gay-hate crimes. 2021-11-05. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
  9. Web site: queerstorian. Ross Warren. 2021-11-05. World Queerstory. 3 August 2020 . en.
  10. News: 2021-11-04. Suspected murders of Sydney gay men at centre of inquiry into brutal hate crimes. en-AU. ABC News. 2021-11-05.
  11. News: 2021-10-22. Many of Garry's friends disappeared or were killed during dark chapter of Sydney's history. en-AU. ABC News. 2021-11-05.
  12. Web site: Gorrey. Megan. 2018-10-21. Gay beat to tribute: Bondi's Marks Park to get hate crime memorial. 2021-11-05. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.