Ivan Milat

Ivan Milat
Ivan Milat
	Milat's 1971 mug shot
Born	Ivan Robert Marko Milat; 27 December 1944; Guildford, New South Wales, Australia
Died	27 October 2019 (aged 74); Long Bay Correctional Centre; Matraville, New South Wales, Australia
Other names	"Bill"; The Backpacker Killer; The Backpacker Murderer
Employer	Roads & Traffic Authority
Known for	Backpacker murders
Conviction(s)	7 counts murder (27 July 1996); 1 count attempted murder (27 July 1996); 1 count false imprisonment (27 July 1996); 1 count robbery (27 July 1996)
Criminal penalty	7 life sentences without parole (murder); 6 years' imprisonment (attempted murder); 6 years' imprisonment (false imprisonment); 6 years' imprisonment (robbery)
Details
Victims	7+
Span of crimes	1989–1992
Country	Australia
State(s)	New South Wales
Weapons	.22-calibre Ruger 10/22; Bowie knife
Date apprehended	22 May 1994
Imprisoned at	Long Bay Correctional Centre (2019); Goulburn Correctional Centre (1997–2019); Maitland Gaol (1996–1997)

Ivan Robert Marko Milat (27 December 1944 – 27 October 2019), commonly referred to in media as the Backpacker Murderer, was an Australian serial killer who abducted, assaulted, robbed and murdered two men and five women in New South Wales between 1989 and 1992. His modus operandi was to approach backpackers along the Hume Highway under the guise of providing them transport to areas of southern New South Wales, then take his victims into the Belanglo State Forest where he would incapacitate and murder them. Milat is also suspected of having committed many other similar offences and murders around Australia.

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