Leonard Fraser

Infobox Serial Killer
name=Leonard Fraser


image_size=150px
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birthname=Leonard John Fraser
alias=
birth=June 27, 1951
location=flagicon|Australia Ingham, Queensland, Australia
death=death date and age|2007|1|1|1951|6|27
cause=Heart attack
victims=4
country=flagicon|Australia Australia
states=Queensland
beginyear=1998
endyear=1999
apprehended=1999
penalty=Life imprisonment

Leonard John Fraser (June 27 1951 – January 1 2007) was an Australian convicted serial killer.

Biography

Fraser was born in Ingham, Queensland.

Crimes

He was jailed for the abduction and murder of nine-year-old Rockhampton girl Keyra Steinhardt in 1999. He had previously served a period in jail for rape. He was subsequently charged with four murders. Police found many trophies of his victims in his flat and ponytails from three different women, which could not be traced to any of his known victims. [cite journal| last =Bassingthwaighte| first =Ted | title =From Sexual Predator to Murderer| journal =Police news| publisher =New South Wales Police Association| date = November 2006| url =http://www.pansw.org.au/PolNews/Nov38-52.pdf| accessdate = 2007-01-02 | format =dead link|date=June 2008 – ^{[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AFrom+Sexual+Predator+to+Murderer&as_publication=Police+news&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search]} ] One alleged victim, however, Natasha Ryan, was eventually found to be alive and living secretly with her boyfriend after being missing for five years. [cite news | first=Peter | last=McCutcheon | title=Fraser trial judge criticises media commentary | date=2003-04-14 | publisher=ABC | url =http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2003/s832080.htm | work =The World Today | accessdate = 2007-01-02] In 2003, he was sentenced to three indefinite prison terms for the murders of Beverley Leggo and Sylvia Benedetti, and the manslaughter of Julie Turner in the Rockhampton area in 1998 and 1999. [ cite web|url=http://www.mako.org.au/pedofraser.html |title= Leonard John Fraser |accessdate=2007-01-02 |last=Doneman |first=Paula |work=Movement Against Kindred Offenders (M.A.K.O) ] [cite news | first=Kim | last=Landers | title=Fraser guilty verdict | date=2003-09-05 | publisher=ABC | url =http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/qld/content/2003/s851395.htm | work =Stateline Queensland | accessdate = 2007-01-02] At his trial, the judge described him as a sexual predator who was a danger to the community and his fellow inmates.cite news | title=Qld serial killer dies in hospital | date=2007-01-01 | url =http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1820028.htm | work =ABC News | | accessdate = 2007-01-02]

Death

Fraser was being held at the Wolston Correctional Centre and, after complaining of chest pains, he was taken to a secure section of the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba, on 2006-12-26, [cite news | first=Paula| last=Doneman| title =Serial killer in hospital after heart scare| publisher =News.com| date =2006-12-27| url =http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20977923-1248,00.html | accessdate = 2007-01-02 ] where he subsequently died of a heart attack on 2007-01-01.

Notes

References

*cite book
last =Doneman
first =Paula
authorlink =
title =Things a killer would know: The true story of Leonard Fraser
publisher =Allen & Unwin
date =June 2006
location =
pages =240
id =ISBN 1741142318

Persondata
NAME=Fraser, Leonard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian serial killer
DATE OF BIRTH=June 27 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ingham, Queensland, Australia
DATE OF DEATH= January 1 2007
PLACE OF DEATH=Brisbane, Queensland, Australia