Bradley Robert Edwards: The Shocking Secret the Claremont Serial Killer Hid in His Home
Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards was a hoarder who kept a huge stash of women’s underwear, a former police officer has revealed.
In 2020, Edwards was found guilty of the murders of Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in the late 1990s.
The perverted sex maniac was acquitted of the murder of Sarah Spiers, 18, whose body has never been found.
All three young women disappeared from Claremont in Perth’s west between January 1996 and March 1997.
Todd Bowler, a member of Western Australia’s Tactical Response Group, was involved in Edwards’ dramatic arrest in 2016 and has now revealed the chaotic nature of the killer’s home.
“He was a hoarder. He had boxes wrapped up to his waist down the hallway,” Mr. Bowler told Mix94.5’s Pete & Kymba on Wednesday.
‘The different rooms were all full of boxes and other stuff. It was difficult to walk through.’
Mr Bowler said the floor of Edwards’ bedroom was strewn with items they had to rummage through to collect evidence.
In 2020, Bradley Robert Edwards (pictured) was found guilty of the murders of Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in the late 1990s
A member of Western Australia’s Tactical Response Group was involved in Edwards’ dramatic arrest in 2016 and has now revealed the chaotic nature of the killer’s home (pictured during the raid)
After he was convicted, it was revealed that Edwards’ locked garage was filled with sinister items, including “extreme and explicit” pornography, women’s underwear with holes for male genitals, sandwich bags filled with semen and strange homemade sex toys.
His estranged wife told police that Edwards masturbated into the sandwich bags and then tied them with hair ties.
The former Telstra engineer was apparently unimpressed when officers raided his home in Kewdale, south-east Perth.
“He lay down very calmly, straight on the floor, face down, tied up, his hands behind his back — and he just looked at the carpet,” Mr. Bowler recalled.
‘At one point he raised his head, looked at one of my teammates and said, “What the hell is this?” — so nonchalant.
“He certainly wasn’t overly upset about it. Things are probably starting to pick up at that point, but if I had to say what relief looked like, it looked like a little bit of relief.”
Bradley Edwards was the prime suspect in the deaths of Jane Rimmer, Ciara Glennon (above) and Sarah Spiers when police surrounded his home in Perth’s east on December 22, 2016
Jane Rimmer (pictured), 23, was the Claremont killer’s second victim
Edwards was charged the following day with the murders of Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon. He was charged with the murder of Ms Spiers in February 2018.
In October 2019, he pleaded guilty to five other charges relating to sexual assaults on an 18-year-old woman in Huntingdale in 1988 and a 17-year-old at Karrakatta Cemetery in 1995.
In June 2020, after a seven-month trial, Judge Stephen Hill found Edwards guilty of the murders of Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon, but not guilty of the murder of Ms Spiers.
According to Judge Hill, it was highly likely that Edwards also murdered Ms Spiers. In December 2020, he sentenced him to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 40 years.
Mr Bowler, who left the police force shortly after helping to arrest Edwards, previously said it was satisfying to end his tenure by capturing the Claremont serial killer.
“I would be surprised if anyone would ever want to grant him early release, because then you would have to put your name to that one,” he said.
“So I don’t think he’ll get out.”
The officer who kicked in the door as police arrested Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards (above) described the sex addict’s calm reaction when he was finally caught
