![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/how-child-killer-mr-cruel-snatched-kids-in-australias-most-chilling-cold-case/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23448667-1691769822326.jpg&description=FOR five years, a masked child killer dubbed "Mr Cruel" terrorised the suburbs of Melbourne. Mr Cruel, whose identity is still unknown 40 years later, assaulted at least four young girls in the late 1980s and early 1990s - abducting three and killing one. 6 Mr Cruel - who wore a trademark black balaclava - abducted at least three girls and killed one Credit: Victoria Police 6 A sketch of Mr Cruel - who has never been identified Credit: Police Handout 6 Karmein Chan, 13, was found dead one year after she was snatched by Mr Cruel 6 Karmein's devstated family sweep at her grave Credit: 9 News During his reign of terror, Mr Cruel broke into homes in Melbourne at night armed with a knife and handgun. The mask-clad killer tied up parents and siblings - and snatched girls as young as 11, who he held for up to 50 hours. He allegedly forced his victims to wash and carefully brush their teeth and fed them meals - even while they were being abused. And Mr Cruel is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of 13-year-old schoolgirl Karmein Chan who was snatched from her home after her sisters were forced into a wardrobe. The 13-year-old was shot three times in the head. Mr Cruel's violent crime spree started on August 22, 1987 when he broke into a home at 4am. He tied up the parents and locked them in a wardrobe before tying the son to a bed and raping the 11-year-old daughter. He struck again on December 27, 1988 when he smashed his way into another home. He bound and gagged the parents, demanded money, and grabbed their 10-year-old daughter. He put tape over her eyes, a ball gag in her mouth and abducted her. She was released eighteen hours later on the grounds of a school - wearing a man's shirt and green garbage bags. The terrified youngster said cops that her attacker made her shower and brush and floss her teeth, and kept her blindfolded the entire time. "We can only dread what the man would have done if the girl had pulled off the blindfold and seen his face,' Detecti){kind=link}
FOR five years, a masked child killer dubbed “Mr Cruel” terrorised the suburbs of Melbourne.
Mr Cruel, whose identity is still unknown 40 years later, assaulted at least four young girls in the late 1980s and early 1990s – abducting three and killing one.
During his reign of terror, Mr Cruel broke into homes in Melbourne at night armed with a knife and handgun.
The mask-clad killer tied up parents and siblings – and snatched girls as young as 11, who he held for up to 50 hours.
He allegedly forced his victims to wash and carefully brush their teeth and fed them meals – even while they were being abused.