Murder of Denise McGregor

Denise McGregor (1966–78) was an Australian schoolgirl from Pascoe Vale. a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. She was kidnapped, raped and murdered on 20 March 1978. McGregor's assailant was never identified, and the case remains one of Melbourne's most infamous cold cases.

The brutality of the murder was such that a pathologist described her injuries as being like those suffered by plane crash victims. A police re-enactment that screened at the time was reported to the broadcasting authorities as being excessively graphic, but the police chief said that it was toned down from what had happened to McGregor.

Robert Arthur Selby Lowe, who was convicted of the murder of Sheree Beasley was a suspect in the murders of Denise McGregor and Kylie Maybury, but DNA evidence did not show any connection.

References

• Girl turned back to death The Age - 23 March, 1978
• Unsolved Melbourne murders you may never have heard about
• Victoria Police cold case unit identifies 30 homicide cases they believe are 'highly solvable'
• Keith, M, 2 February 2001, 'DNA check clears Lowe; Murders remain unsolved', Herald Sun (Melbourne), Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre, EBSCOhost, viewed 23 March 2016.