Graeme Thorne | |
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![]() A family photo of Graeme Thorne | |
Born | Graeme Frederick Hilton Thorne[1] 18 December 1951[2] Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 7 July 1960 (aged 8) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Body discovered | Grandview Grove, Seaforth, New South Wales, Australia 16 August 1960 |
Nationality | Australian |
Known for | Murder victim |
Graeme Thorne was an Australian child who was kidnapped and murdered in 1960 for part of the money that his parents, Bazil and Freda, had won in a lottery. The crime, regarded as one of the most infamous in Australia's history,[3] caused massive shock at the time and attracted huge public attention,[4][5] and was the country's first well known kidnap for ransom.[6][7] The police investigation that led to the capture and conviction of his murderer, a Hungarian immigrant named Stephen Bradley, is often considered as pioneering, sophisticated and the beginning of modern forensic investigation in Australia.[3][8][9]
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