47th Murderer – Paul Charles Denyer - Victims: Elizabeth Stevens, 18, Debbie Fream, 22, and Natalie Russell, 17
Paul Charles Denyer (b. 1972) is an Australian serial killer, currently serving life imprisonment in HM Prison Barwon for the murders of Elizabeth Stevens, 18, Debbie Fream, 22, and Natalie Russell, 17 in Frankston, Victoria in 1993.
Frankston serial killer, Paul Denyer, in custody after his arrest.
Denyer is known as the Frankston Serial Killer due to his crimes occurring within the Frankston area. The Frankston Serial Killer was featured in the pilot episode of the Seven Network show Forensic Investigators.
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Over a seven week period in the summer of 1993, three young women, ages 17, 18 and 22, were violently stabbed and slashed to death -- one in broad daylight, in and around Frankston, about a 40-minute drive from Melbourne on Port Phillip Bay in south eastern Victoria. Another 41-year-old woman, Roszsa Toth, was violently assaulted and considered herself lucky to escape with her life. Denyer also filed freedom of information requests to learn of the Victorian government's policy on gender reassignment surgery for prisoners and has sought evaluation to determine his suitability for such surgery, which was also rejected by medical specialists
Denyer was 21 at the time of his crimes. During a police interview, Denyer's motivation for his crimes was revealed when he replied to questions stating he hated women in general.
Denyer, now 48, will never be released from jail. He has been behind bars for 26½ years. Based on the average annual cost of Maximum Security Incarceration in 2020, should Denyer live another 27 years to 75, his jail incarceration of 53½ years will have cost the Vic. taxpayer $9.363 million circa ($175,000 p.a. X 53½ years).