Sylvia Pittman

On February 6, Miller and Worrell picked up 16-year-old Sylvia Pitmann as she waited for a train at Adelaide Station. They drove to the Windang area where Worrell instructed Miller to go for a walk as soon as they arrived. After half an hour Miller returned to find the girl lying face down on the back seat with a rug over her. She had  been strangled with her own pantyhose.

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Worrell was impossible to talk to. He had lapsed into one of the moods that always occurred after a murder. Miller didn't say a word and they drove in silence to Truro where they unloaded the body. She was fully clothed and was not tied or gagged. They covered the corpse with leaves and branches and headed back to Adelaide.

Vicki Howell

The following day, February 7, 1977, Worrell told Miller to pick him up at the Adelaide Post Office building at 7pm. With Worrell was 26-year-old Vicki Howell. Vicki was older than the others and Miller took a liking to her straight away. Vicki seemed to have a few worries and mentioned that she was separated from her husband. Miller silently hoped that Worrell wouldn't kill her. She seemed completely at ease.

Worrell even had Miller stop the car so the girl could use the toilet at Nuriootpa. A little further on Miller stopped the car and leaving the couple to chat he went to the bushes to relieve himself. He returned a few minutes later on the pretext that he had forgotten his cigarettes. He was really checking to see if the girl was all right. She was nice. He didn't want Worrell to kill her.

Miller assumed that Vicki would not be murdered and walked away into the bush. Worrell didn't appear to be in one of his moods. When he was satisfied that they had had enough time to talk, Miller returned to the car to find Worrell kneeling on the front seat and leaning into the back. He was covering Vicki Howell's body with the blanket. She had been strangled.

Miller could not control his anger. He cursed and abused Worrell for what he had done. It was not necessary to kill the girl. He could have just talked to her and let her go without fear of reprisal.

After Miller had vented his rage, he went quiet, terrified that Worrell would kill him too. He meekly asked Worrell why he had to kill the girl. Worrell gave no excuse. Instead he told Miller to drive to Truro. Miller was terrified of Worrell and did as he bade. At Truro they hid the body under foliage before driving back to Adelaide.

Connie Iordinides

Two days later, on February 9, Miller and Worrell were cruising in the centre of Adelaide when they spotted 16-year-old Connie Iordanides standing on the footpath laughing and giggling to herself. They did a U-turn, pulled up in front of the girl and asked if she wanted a lift. She accepted and sat in the front between the two men. Connie became frightened when the car headed in the opposite direction. Miller stopped at secluded Wingfield and Worrell forced the screaming girl into the back seat. Miller did nothing to help the girl and got out and walked away from the car. When he returned to the car, Connie Iordanides was dead.

Worrell had strangled and raped her. She was on the back seat covered with a blanket. Again Worrell was in a foul mood and Miller was too terrified to say anything. He did as he was instructed and dumped the fully clothed body under bushes at Truro. That night Miller and Worrell slept in the car at Victoria Park Racecourse.

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