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Adelaide Oval Abductions
Joanne Ratcliffe (born 1962) and Kirste Jane Gordon (born 1968) were two Australian girls who went missing person, missing while attending an Australian rules football match at the Adelaide Oval on 25 August 1973. Their disappearance, and presumed abduction and murder, became one of South Australia's most infamous crimes. The presumed murders are thought by South Australia Police and the media to be related to the disappearance of the Beaumont children in 1966. The case is sometimes referred to as the Adelaide Oval abductions. Disappearance Joanne Ratcliffe (born 1962) went to the football game at the Adelaide Oval on 25 August 1973 between Norwood Football Club, Norwood and North Adelaide Football Club, North Adelaide with her parents Les and Kathleen Ratcliffe, her older brother, and a family friend named "Frank". Kirste Jane Gordon (born 1968) was at the game in the care of her maternal grandmother while her parents, Greg and Christine Gordon, were visiting friends with their ...
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