Paul Denyer: The Frankston Serial Killer

Years of Stalking

Denyer then told the stunned detectives that he had kicked Natalie Russell's body to make sure she was dead, slashed her down the side of her face with his knife and left her where she lay. As he walked back the way he had come in, his blood-soaked hands concealed in his pockets, Denyer saw two uniformed officers taking details from the registration sticker on his car, so he turned around and walked home the other way.

At home, he washed his clothes and hid the murder weapon in his backyard. He later picked up Sharon from her work and spent a quiet evening with her at her mother's place.

The only emotion that Denyer had shown through the entire interview was when he was disgusted to think that the schoolgirl Natalie Russell would offer him sex. Outside of that it was almost as if he were proud of his achievements.

Then Denyer went on to confess to the slaughter of Donna's cats. He said that he had brought a knife that afternoon with the sole purpose of "cutting Donna's throat" because he "didn't like her." When he found noone at home after he entered through a window he vented his anger on her cats.

Denyer told the detectives that he had been stalking women in the Frankston area "for years, just waiting for the right time, waiting for that silent alarm to trigger me off. Waiting for the sign."

"Can you explain why we have women victims?" Detective O'Loughlin asked Denyer.

"I just hate 'em."

"I beg your pardon?" said O'Loughlin.

"I just hate 'em," Denyer repeated.

"Those particular girls," asked O'Loughlin, in reference to Denyer's victims, "or women in general?"

"General."

It seemed that the only woman on earth that Denyer didn't hate was his lover Sharon Johnson, who had absolutely no knowledge of his murderous activities. "Sharon's not like anyone else I know. I'd never hurt her. She's a kindred spirit," Denyer told the detectives.