Russell Hill and Carol Clay: Secret details that could be kept from public

For four days after his arrest, detectives questioned airline pilot Greg Lynn about the disappearance of Melbourne campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay.

The couple disappeared while camping in the Wonnangatta area of ​​Victoria’s alpine region, and as of November 2021 no one had any idea what had happened to them.

Carol Clay, 73, (pictured left) and Russel Hill went missing while on a camping trip in the Victorian Alps on March 20.

Police have remained mum on whether the investigation in the small regional town is related to the campers’ disappearance.

But what he told officers during that interview could be withheld from the public until any future trial.

Lynn, 56, is accused of murdering the couple at their Bucks Camp, sometime after 6:00 p.m. on March 20, 2020. He denies the charges.

Police allege that after killing the couple, he set their camp on fire to destroy any potential evidence and dumped their bodies in remote bushland near Dargo.

They also claim that Lynn returned in May and/or November of that year to handle his remains “by burning, scattering, and partially burying them.”

Camping Russel Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73, was discovered by police on March 21 burned (pictured), but there was no sign of the couple.

Forensic teams photographed in Moondarra, 200 km from where the two elderly men disappeared.

Her remains were only discovered on November 29, 2021, days after Lynn was charged.

DNA evidence was used to identify Mr Hill’s remains, while jewelery found with the bodies identified Ms Clay, according to evidence presented at an arrest hearing at Melbourne Magistrates Court.

Prosecutors or police have yet to reveal how Lynn is alleged to have killed the couple or what motivated the killings.

The lead investigator, Lead Detective Brett Florence, is among the last witnesses expected to testify at the hearing, which will determine if there is enough evidence to send Lynn to trial.

But on Friday, Lynn’s legal team made an attempt to prevent the release of important prosecution evidence.

The release of Lynn’s police interview, a statement she made in July 2020, and a recorded interview the same day pose a real and substantial risk of harm to the administration of justice, argued attorney Dermot Dann KC.

“The content of these pieces of evidence is explosive, or could be seen as explosive in the eyes of readers or viewers,” Dann said during a hearing on Friday, referring to the potential for sensationalist reporting.

He highlighted concerns about the length of the interview, the focus of Lynn’s right to silence, and the focus of her legal advice.

Mr Dann has previously described some aspects of the evidence as “highly inadmissible”, signaling a future challenge to have details of the prosecution’s case removed entirely.

Judge Brett Sonnet will deliver his ruling on Monday, when the final witnesses are expected to begin giving their testimony.