Unseen Photo Reveals Moment of Claremont Serial Killer Bradley Edwards' Arrest

Exclusive Photo Unveils Shocking Moment of Serial Killer's Arrest

A previously unseen photo of the arrest of Perth's most notorious serial killer Bradley Edwards has been unveiled in a major revelation. Edwards, who was found guilty of murdering Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon in 2020, was arrested in Kewdale in December 2016.

'We had to plan a TRG job that was foolproof, so he wouldn't get away,' former team leader at the WA Tactical Response Group, Todd Bowler, said in an interview with 9News Perth last week.

The photo, which shows Edwards lying face-down in the cluttered hallway of his Kewdale home, was taken during the arrest. Two members of the TRG team are visible in the background as Edwards is put in handcuffs.

Edwards was arrested after police investigating the Claremont killings made a forensic breakthrough, linking him to the murders through his DNA. He was ultimately found guilty of murdering Rimmer, 23, and Glennon, 27, who were both abducted from the streets of Claremont in June 1996 and March 1997, respectively.

Edwards was found guilty of these murders in 2020 and sentenced to a minimum 40-year prison term. In addition to the murders, Edwards was also sentenced for a 1995 abduction and rape of a 17-year-old girl from Claremont, and a 1988 Huntingdale sex attack. He was found not guilty of the murder of Sarah Spiers, who disappeared in January 1996, but whose body has never been found.

As the investigation into the Claremont killings continued, police were able to uncover a trail of evidence that led them to Edwards. Bowler explained in an interview that they sent someone in plain clothes to Edwards' home to knock on the door and give him a bit of a story about kids being seen near his car.

Edwards answered the door, saying, 'Oh, thanks very much for letting me know.' The TRG team then confirmed that Edwards was in the house and moved in to arrest him. Edwards, it turns out, broke down the front door once the team entered his home. 'We went straight in the front corridor, got him down the ground, all strapped up, facing the carpet, and kept him quiet there for a while,' Bowler said.

Bowler was curious to see how Edwards would react during the arrest. Edwards was strapped down, face-down on the ground, and for a guy who'd rarely dealt with police, he stayed quiet for about four or five minutes, according to Bowler.

Edwards' arrest marked a major breakthrough in the investigation into the Claremont killings, which had gone cold for over 20 years. The case was one of the most high-profile in Western Australia's history, with three young women disappearing from the streets of Claremont in the 1990s.