Two metal barrels and hand-drawn maps: How the mystery of what happened to two young girls snatched from a football oval in broad daylight could finally be cracked
Police were eventually given the hat by citizen detectives, which was later given to Mr Littley by cops who determined Hart was no longer a suspect. Mr Littley met Mr Kilmartin in 2023, who now drives trucks. When Mr Littley took the hat out of his bag, he said Mr Kilmartin 'went ghost white and burst into tears'. Independent testing organised by Mr Littley revealed traces of blood without haemoglobin, which is present in all blood samples from humans and animals. The tank has a distinctive rust pattern on the inside, which Mr Littley said could be consistent with the leaching of body fluids.
Source: Daily Mail March 21, 2026 12:53 UTC
