Mark Langley attended party in Windsor Gardens but left with a male and female. They drove to War Memorial Drive (150m east of the Adelaide Rowing Club ) when Mark had a minor argument with the other male so got out and left. The male and female drove off but returned minutes later to retrieve him and he had gone.

  • Mark Andrew Langley
  • Age: 18
  • Date of abduction: Feb 27 1982
  • Date of death: Within 24 hours of abduction
  • Date of body dump: Approximately 29/30 Feb
  • Date body found: Mar 8 1982
  • Location of body: In scrub off Sprigg Road, Piccadilly
  • Died from blood loss due to massive anal injuries
  • Among the mutilations was a wound that appeared to have been cut with a surgical instrument that went from his navel to the pubic region and part of his small bowel was missing. The hair around the area had been shaved as it would have been in an operation in a hospital. SAPOL speculate that some evidence got stuck in his bowel after being inserted in his rectum so the captors had to operate to recover it.
  • Mandrax in his system
  • Washed and dressed in same clothes
  • Likely to have been killed and dumped within 48 hours of abduction
  • He lived in Newton