Neil Muir was last seen in Hindley St, Adelaide in the company of Dr Peter Leslie Millhouse at 3pm on the day he was murdered. Millhouse was charged and went to trial but was acquitted. He then moved away from Adelaide and the murders continued. Millhouse would have likely known von Einem. It is hard to say how involved Millhouse was in the murder, if at all.

  • Neil Frederick Muir
  • Age: 25
  • Date of abduction: August 27, 1979
  • Date of murder: August 27, 1979
  • Date of body dump: Most likely in the early hours of August 28, 1978
  • Date body found: August 28 1979
  • Location of body: Mutton Cove on the shore of the Port Adelaide River
  • Heroin addict
  • Suspected prostitute – at the very least he was having sex with Dr Peter Millhouse in return for drugs
  • Of no fixed address
  • Regularly frequented the gay haunts but was thought not to be gay
  • Muir was 18 when he met 15 year old Sarah Novak and 26 year old Bevan von Einem.
  • Muir was involved in procuring boys for BVE

Injuries and Mutilation

  • Died from blood loss due to massive anal injuries
  • Muir’s body was cut in 4 sections – just above the knees, immediately above the hips, and at the neck.
  • His organs had been removed and never located
  • His scrotum had been cut open, the testicles cut off, the head of the penis cut off, and the penis shaft had been neatly cut down the midline.
  • Disarticulation of hands and fingers
  • Skin bearing tattoos had been removed but were found with the rest of the parts
  • His remains had been tightly packaged in garbage bags and thrown off the jetty at Mutton Cove
  • Unable to do toxicity test because internal organs missing