Malcolm Naden
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5 November 1973
- Murder x 2
- Attempted Murder
- Breaking and Entering
- Indecent Assault
Malcolm Naden | |
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| Born | Malcolm John Naden 5 November 1973 |
| Known for | Most wanted man in New South Wales |
Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Criminal charge |
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| Penalty |
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Time at large | 6–7 years |
| Escaped | June 2005 |
| Escape end | March 2012 |
| Details | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Locations | |
| Imprisoned at | Goulburn Correctional Centre |
Malcolm John Naden (born 5 November 1973) is an Australian former fugitive from the law. At the time of his capture and arrest in March 2012, Naden was reported as being one of Australia's most wanted men and his arrest attracted international media coverage.[1][2][3] Naden was in hiding from June 2005 until March 2012, wanted over murder and indecent assault offences. He was the most wanted man in the Australian state of New South Wales.[4]
Naden was charged with the January and June 2005 murders of two young women, aggravated indecent assault on a 15-year-old girl in 2004, and shooting with intent to murder a police officer in 2011, while he was on the run. Naden pleaded guilty to all 32 counts against him, and was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 40 years without parole in June 2013.
In June 2005, Kristy Scholes was found strangled to death in the West Dubbo home of her boyfriend's grandparents. A few days later, her boyfriend's cousin, Malcolm Naden, disappeared from that same home.[5][6] Prior to Scholes' murder, Naden had been named as a suspect in the disappearance of another cousin, Lateesha Nolan, who had been reported missing in January 2005.[7]
In December 2005, police closed Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo after Naden was sighted there. There was an additional confirmed sighting of Naden over the next month near Lightning Ridge. In March 2006, Naden avoided capture at an Aboriginal mission, near Condobolin. In January 2007 police offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. By January 2009, Naden was thought to be located near Kempsey, and by August 2010 he was believed to be living in dense bushland near Gloucester and Scone. By early 2011, the police doubled the reward to $100,000, and raised it further to $250,000 in December.[8]
On 7 December 2011, a police officer from the Tactical Operations Unit was shot by Naden during an unsuccessful operation to capture him in bushland near Nowendoc. Naden was subsequently charged with the attempted murder of the officer.[9]
Capture
Naden was captured on 22 March 2012 in a run-down cabin approximately 30km west of Gloucester by heavily armed officers from the Tactical Operations Unit[10] in a night operation,[11] and charged with the murder of Scholes.[12] He faced court later that day and was refused bail.
On 14 April 2012, Naden was escorted from Goulburn Correctional Centre to Dubbo, where he assisted police by identifying a site at Butlers Falls, south of Dubbo. It was suspected that the remains of his cousin, Lateesha Nolan, are buried at that site,[13] but no remains had been found at that time.[14] Naden was later charged with the murder of Nolan and 14 counts each of burglary and theft committed while on the run.
In early December 2016 Police disclosed that remains were found at a location near the site investigated years earlier, which DNA testing confirmed belong to Ms Nolan.[15]