Coroner releases findings after convicted pedophile Errol George Radan, key suspect in 1973 Adelaide Oval abduction, dies in prison
More than 50 years ago, a productive child sex criminal, believed to be linked to the mysterious kidnapping of two girls, took secrets to the grave after he died in his cell in Queensland.
Errol George Radan died on October 26, 2022 after spent forty years at the Wolston Correction Center of Queensland. He was 83 years old.
In 1984, Radan was imprisoned in Queensland for disgusting crimes dealing with a girl under the age of 14 and carnival knowledge and was detained under an indefinite order of detention.
During his death, Radan was accepted as an important suspect in the disappearance of 4 -year -old Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon, a 4 -year -old Adelaide Oval of South Australia on August 25, 1973.
Both girls went to the toilet at 3.45 that day and never returned. Their bodies were never saved.
In 2025, a special search began in the middle of South Australia, focusing on the two key areas between Jamestown and Orroroo. The search discovered a mysterious bone piece of one feature.
The detectives tried to interview Radan on an early date as 2019 about the potential participation in the alleged kidnapping process, but rejected it.
The secrets that the girls may have had to disappear were taken to the grave in a three -year window for a follow -up interview with him since then.
In a statement, the South Australian police spokesman said that the police would confirm whether Radan was an interesting or suspicious person in the investigation.
“The SA police are aware of the discovery of a bone piece by special researchers on a property in the central north of South Australia, Söz said Sözcü.
“If special researchers confirm that the bone piece is human, the SA police expects to interact with them at that time.
“The disappearance of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon continues to be an active and ongoing investigation.”
Pedophil rejected the drugs before death
During his death, Radan was transferred to the palliative care unit of the safe unit of Princess Alexandra Hospital after a stroke in prison just a week ago.
The investigation of the police could not find a suspicious situation for his death.
In his findings, the state coronary Terry Ryan found that Radan died for natural reasons as a result of Radan’s “left middle cerebral artery cerebrovascular accident”.
He hadn’t had a visitor or a phone call in prison for more than 20 years.
During his death, medications were prescribed to treat rando, epilepsy, blood clotting, heart attack and strokes and lower cholesterol.
In April 2020, Radan asked the prison to not give him some medicines from the health service and said to them, ım I will not enter any discussion about my decision ”.
In July in the same year, he experienced “unaware of a seizure ve and was taken to hospital in prison.
In March 2021, he wrote a few letters that did not want to receive more treatment for Radan, Epilepsy or hospital paralysis.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, a senior medical officer said: “Mr. Radan is the reason for rejecting more treatment for stroke and epilepsy, 82 years old, the recipient before the stroke and finds it very annoying.
“He understands that the rejection of epilepsy and stroke therapy may result in the death.”
Mr. Ryan said Radan’s desire to reject drugs until October 2022 the following year – he clearly rejected them when they were ruled.
Radan, on October 19 at 8.50 that year, lying on the base of the cell by the prison staff at the base of his cell, consciously, but can not stand ”.
He was taken to the safe unit of the hospital, but he rapidly worsened days later until he died on October 26th.
Mr. Ryan accepted Dr Jessica Page’s advice on how Radan’s refusal to take Dabigatran for a “significant” blood clot.
“Dabigatran is an anticoagulant (blood thinning medication) prescribed to reduce the risk of development of blood clots when someone has atrial fibrillation.”
“This does not eliminate this risk, however, it is more likely that Mr. Radan will receive his dabigatran as predicted.”
Mr. Ryan said that prisoners in the hospital or prison did not contribute to the death of Radan.
Ryan wrote that health care to prisoners is not less standard than other members of the society, ”he wrote.
“The evidence tendered in the investigation determined the adequacy of health care given to Mr. Radan when measured by this criterion.”
In August 1984, Radan was sentenced to three years in prison and was admitted to an institution after his sentence was successfully appealed, but six years later he rejected the appeal against the same court conviction.
In 2014, the Australian Supreme Court rejected Radan’s appeal against an indefinite criminal decision.
