Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards was a hoarder who kept a huge amount of women’s underwear, a former police officer has revealed.
In 2020, Edwards was found guilty of murdering Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in the late 1990s.
The depraved sex addict was found not guilty of murdering 18-year-old Sarah Spiers, whose body was never found.
The three girls disappeared from Claremont, west of Perth, between January 1996 and March 1997.
Todd Bowler, a member of Western Australia’s Tactical Response Group, was involved in Edwards’ dramatic arrest in 2016 and has now revealed the chaotic nature of the killer’s home.
“He was a hoarder. He had boxes wrapped up to his waist down the hallway,” Bowler told Mix94.5’s Pete & Kymba on Wednesday.
‘There were different rooms full of boxes and different things; it was difficult to walk through them.’
Mr Bowler revealed that Edwards’ bedroom floor was covered in items which they had to search through to gather evidence.
In 2020, Bradley Robert Edwards (pictured) was found guilty of murdering Jane Rimmer, 23, and Ciara Glennon, 27, in the late 1990s.
A member of Western Australia’s Tactical Response Group who was involved in the dramatic arrest of Edwards in 2016 has revealed the chaotic nature of the killer’s home (pictured during the raid)
After being convicted, it was revealed that Edwards’ locked garage was filled with sinister items, including “graphic and extreme” pornography, women’s underwear with holes cut for male genitalia, sandwich bags filled with semen, and bizarre homemade sex toys.
His ex-wife told police that Edwards masturbated inside sandwich bags and sealed them with hair ties.
The former Telstra technician was apparently unfazed when officers raided his Kewdale home in Perth’s south-east.
“He fell very calmly, straight to the ground, face down, tied up, with his hands behind his back and staring at the carpet,” Bowler recalled.
‘So at one point he just looked up at one of my teammates and said, “So what’s this all about?” very casually.
“I wasn’t too upset about it. At that point, things were probably just starting to get better, but if I had to say what the relief felt like, it was like a little bit of relief.”
Bradley Edwards was the prime suspect in the deaths of Jane Rimmer, Ciara Glennon (above) and Sarah Spiers when police surrounded his home in Perth’s east on December 22, 2016.
Jane Rimmer (pictured), 23, was the Claremont killer’s second victim.
The following day, Edwards was charged with the murders of Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon. He was charged with the murder of Ms Spiers in February 2018.
In October 2019, he pleaded guilty to five further charges relating to sexual attacks on an 18-year-old woman in Huntingdale in 1988 and a 17-year-old girl at Karrakatta Cemetery in 1995.
In June 2020, after a seven-month trial, Judge Stephen Hill found Edwards guilty of murdering Ms Rimmer and Ms Glennon, but not guilty of murdering Ms Spiers.
Judge Hill said it was more likely than not that Edwards also murdered Spiers and in December 2020 sentenced him to life in prison with a minimum term of 40 years.
Mr Bowler, who left the police force shortly after helping to arrest Edwards, previously said it had been satisfying to end his service by taking down the Claremont serial killer.
“I would be surprised if anyone would be willing to parole him one day, because he would have to put his name on it,” he said.
“So I don’t think he’ll come out.”
The cop who kicked down the door when police arrested Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards (above) described the sex addict’s calm reaction when he was finally caught.