Australia’s Worst Serial Killer Ivan Milat Dies Aged 74

A supplied undated image shows Australian serial killer Ivan Milat, who murdered seven young backpackers south of Sydney in the early 1990s. Milat died in prison from oesophagus and stomach cancer on Oct. 27, 2019.AAP Image/Supplied

Australia’s notorious serial killer Ivan Milat has died in prison of cancer.

Milat, 74, who had been in prison since 1994, died at Long Bay Hospital at 4:07 a.m. on Oct. 27, Corrective Services New South Wales said in a statement.