Arnold Sodeman [SEP] convicted of
would link his thumbs together to simplify the choking of his victims.
June Rushmer inquest.
The little court house at Leongatha was crowded when the inquest on June Rushmer, aged 6, whose bound and gagged body was found in the scrub on December 2, was resumed.
Arnold Sodeman, 36, of Leongatha who had been charged with murder, was present in court.
The Government Pathologist, Dr. Mollison, said that the dead girl's hands were tied behind her back
with a piece of cloth
Arnold Sodeman
Arnold Karl Sodeman ( – ), also known as the School-girl Strangler, was an Australian serial killer who targeted children. He confessed to four killings before being executed at Pentridge Prison, Victoria in 1936. Sodeman was the second of eleven people to be hanged at Pentridge Prison after the closure of Melbourne Gaol in 1929.
Early life.
Arnold Karl Sodeman was born in Victoria in 1899. His mother suffered from bouts of amnesia and both his father and grandfather died in mental institutions. At