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Claremont serial killer breakthrough: Bradley Robert Edwards, 48, SMILES as he appears in court charged with the murder of two women - as police investigation continues into third unsolved case that shocked Australia By Lucy Mae Beers and Cindy Tran and Riley Morgan For Daily Mail Australia and Aap. WA News Perth THE man police allege is the Claremont serial killer – accused of killing Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon – is set to face trial after pleading not guilty to three.
A man has been taken into custody after heavily armed police stormed a property in connection with the Claremont serial killer investigation, reports say.
The man, aged in his 50s, was arrested at his Kewdale property in Perth on Thursday morning for questioning as part of the cold case inquiry, ABC News reported.
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Neighbours have claimed the harrowing moment they heard screams coming from the property about an hour before police were at the scene.
Detectives cordoned off the home as a crime scene as they concentrated on an area in the backyard where a forensic tent was set up.
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Detectives cordoned off the home as a crime scene and concentrated on the backyard where they have set up a forensic tent as a man was taken into custody for questioning
Detectives cordoned off the home as a crime scene but would not comment on whether the investigation was in relation to the historic Claremont serial killings
A number of large bags were seen being removed from the property after the man's home was also searched by detectives, who investigate unsolved homicides.
The man has not been previously linked to the case, ABC reported.
Officers from the Tactical Response Group swarmed the property around 7am.
Neighbour Jim Sheffield claimed he heard screams coming from the home around an hour before police stormed the property.
'About half past 6 and I heard a real loud yell and it sounded like a scream,' Mr Sheffield told 7 News.
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'I didn't think that much about it. Came out about an hour later and there were a lot of police cars.'
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Police confirmed the search was part of an 'ongoing operation' but declined to comment further as media speculation could compromise their investigation.
It is believed the man and his daughter had lived in the home for several years.
Last year The Post Newspaper reported that detectives believed the person or people who killed three women last seen in Claremont in the 1990s may have also raped a teenage girl in the year before the first murder.
Sarah Spiers (pictured), an 18-year-old secretary, went missing from a Claremont nightclub in January 1996. Her body was never found
In March 1997, Ciara Glennon (pictured), a 27-year-old lawyer, disappeared from a night out. Her body was found in bushland in Perth's north a few weeks later
Childcare worker Jane Rimmer, 23, (pictured) vanished after leaving a venue. Her body was discovered in bushland, south of Perth, in August 1996
Sarah Spiers, an 18-year-old secretary, went missing from a Claremont nightclub in January 1996. Her body was never found.
Five months later, childcare worker Jane Rimmer, 23, vanished after leaving a venue. Her body was discovered in bushland, south of Perth, in August 1996.
In March 1997, Ciara Glennon, a 27-year-old lawyer, disappeared from a night out. Her body was found in bushland in Perth's north a few weeks later.
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A former mayor of Claremont was once named as a person of interest in 2004. But DNA samples recovered from the body of one of the victims did not match his, The Post reported.
The deaths of three women between 1996 and 1997 sparked Australia's longest police investigation into what was dubbed the Claremont serial killings.