They never discussed the murder. Miller didn't want to raise the subject as he believed that Worrell would kill him. Never at any time did Miller contemplate telling the police of the murder. Had he done so six more young lives would have been saved. Miller's only concern was his friendship with Worrell. In the future a jury would consider this when they determined if Miller was guilty of murder.
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| Tania Kenny |
At 9 am on January 2, 1977, Miller dropped Worrell off at the Rundle Mall and agreed to pick him up at the other end. Miller waited for a short time and Worrell returned with 15-year-old Tania Kenny who had just hitchhiked up from Victor Harbour. Worrell had chatted her up in the street.
They drove to Miller's sister's home on the pretext of picking up some clothes. After checking that no one was home, Worrell and Tania went into the house while Miller waited in the car. Eventually Worrell came out to the car and asked Miller to come inside. From the look on Worrell's face, Miller knew that something was drastically wrong.
In the children's playroom he found Tania's body bound with rope and gagged with a piece of sticking plaster. She was fully clothed and had been strangled. Miller and Worrell had another violent argument. Again Worrell threatened to kill him if Miller didn't help him hide the body.
Hiding the dead girl in a cupboard, they returned later that night, put the body in the car and drove to Wingfield at the back of the Dean Rifle Range. Here they buried Tania in a shallow grave they had dug earlier in the day. Miller maintained that he helped bury the body because he didn't want to get his sister involved.
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| Police examine the remains of Tania Kenny |
On the way back from disposing of the body Miller suggested to Worrell that he should see a doctor and try to find out what was making him commit the horrible murders. Worrell told him to mind his own business. Again, Miller could have stopped the murders there and then simply by going to the police.
But he didn't. He later claimed that his attachment to Christopher Worrell, who was the only friend he had ever had, was the one thing that mattered in his life. The killings would continue. And rather than be without his friend the besotted Miller would allow them to go on.
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