Biography
Fraser was born in Ingham, Queensland.
Crimes
He was jailed for the abduction and murder of nine-year-old Rockhampton girl Keyra Steinhardt in 1999. He had previously served a period in jail for rape. He was subsequently charged with four murders. Police found many trophies of his victims in his flat and ponytails from three different women, which could not be traced to any of his known victims.One alleged victim, however, Natasha Ryan, was eventually found to be alive and living secretly with her boyfriend after being missing for five years.In 2003, he was sentenced to three indefinite prison terms for the murders of Beverley Leggo and Sylvia Benedetti, and the manslaughter of Julie Turner in the Rockhampton area in 1998 and 1999.At his trial, the judge described him as a sexual predator who was a danger to the community and his fellow inmates.
Death
Fraser was being held at the Wolston Correctional Centre and, after complaining of chest pains, he was taken to a secure section of the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba, on December 26, 2006,where he subsequently died of a heart attack on January 1, 2007.
Media
Fraser's murders are the focus of the Crime Investigation Australia series 2 episode The Predator: Leonard John Fraser.
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