A serial killer convicted of murdering seven backpackers including two young British women, has been linked to the unsolved murder or disappearances of 31 more people in Australia, an official inquiry has been told.

Police suspect that Ivan Milat, known as the backpacker murderer, may be linked to 17 murders or missing person cases and another 14 disappearances.

In total, the inquiry into unsolved murders and long-term missing persons cases in New South Wales between 1965 and 2010 has received 130 submissions.

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