The Death of Joan Volmer

In May 1995, all four perpetrators appealed their convictions at the Supreme Court of Victoria. The defendants argued that the Crown had failed to adequately show that by pressing on Joan's neck they had caused her death. Little is known about the perpetrators' lives following their convictions, though all appear to have maintained their faith. Ralph Volmer eventually married for a third time and left Victoria to live with his new wife in Queensland,. selling his and Joan's Antwerp property in 2001. Nearly 60 kilometers south, a simple headstone marks Joan Volmer's final resting place at Horsham Cemetery.