Samantha Knight, a Sydney teenager, was drugged and killed by “monster” serial paedophile Michael Guider, who passed away while being held in detention.
A representative for Corrective Services NSW confirmed that the 73-year-old passed away at Prince of Wales Hospital in the eastern suburbs of the city at 7:25 a.m. this morning.
“As a matter of protocol, Corrective Services NSW and NSW Police investigate all deaths in custody regardless of the circumstances,” she said in a statement.
On August 19, 1986, Guider abducted Samantha Knight, a Bondi schoolgirl, from the street. Following over 10 years of police investigations, Guider was given a 17-year prison sentence for the nine-year-old’s killing.
After being freed from prison in 2019, he was re-incarcerated in 2022 due to a violation of his supervision order.
Guider never expressed regret for his actions or disclosed the location of the nine-year-old’s body dump.
Guider also drugged, harassed, and took pictures of a large number of additional boys and girls who were his victims.
Tim, his brother, told 60 Minutes after his release from prison in 2019 that he did not think his “monster” sibling had been rehabilitated.
“He’s capable of again snatching another child off the street,” he claimed. “I despise him and I will continue to do so.”
