Ivan Robert Marko Milat (born December 27, 1944 in Guildford) is a Croatian-Australian serial killer who murdered several tourists and hitchhikers in the 1980s and 1990s. The killings were dubbed the backpacker murders by the press at the time. Ivan Milat is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of seven hitchhikers, several of whom were international backpackers. Ivan Milat had been acquitted on rape charges in 1971. Wikipedia
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