Michael Guider, the “monster” serial paedophile who was convicted of drugging and killing Sydney schoolgirl Samantha Knight, has died in custody.
The 73-year-old died at Prince of Wales Hospital in the city’s eastern suburbs at 7.25am this morning, a Corrective Services NSW spokeswoman confirmed.
“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.
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Guider kidnapped Bondi schoolgirl Samantha Knight from the street on August 19, 1986.
Guider was sentenced to 17 years in prison for the death of the nine-year-old after more than a decade of police investigations.
He was released from jail in 2019 before he was put back behind bars in 2022 for breaching his supervision order.
Guider never displayed remorse for his crime or revealed where he dumped the nine-year-old’s body.
Guider also had many other child victims, boys and girls, who he drugged, molested and photographed.
Following his release from custody in 2019, his brother Tim told 60 Minutes he did not believe his “monster” brother was rehabilitated.
“He’s capable of again snatching another child off the street,” he said.
“I despise him and I will continue to do so.”
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