Did Abe Saffron have Kings Cross activist Juanita Nielsen murdered?

On July the 4th, 1975, Juanita Nielsen disappeared. Having campaigned against rampant development in Sydney’s King Cross, Nielsen had emerged as the spokesperson of a diverse coalition, which included the National Trust of Australia as well as local chapters of the Builders Labourers Federation. Together, they disrupted the operations of powerful construction interests such as Frank Theeman, who was allegedly linked to organised crime through figures like Fred Krahe, a former police officer who resigned in 1972 after being linked to the death of police informant Shirley Brifman. Afterwards, Krahe had become a gun for hire, with his contacts in the notoriously corrupt New South Wales police force valuable for clients like Theeman, who tasked Krahe with forcibly evicting his tenants ahead of the planned development.
Nielsen’s last known sighting was the Carousel Club, having been lured there by an offer of advertising in her local newspaper. At the time, the establishment part of the empire of Abe Saffron, whose numerous hotels, bars and nighclubs were rumoured to have been a front for his extensive interests in the Sydney underworld. Accused of being a conduit for elected officials and organised crime heavyweights George Freeman and Lennie McPherson, Saffron is believed to have facilitated Theeman’s dealings with Sydney’s syndicates, including the commissioning of the Nielsen hit. In the end however, three low-ranking employees of the Carousel Club were charged with conspiracy to murder in 1977. One was acquitted, while Edward Trigg received three years in prison and a third man was sentenced to just two. By that point, Theeman’s developments were well underway, a reported success for him and his business associates. As for Nielsen, her body was never found, going down as one of the more notorious mysteries of Australian organised crime in the 20th century.
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*I remember watching The Killing of Angel Street which dealt solely with Nielsen's petitioning to stop the destruction/development of the historic houses in the area. It was very well depicted and acted, as I recall*

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