By Tara Cosoleto, Aap
* 20 March, 2020: Russell Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73, die in Bucks Camp at Victoria’s Wonnangatta Valley. Greg Lynn burns the campsite.
* 21 March, 2020: Mr Hill’s phone connects to a tower along the Great Alpine Road. Lynn’s Nissan Patrol and trailer is captured on roadside cameras in the same area. Lynn moved the bodies to the Union Spur track.
* 22 March, 2020: Lynn returns home to Caroline Springs in Melbourne’s west.
* 26 March, 2020: Mr Hill’s wife Robyn reports him missing to the police.
* 27 March, 2020: Police begin searching the Wonnangatta Valley for Mr Hill and Mrs Clay.
* 28 March, 2020: Officers arrive at Bucks Camp and assess the burnt campsite after receiving a tip-off from the public.
* 1 April, 2020: Forensic scientists examine Bucks Camp. Mr Hill’s LandCruiser is removed from the scene and examined. Lynn posts an advertisement for his trailer on Gumtree.
* 3 April, 2020: The ad for Lynn’s trailer is removed from Gumtree.
* 10 April, 2020: Missing persons squad investigates, speaking to the families of Mr Hill and Mrs Clay.
* 6 May, 2020: Mr Hill’s LandCruiser is forensically examined for possible blood stains.
* 12 May, 2020: Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown ends.
* 13 May, 2020: Lynn travels to the Union Spur track to check on the bodies.
* 4 June, 2020: Lynn paints his dark grey Nissan Patrol beige.
* 14 July, 2020: Police visit Lynn at his Caroline Springs home and photograph his re-painted car parked on a side street.
* 15 October, 2020: On police request, Parks Victoria rangers collect the remaining fire debris from Bucks Camp and kept it stored in three bags.
* November 2020: Lynn returns to Union Spur and burns the bodies of Mr Hill and Mrs Clay before scattering their remains in a fallen tree trunk.
* 6 January, 2021: The bags of debris gathered from Bucks Camp are forensically examined. Heavy glass, solar panels and clothing is among the items found.
* 23 March, 2021: A four-day search of the Wonnangatta Valley starts. Police do not find any remains.
* 13 April, 2021: Police search along the Great Alpine Road for Mr Hill’s phone but nothing is found.
* 26 April, 2021: The start of four days of aerial searches of the Wonnangatta Valley but no human remains are found.
* 22 September, 2021: Police start using surveillance devices on Lynn’s car and home, recording conversations.
* 14 October, 2021: The families of Mr Hill and Mrs Clay make a public plea for information.
* 7 November, 2021: The missing persons squad publicly releases an image of Lynn’s trailer and Nissan Patrol, captured on roadside cameras at the Great Alpine Road. The image is shown on the 60 Minutes news program.
* 13 November, 2021: Lynn and his wife Melanie are recorded by police watching 60 Minutes. Melanie remarks the vehicle and trailer look like Lynn’s.
* 19 November, 2021: Lynn removes a distinctive awning from his Nissan Patrol.
* 22 November, 2021: Lynn leaves his home at 5.30am and drives to a secluded camp area in Arbuckle. Police arrest him. His house is searched and a shotgun is seized.
* 26 November, 2021: Lynn appears in Sale Magistrates Court, charged with the murders of Mr Hill and Mrs Clay.
* 29 November, 2021: Police search the Union Spur track over three days. They find more than 2100 burnt human remains in a fallen tree trunk.
* 11 February, 2022: Five blood stains are located on the canopy of Mr Hill’s LandCruiser.
* 2 March, 2022: Police re-examine Bucks Camp, finding fragments of bone, mirror and metal. One of the bones is confirmed as a skull fragment from Mrs Clay.
* 9 March, 2022: More bone fragments are located at Bucks Camp, with several again confirmed as coming from Mrs Clay’s skull.
* 25 January, 2023: Lynn is committed to trial after an eight-day committal hearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court. He pleads not guilty to two counts of murder.
* 9 May, 2024: A jury is selected in the Supreme Court in Melbourne for the murder trial.
* 10 May, 2024: The jury is discharged over “technical reasons”.
* 13 May, 2024: A new jury is empanelled and the murder trial starts in the Supreme Court.
* 6 June, 2024: Lynn gives evidence to the jury. He maintains he’s innocent of murder but concedes his actions after the two deaths were “despicable”.
* 17 June, 2024: Jury begin their deliberations.
* 25 June, 2024: Jury returns a split verdict verdict, Lynn is found guilty of Ms Clay’s murder but not of Mr Hill’s.
