Murder of Vivianne Ruiz

Date: December 28, 1991 • Location: Canberra, Australia

An unidentified body, later identified as Vivianne Ruiz, was found in garbage bags.

The murder of Vivianne Ruiz occurred in Sydney, Australia. Her body was discovered in garbage bags on 28 December 1991 without any identification. A postmortem found strangulation to be the likely cause of death. Animal hairs were found on the body, and newspaper was stuffed inside her mouth.