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Jul 2017

1h 36m

Case 56: Anita Cobby

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About this episode

On the morning of February 4 1986, a dairy farmer in the outer Sydney suburb of Prospect noticed his cows had been behaving strangely. For hours, they had stood gathered at one particular spot in his paddock. The farmer went to see what they were doing and found the brutalised body of 26-year-old nurse Anita Cobby.

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Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host

Researched and written by Victoria Dieffenbacher

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