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Apr 2020
1h 28m

"I've seen people die every way possible...

TRUE CRIME AUSTRALIA
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Lying on the floor with a loaded shotgun pressed into the back of his head, Detective Sergeant Jason Evers was supposed to be off-duty when he managed to talk his way out of an armed hold-up - and the experience taught him more about homicide than he e... 
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