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Oct 2018
35m 59s

Barrenjoey Road 04 | The Green Kombi Van

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Despite the similarities between the disappearance of Trudie Adams and the assaults on fourteen women on Sydney’s northern beaches, the case goes cold for almost two decades.

That is until 1992, when fresh eyes re-examine an old lead and police think they might be close to cracking the case.

Is it the breakthrough they think it is? Ruby Jones sits down with a former detective who knows Trudie’s case better than anyone else

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Barrenjoey Road 05 | The Big Bad Wolf
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Barrenjoey Road 06 | The Unholy Relationship
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