Dead Wrong true crime podcast: How did Jeffrey Brooks die?

JEFFREY Brooks feared for his life. The young scientist believed he was going to be murdered at his Brisbane workplace – and that those involved would try and make it look like an accident.

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• This family deserves the truth

Jeffrey Brooks feared for his life.

The young scientist believed he was going to be murdered at his workplace – and that those involved would try and make it look like an accident.

He told people, including his best friend and a former boss, how it would go down. He told them how he would be killed, who was after him, and why.

He was so afraid that he asked his brother to lend him a gun. For protection.

And not long after, Jeffrey was dead.

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He’d been shot in the chest and the police who arrived to investigate quickly called it an accident - just as the victim had predicted.

Jeffrey’s family and friends believe police never really entertained the possibility he had been murdered. But we have.

For the past year, The Courier-Mail has tracked down witnesses, statements and documents. We’ve sourced guns, cars and ammunition and commissioned laboratory-controlled ballistics tests.

We’ve performed re-enactments and spoken to scientific experts around the globe.

And when you’ve heard it all, every detail of the life and death of Jeffrey Brooks, you can make up your own mind.

But we think you’ll see what we see: that Jeffrey Brooks was murdered.

Jefrrey Brooks was shot in the chest. Police were quick to rule his death an accident.

His suspicious death is the subject of a major podcast investigation by The Courier-Mail.

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CREDITS

Kate Kyriacou is Crime and Courts Editor at Brisbane’s leading newspaper The Courier-Mail, and author of The Sting: The Undercover Operation that Caught Daniel Morcombe’s Killer.

Peter Hall is a respected veteran journalist with more than 30 years experience covering high-profile murders and inquests, including the biggest police investigation in Queensland history - the Daniel Morcombe murder.

Podcast production: Sean Callinan, art director with NewsDNA and award-winning producer of the Searching for Rachel Antonio podcast.

Content editor: Melanie Pilling, head of news at The Courier-Mail.

Distribution and amplification: The Courier-Mail digital team

Marketing: Liliana Molina, The Courier-Mail brand, content and PR manager

Special thanks: Corey Layton, content and marketing director at Whooshkaa, and Apple Australia