Has a podcast cracked a cold-case murder mystery 31 years later?

A retired nurse’s explosive evidence could reignite police investigations into the disappearance of missing mother-of-two Bronwyn Winfield.

Judy Singh (inset) saw what she fears was the body of missing NSW mother Bronwyn Winfield wrapped in sheets in the back of a car in mid-May, 1993.

Has a podcast just changed the entire course of a cold-case murder mystery after 31 years?

Bronwyn, a true crime investigative podcast by journalist Hedley Thomas, today revealed a new witness saw what she fears was the body of missing NSW mother Bronwyn Winfield wrapped in sheets in the back of a car in mid-May, 1993.

The Ford Falcon sedan was being driven by Ms Winfield’s estranged husband, Jon Winfield, according to retired nurse Judy Singh.

If her recollection is correct it was the night Bronwyn vanished from Lennox Head on the NSW far north coast, leaving behind two girls, 10 and 5.

Bronwyn Winfield, Jon Winfield and their daughter Lauren (centre).

“I know that he had something in that car that resembled a body. Just made me feel sick. Just a body shape in the back seat,” she told the podcast.

Mr Winfield has always denied any involvement in his wife’s disappearance and suspected murder and he has never been charged in connection to it.

The Bronwyn podcast was launched by The Australian last month and has been piecing together the events that occurred in the idyllic surf town of Lennox Head decades ago.

The emergence of the new witness and evidence could reignite police investigations into the cold case.

Ms Singh lived about 50m from the Winfields and says she tried to report what she saw from her upper level balcony to local police within weeks, and at Byron Bay station years later when she was accompanied by a doctor from New Zealand.

The doctor has verified the account of going to the station.

Police she dealt with were “hardly interested” and never got back to her, Ms Singh said.

Mr Winfield looked up to the lamp light on Ms Singh’s balcony and was clearly identifiable as the vehicle’s driver, she said.

It had haunted her ever since.

“Without a doubt in my mind, it was him,” Ms Singh said.

“He looked up when he saw me. And I could see this mummy-like thing.”

The 69-year-old former Lennox Head resident contacted Thomas on June 9 after seeing advertising for the podcast.

“I said to my son, ‘this is my opportunity to tell somebody again’,” she said.

“Before you leave this earth you don’t want to have regret or something kind of plaguing you that wasn’t right.”

To read the full story, watch the video reconstruction and listen to Episode 7, go to bronwynpodcast.com now.

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