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David MurrayNational Crime Correspondent

David Murray is The Australian’s National Crime Correspondent. He was previously Crime Editor at The Courier-Mail and prior to that was News Corp’s London-based Europe Correspondent. He is behind investigative podcasts The Lighthouse and Searching for Rachel Antonio and is the author of The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay.

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20/06/2018: Michelle Walsh outside her old school, Northern Beaches Secondary College, formerly called Cromer High. Michelle has come forward with an interesting account of an encounter with one of Chris Dawson's school teacher colleagues. It has led to fresh interview being taken as evidence by detective's re-examining the case.Pic by James Croucher

Everyone talked but few listened

A former deputy principal suspected soon after Lyn Dawson went missing that her husband was responsible for her disappearance | LISTEN

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Undated copy pic of Lynette Dawson with husband Chris and daughter Shanelle. Lynette disappeared 01/1982 and her husband is suspected of her murder.

Stories clash over disappearance

Glaring contradictions between two statements given to police about Lyn Dawson’s disappearance were not acted on by officers.

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Evidence stuns Lyn’s family

Lyn Dawson’s family is stunned a handwritten statement by her husband and suspected killer went missing for decades.

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Peruvian law enforcement seized about 1.2 tonnes of cocaine.

Local arrests following drug bust

An alleged conspiracy to import 300kg of cocaine into Australia from Peru via PNG has led to arrests in Queensland and NSW.

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A recent picture of identical twins Chris (LEFT) and Paul Dawson

Long-lost document exposes lies

Chris Dawson’s lies about his missing wife, Lyn, are laid bare in a handwritten statement lost for more than 20 years | LISTEN

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12th June 2018. Sonia Anderson holding an image of her daughter Bianca Girven, who was murdered by her partner 9 years ago. Controversy over a new book by forensic psychiatrist Donald Grant on 10 Queensland killers he assessed. Sonia Anderson is distraught after finding out her daughter Bianca Girven's last words in the book. Bianca was murdered by her on-again off-again boyfriend Rhys Austin in Mt Gravatt in 2010.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

‘Take book on killings off shelves’

Authorities have been urged to investigate a book by a forensic psychiatrist as a victim’s mother called for it to be withdrawn.

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TEACHERS-PET..16/5/18: Annette Leary at Warriewood on Sydney's northern beaches, she was one of Lyn Dawson's friends who went missing in1982. Her husband at the time was Chris Dawson, a former Rugby League player. To go with upcoming Hedley Thomas podcast on the disappearance of Lyn Dawson. John Feder/The Australian.

‘Regrets’ over not calling cops

Friends of Lyn Dawson are struggling with feelings of regret that they did not go to police as soon as she vanished 26 years ago.

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Book Cover - Killer Instinct: Having a Mind for Murder. by Donald Grant

‘Betrayal of patients, victims’

Queensland Health confirms it is examining a book by a forensic psychiatrist which revealed a murder victim’s last words.

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Anger at tell-all murder book

A mother was blindsided when she learned her murdered daughter’s last words through a book by a forensic psychiatrist.

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ABC program Chequerboard - Heckle And Jeckle Bib And Bub. Featuring an interview with Chris (Right) and Paul Dawson and their partners - Lynette Dawson was Chris' wife.

Twins had ‘birthday sex’ with girl

A ‘pack’ of teachers were having sex with Cromer High students when murder suspect Chris Dawson taught there.

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