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

Voice from past speaks volumes

A video of murder victim Lyn Dawson has allowed family to see and hear her for the first time in 36 years.

David Murray

The Nation

**FILE** A September 20, 2016 file photo of Rick Thorburn being escorted by police from the Logan Central Police Station. Thorburn has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his 12-year-old foster daughter Tiahleigh Palmer in October 2015 (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Tiahleigh murderer gets life

Tiahleigh Palmer’s foster father Rick Thorburn has been given a life sentence after pleading guilty to her murder.

David Murray

Inquirer

**FILE** A September 20, 2016 file photo of Rick Thorburn being escorted by police from the Logan Central Police Station, Queensland. Thorburn has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his 12-year-old foster daughter Tiahleigh Palmer in October 2015 (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Delivered into the hands of evil

Tiahleigh Palmer was given Nurofen and told to relax in the shower. In another room, a tearful confession set off a bomb.

David Murray

News

Rick Thornburn has pleaded guilty to murder

Life for callous killer Thorburn

Judge describes Tiahleigh Palmer’s foster father Rick Thorburn as “calculating, callous” as he sentences him to life.

David Murray

PodcastInvestigations

Jane Linwood, Cromer High School Captain in 1983.

‘Teachers preyed on the girls’

A former school captain of Cromer High has backed allegations of male teachers in sexual relationships with girls.

David Murray and HEDLEY THOMAS

PodcastInvestigations

Sex with students rife at school

At least six male teachers were having sex with teen girls at the high school where murder suspect Chris Dawson taught.

HEDLEY THOMAS and David Murray

State Politics

$Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner addresses the media on Tuesday morning at Parliament House in Darwin, announcing the decision to start fracking within the NT.Picture: Justin Kennedy$

High hopes for decriminalising

A parliamentary committee in the NT will examine the possibility of decriminalising all drugs.

David Murray

podcastNews

Lyn’s family never stops search

A new generation of Lyn Dawson’s family is keeping her memory alive, 36 years after her suspected murder.

David Murray

PODCASTInvestigations

No body, no charges, no closure

Lyn Dawson was a devoted wife and mum. She adored her husband, but he betrayed her. Then she went missing, a likely victim of murder | LISTEN

David Murray

The Nation

Shallow depth of field on a historic prison old worn down jail cells. focus on number 2.

Murder accused dies in cell

A man awaiting trial on a 25-year-old double murder has taken his own life in a Central Queensland prison.

David Murray

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