How to listen to Dear Rachelle podcast

Who killed Rachelle Childs? Innocent people, silenced by fear for decades, are breaking their silence. For Rachelle. Listen to the podcast now.

A young woman murdered. A crime shrouded in secrecy. A killer who walked away.

Who killed Rachelle Childs?

Innocent people, silenced by fear for decades, are breaking their silence. For Rachelle.

For more than two decades, her family and friends have fought for answers.

They believe her case is solvable. They believe her killer is still alive.

For decades, they’ve suffered while police let the trail grow cold.

Now Rachelle’s younger sister Kristy has teamed up with a crew of investigative experts, to re-open the case with the aim of bringing about justice.

Dear Rachelle is hosted and investigated by journalist Ashlea Hansen, who teams up with retired detective and renowned cold case specialist Damian Loone.

You can hear podcast episodes by visiting dearrachelle.com.au.

It also grants you exclusive access to videos, interactive evidence, behind the scenes and extras.

Dear Rachelle is a podcast by True Crime Australia.

Watch the video of the Dear Rachelle investigation above.

If you have any tips or confidential information, please contact investigative journalist Ashlea Hansen at [e-mail]

THE TRAILER: INTRODUCING DEAR RACHELLE

Kristy Childs’s sister Rachelle was murdered. No one has ever been charged with the crime.

The 23-year-old’s body was discovered, burning and partially undressed, on a remote Australian coastal road in June 2001.

For more than two decades, her family and friends have fought for answers.

Did Rachelle know her killer? Who was she supposed to be meeting at the Bargo Hotel the night she died?

Now an unstoppable cold case team has unearthed damning new evidence.

EPISODE ONE: THE LONG WEEKEND

A killer is on the loose in an Australian country town.

Excited for the June long weekend, bubbly 23-year old Rachelle Childs leaves work, phones her sister, and is dead within hours.

Her burning, partially naked body is found nine hours later in bushland on a lonely coastal road.

It’s another two days before her family is told the devastating news.

Since Rachelle’s brutal murder and suspected rape in 2001, her younger sister Kristy has been hunting her killer.

Now, with an unstoppable cold case team reinvestigating and uncovering damning new evidence, could this finally be the break the family need?

EPISODE TWO: BIKIES, INK AND A VICIOUS RUMOUR

Rachelle Childs has been dead for a week and police have no clear suspects.

While detectives race to piece together her final movements, everyone grapples with shock and grief, and the small town rumour mill goes into overdrive.

Was Rachelle killed by bikies over a drug debt?

Rachelle’s sister Kristy hopes a former bikie boss will share vital information about the rumours.

For more information about our investigation, visit dearachelle.com.au

If you have any tips or confidential information, please contact investigative journalist Ashlea Hansen at [e-mail].

You can also join our Dear Rachelle podcast Facebook group.

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