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'I hope I've honoured you well': Shanelle Dawson reclaims her mother's story in one of two new books on Lyn Dawson

When Shanelle Dawson was just four years old, her parents were at the centre of a suburban tragedy when Lyn Dawson suddenly went missing. Her mother’s disappearance would not be classified as murder until 2001, with her father eventually held responsible for the crime in 2022.

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Not just morbid interest: True-crime podcasts can bring elusive justice

Several high profile true-crime podcasts have helped spark renewed investigations and inquiries into murder convictions and cold cases.

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Australian Story journalist Wendy Page on 20 years reporting on the mystery of what happened to Lynette Dawson

While producing three programs about the disappearance of Lyn Dawson, Wendy Page spoke to a wide range of people connected to the case — family, friends, Chris Dawson and his teenage lover.

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The Loop: Zelenskyy announces criminal investigation into grenade launcher explosion, Canadian police searching for two suspects after 10 killed in multiple stabbings — as it happened

What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.

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Lyn Dawson's family says they will 'never forgive' former husband Chris Dawson over lies, murder

Lyn Dawson was missing for 40 years but her brother and sister never gave up hope. ABC's Australian Story goes behind the scenes as her siblings prepared for the outcome of her husband Chris Dawson's murder trial and digest the guilty verdict.

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The Teacher’s Pet: hit podcast thrust Lynette Dawson’s 1982 disappearance into the spotlight

Hedley Thomas’s true-crime series about a Sydney teacher and his wife captured the world’s attention and paved the way for a murder trial

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Attn True Crime Weirdos: Teacher’s Pet Will Be Available To Aussies Again After 3 Long Years

The show was taken down in Aus back in 2019.

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Sydney Morning Herald caught in the Crikey crossfire as letter to Lachlan Murdoch knocked back

The SMH and Age refused to accept Crikey’s ad citing competition for subscriptions. Plus: Bolt gets behind Avi Yemini

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Judge to hand down verdict in Chris Dawson murder trial this month

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson is weeks away from learning the verdict in his murder trial for the alleged murder of his wife, Lynette.

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Chris Dawson's relative saw Lynette Dawson six months after she vanished, murder trial told

Chris Dawson's murder trial hears his first wife Lynette was seen outside a Sydney hospital up to six months after she disappeared from their northern beaches home in January 1982.

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Murder trial told Chris Dawson arranged to forge wife's signature on life insurance policy

A Sydney court hears evidence accused murderer Chris Dawson arranged for his wife Lynette's signature to be forged on life insurance paperwork after she disappeared.

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