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[Music] listeners in the winter of 1996 Stacy galad stood by The Waters Edge at the
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Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Center as a member of the Bain Women's Water poloo team it was a familiar scene for Stacy
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as she and her teammates milled around the poolside in their swimsuits and bathing caps waiting for their training
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session to begin when it came time to enter the water Stacy glanced over and noticed
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that her friend and teammate 21-year-old Kelly Lane was sitting on the edge of the pool with a Taw wrapped tightly
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under her arms she held it there until the very last moment before dropping it to one
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side and discreetly slipping into the water Stacy found this unusual Kelly was an accomplished
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athlete who'd been competing in water sports all her life she was no stranger to wearing her swimsuit in public and
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until relatively recently she typically walked around confidently in her bathers
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before diving straight into the pool Stacy had also noticed that Kelly had taken to wearing tracksuits over her
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swimsuit no matter the weather Stacy had her suspicion as to why she put her goggles on and a
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ducked under the water to catch a glimpse of Kelly's Body it was just as she suspected Kelly Lane was
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pregnant this was significant for several reasons for starters the two were close friends and Kelly had never
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once mentioned that she was expecting a baby secondly water poloo was a physically demanding contact sport in
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Which injuries are common place not the type of Activity one would expect to see
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a heavily pregnant woman participating in Stacy knew Kelly's long-term boyfriend rugby player Duncan Gillies
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and she assumed the couple had decided to keep the pregnancy quiet respecting their privacy she said
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nothing to Kelly about it Stacy didn't see Kelly play another game after that a few weeks later she noticed Kelly
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was no longer pregnant it occurred to her that Kelly must have given birth but she didn't stop to think about what had
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happened to the baby [Music] [Music] just short of 3 years later on Wednesday June 2 1999 ankle care adoption services
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social worker Virginia fun arrived at Ry Hospital in Northern Sydney a young patient had called the
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agency the previous day with a somewhat unusual case she had just given birth and wanted
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to place her baby for adoption Virginia was a little taken aback it was incredibly rare for a new
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mother to make such a request the adoption process typically began much earlier in the pregnancy with
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appropriate arrangements already in place by the time the baby was born Virginia was introduced to the
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patient 24-year-old Kelly Lane and her two-day old son Jacob not his real name Kelly explained that she'd been living
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in London for the past year with her boyfriend Duncan Gillies a professional rugby player who was still in the
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UK the couple had recently broken up and she didn't feel able to care for a child Not only was she due back in
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London for work in a few weeks time her parents weren't happy about the pregnancy and couldn't offer any
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help Duncan wasn't prepared to be a parent either so they'd agreed their best option was to have the baby
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adopted Virginia was a little concerned Kelly appeared to be a doting mother to Jacob Virginia worried she'd
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made a rash decision and might change her mind in a few days time she began making arrangements to
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place Jacob into shortterm foster while Kelly was discharged from hospital to think about her
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options the following day a midwife arrived at the address Kelly had provided to administer routine postnatal
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care a confused man answered the door he said Kelly Lane hadn't lived at the property for a year and a
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half Virginia fun dialed the landline Kelly had supplied only to find that it was a wrong
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number she called Kelly's Mobile but it went straight to voicemail when Kelly arrived for a
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pre-arranged meeting with Virginia a few days later and was told about the midwife's failed visit Kelly insisted it
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was the right address she was staying there with friends and the man who answered the
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door just hadn't been aware of this fact the foster care agreement Kelly entered into was only valid for one
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month during which she was expected to attend access visits with Baby J Jacob once the month was over she'd have
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the option of officially signing the adoption papers but as the weeks passed by Virginia found it increasingly difficult
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to get in touch with Kelly her mobile was almost always switched off and she only returned
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Virginia's calls out of hours typically to cancel meetings at the last minute Kelly had various explanations
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for her lack of availability she said she had to travel to Cambra to sort out some issues with her UK visa and that
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her ex- partner Duncan had Frozen their joint bank account and she needed to see
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a solicitor to sort it out Virginia was a consummate professional who treated all the mothers
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she worked with compassionately but she couldn't help but feel that Kelly Lane wasn't being
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completely honest Virginia wondered whether Kelly was purposely stalling the adoption
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process because she was reluctant about moving forward during the few visits she'd had
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with the Jacob she'd been very loving towards him bringing him presence and shedding tears over the agonizing
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decision she faced as the one- Monon deadline approached Kelly finally agreed to meet
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with Virginia to sign the adoption papers but when the day came she failed to show Virginia tried the number of a
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friend Kelly said could offer her support that too was false the foster care agreement expired
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leaving Virginia with no choice but to hand the case to the New South Wales Department of Community Services or
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docks in the eyes of the law Kelly had technically abandoned her baby boy Virginia had also been
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unsuccessfully trying to make contact with the Jacob's father Kelly's ex Duncan Gillies Kelly kept saying she'd give
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Virginia Duncan's UK phone number but she'd failed to do so not sure what else to do Virginia
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wrote a letter to Duncan's former Rugby Club in Sydney in the hopes they could forward it on to
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him shortly after Duncan called Virginia in a State of Shock as far as he was concerned there
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was no way he could be Jacob's father while he and Kelly had been a couple for several years during their
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early 20s Duncan said their relationship had ended about 18 months prior and they
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hadn't had contact since Duncan had moved to London for a period of time but as far as he knew
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Kelly still lived in Sydney and always had Virginia confronted Kelly with this information Kelly broke down admitting
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she made the story up because she thought it would be better if Jacob grew up thinking he'd been the result of a
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loving long-term relationship Kelly said that Jacob's father was actually a man named Aaron
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Williams and Aussie she'd met while living in London Kelly told Virginia that Aaron
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knew about the pregnancy and had consented to the adoption she signed an affidavit
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confirming this but was unable to provide any contact details for Baron all she knew was that he had a
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University degree and worked at Barkley's Bank in London Virginia contacted the Australian
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and UK officers of Barkley's Bank only to find that no one named Aaron Williams was employed
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there this was unsurprising given Virginia already knew that Kelly had never lived in
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London she was starting to have some serious concerns about Kelly's Mental Health and whether she was even fit to
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give legal consent to Jacob's adoption in addition to giving evasive answers being uncontable and dragging
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out the adoption process Kelly had told another liar that Virginia simply couldn't make sense
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of when Kelly presented at RI hospital to give birth to Jacob their records showed that she'd previously visited 3
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years earlier in September 19 1996 Kelly had been heavily pregnant at the time and asked to be
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induced staff declined to do so because she hadn't quite reached full term but their records showed that she went on to
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have the child across town at Orban Hospital during Jacob's birth in 1999 ride Hospital staff questioned Kelly
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about this previous birth Kelly said she'd had a daughter whom she depressed for 6 months and who
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had traveled with her from London to Sydney but when Virginia fun asked Kelly if she had any other children she gave
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an entirely different answer she said Jacob was her first and only child the doc's social worker assigned
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to Kelly's case John barovik obtained Kelly's medical records if Jacob had a sister it was
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only fair that it went on his his records so he could contact her in the future if he so
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desired John confirmed that Kelly had indeed given birth to a baby girl named Tegan in September of
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1996 but she'd also given birth to another girl in March 1995 called Kayla not her real
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[Music] name the hospital records of Jacob Teegan and Kayla each listed Duncan Gillies as the father
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from the records it was clear that Kayla had been legally adopted to a loving family but johon could find no record of
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what happened to Tegan Jong called Kelly and asked her if she'd previously given
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birth she admitted that she'd placed Kayla for adoption in 1995 but denied ever being pregnant in
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1996 or visiting ride hospital at that time John knew Kelly was lying he had her records in front of him
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and could say it for himself but if Kelly didn't have takan and she hadn't been formally adopted
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then where was she John barovik told Kelly that he had no choice but to contact the police and
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inform them of the matter Kelly wrote JN a letter explaining that she intended to discuss
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the situation with Virginia fun she asked that John refrain from making any inquiries in the mean time
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explaining many people have been involved by name who actually have no knowledge of what has occurred and
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therefore are useless in your inquiries please do not contact them before giving
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me prior notice as they will be completely unaware of what you were talking about a few days later a facts from
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Kelly arrived at Virginia's office which read Dear Virginia firstly thank you for
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all of your time your patience and your understanding even though I have not been entirely honest with you I'm glad
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now that I can stop telling half truths and lies and perhaps move on in my life it must be very hard for you to
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understand what has been going on and why I have done the things I've done and and I'm not sure I can give you all the
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answers over all of these weeks my main concern was Jacob and making sure that he was safe and happy and that you would
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find him a loving and secure home so where do I start I'm not sure my life for the last 6 years has been a
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nightmare many people including my family have disowned me and looking at the situation I guess it's not hard to
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figure out why there were three children obviously I can't lie anymore as the paperwork is
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there the middle child lives with a family in Perth although I have not had contact with them for a long
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time they befriended me just before I had her and supported us I am not able to give you many
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details as I am not sure of them myself if my story isn't unusual enough as it already is I know you probably can't
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believe it but I know somehow that you know I am now being honest with you Kelly went on to explain that no one
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in her life knew the full story and she wanted to keep it that way she said people close to her had dropped her from
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their lives when they found out she was going to place her babies up for adoption and she was doing her best to
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settle down and find some sort of stability Kelly said her parents lived in London and she hoped to rebuild a
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relationship with them when visiting in a few weeks time I hurt mentally emotionally and
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physically every day Kelly wrote I have to live with this for the rest of my life I constantly feel sick I'm always
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on edge I guess I knew all along that it would all come out in the open and in some ways I'm glad it
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has while Kelly asked Virginia to respect her need for discretion she gave Virginia permission to share this
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information with the docs worker John barovik but Kelly's explanation did a little to ease Jon's concerns about the
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situation still perplexed as to why she lied about teegan's existence and baffled by the explanation that she'd
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been sent to live with a family in Perth John passed the information on to the police when Kelly Lane's file landed at
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Manley police station the detective assigned to it recognized the name right away the lanes were well known and
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respected around Manley a bustling Seaside suburb in Sydney's Northern beaches region an area known
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colloquially as the insula peninsula due to its close-knit reputation not only were the lanes
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heavily involved in the local Sporting Community Kelly's father Rob had recently retired as a sergeant from
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Manley police station digging into the personal life of his only daughter wasn't exactly a
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welcome task by all accounts the blonde and bubbly Kelly was a popular social butterfly who many regarded as a golden
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girl a successful athlete from a young age she'd gone on to play water poloo at an elite level even representing
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Australia overseas as far as police were concerned Kelly's previous indiscretion wasn't a
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high priority unaware of the various versions of events Kelly had told about her
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second born child the detective looked over her file hospital records revealed that on
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the afternoon of Wednesday September 11th 1996 21-year-old Kelly had presented at
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Orban Hospital in Western Sydney this was around 35 km from where Kelly lived with her parents in the
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suburb of fairlight and she'd never been a patient there before Kelly who was heavily pregnant
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told staff that she'd been intending to have a home birth with a private Midwife however her baby was overdue so
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a home birth was no longer possible Kelly asked to be induced instead while she didn't bring any of
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her anti natal records with her she gave staff the contact number for her Midwife after several unsuccessful
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attempts to contact Kelly's Midwife the Orban Hospital staff agreed to induce her the following
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day at 8 p.m. on Thursday September 12th baby Tean lee Lane entered the world while Tean was the image of Health the
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birth wasn't without complications it turned out that Teegan wasn't overdue as Kelly had claimed but
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actually appeared to be 2 weeks early Kelly's placenta was retained during labor and had to be manually
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removed which resulted in significant blood loss she made a quick recovery and Records showed she bonded well with her
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newborn daughter regardless the staff were a little concerned Kelly had shown up alone at
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the hospital and hadn't had a single visitor this was unusual for a young mother and they were worried about her
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lack of support social worker Alicia balra Vasquez was assigned to pay Kelly a visit on Friday September
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13 Kelly told Alicia that she and Tan's father and Gillies had only recently relocated to Sydney from their hometown
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of Perth and that's why she was alone Duncan had every intention of being present for Tegan's birth but
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Kelly being overdue complicated this plan as he had rugby commitments overseas Kelly asked to be discharged
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the following day but Alicia didn't think this was a good idea while Kelly appeared to be happy
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with Tegan and was brush feeding with no issues she also got a bit teary at times although this was normal for any
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new mother Alicia was reluctant to send Kelly Home Alone in an emotionally fragile
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state she also required postoperative care Alicia voiced her concerns to Kelly but Kelly assured her there was no
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reason to worry she explained that a lady was coming to stay with her until her parents arrived in a few days
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time Duncan was also due back from overseas the following week in the meantime her private Midwife
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would take over her postpartum care satisfied with this explanation and happy with Kelly's recovery on Saturday
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September 14 it was agreed by Hospital staff that Kelly and Teegan could be discharged at around midday the
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attending doctor gave Teegan one final examination before concluding she was fit to go
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home Kelly completed the mandatory Medicare form and was given various pieces of paperwork to fill out
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including a consent form to have a blood sample taken from Teegan known as a Guth
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test as well as a registration form to submit to the registry of births deaths and
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marriages at around 2:00 p.m. the nurse on Judy was doing her rounds when she entered Kelly's room only to find that
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the mother and baby had already left strange she thought when Kelly hadn't submitted the requisite paperwork
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nor told any of the nurses she was leaving nonetheless she was free to do as she
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pleased the nurse arranged for a hospital Midwife to visit Kelly in a couple of days time to make sure
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everything was in order but on Monday the Midwife program received a phone call it was Kelly calling to say she didn't
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require their services her private Midwife had everything under [Music] control 4 years later the detective
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assigned to look into Teegan Lane's whereabouts typed teegan's name into the New South Wales registry of births
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deaths and marriages there was no one by that name registered as being born in September
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199 6 and no such birth certificate had ever been issued while it would have been
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difficult to do so it was possible that Teegan could have been registered under a different name or with a different
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date of birth it was mandatory for parents to register the birth of their children but
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failure to do so only resulted in a $1,000 fine and no particular Authority followed up it was therefore possible
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that teegan's birth was simply never registered the detective read over Kelly's hospital records and noted that
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she had listed her private Midwife as a woman named Julie Melville some around Manley police
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station recognized the name Julie was Duncan Gilly's mother the detective called to Julie
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Melville and asked her about the postnatal care she'd provided to Kelly Lane and baby
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Tean Julie was stunned not only had she not been a registered Midwife in September
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1996 she had no idea that Kelly had ever been pregnant let alone with her son's child Duncan Gillies was still trying to
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get his head around the debacle involving the adoption of Kelly's son Jacob when he received a phone call from
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the detective asking about baby Teegan like his mother Duncan was gasted he told the detective there was
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no way Kelly could have been pregnant in 1996 the two had been in a committed relationship for around 4 years between
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1994 and 1998 although they both had busy schedules with various sporting commitments during that time Kelly spent
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several nights a week at Duncan's house in 1996 Duncan said if she'd been pregnant
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he would have known about it as for Baby Kayla being born in 1995 he claimed to have no idea about
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that pregnancy either although the detective was confused by these reactions it took 3
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months before he reached out to Kelly Lane directly by this point 15 months had passed since Doc's social worker John
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barovik first alerted the police to the unknown whereabouts of Tegan Kelly's life had changed significantly
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during that time Jacob's adoption had been finalized and Kelly commenced a new relationship with a family
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friend by the time she was brought into the police station on Wednesday February
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14 2001 for her first formal interview she was 7 months pregnant with baby number
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[Music] four when asked to describe the circumstances of teegan's birth and the subsequent events Kelly's discomfort was
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obvious she admitted that in late 1995 during her relationship with Duncan Gillies she'd met an older man named
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Andrew Morris the two had a brief affair and in March 1996 Kelly discovered she was
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pregnant with Andrew's baby this wasn't welcome news Kelly was a stup student at the time and she
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didn't feel financially or mentally prepared to raise a child Kelly told the detective that she
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and Andrew came to an agreement she would carry the baby to full term and Andrew and his girlfriend M would then
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take custody of tan as Kelly explained Andrew earned good money and he had a partner they indicated to me
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that they were going to be together and I thought that would be more suitable than me on my own at
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Uni Kelly said that she was discharged from hospital around midday on Saturday September 14 1996 at which point Andrew
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Mel and Andrew's mother came to take custody of Teegan Kelly recalled that Andrew
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dropped her at Duncan's house where she was living parttime and then took Tegan with him into his
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care she climed she saw Tegan a number of times after that but the visit stopped in early 1997 when Teegan would
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have been about 4 months old Kelly said she'd had no contact with Andrew Mel Oregan after that and she no
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longer knew where they were Kelly said that at the time of their Affair Andrew had lived in Bain an
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affluent in a city suburb about 18 km Southwest of Manley while while she didn't think
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she'd be able to identify his apartment after 4 years she agreed to look for his
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old mobile number to see if it was still [Music] active although Kelly's story sounded a
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bit odd the interviewing Detective still didn't think too much of it besides Manley police station had bigger fish to
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fry two of their senior officers had recently been bustered as part of a Crackdown on corruption and the whole
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station was in a state of turmoil Kelly's case languished for the rest of the year as the corruption
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Scandal went before the court it was only after a major restructure of personnel that Kelly's
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case finally appeared on the desk of a new detective senior Constable having no connection to
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Kelly's father he wasted a little time in looking into what he believed would turn out to be a relatively minor
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incident all they had to do was locate Teegan and they could get the missing person's case
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off their desks for Good by the time Kelly Lane was called in for questioning a second time 19
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months had passed since she'd last spoken to the police and it was now October 2002 27-year-old Kelly now had a healthy
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baby girl called Emily not her real name who was 17 months old Kelly was in a loving relationship
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with Emily's father and the two were doting devoted parents who were preparing to travel to the UK to spend
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Christmas with Kelly's partner's family although Kelly no longer competed in any sport at an elite level she'd
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made good use of her athletic skills by becoming a much-loved physical education
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teacher at Ravenswood School for Girls an esteemed private Christian School there certainly wasn't anything
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about Kelly that raised any suspicion for the detective but when she started talking
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that all [Music] changed while Kelly Lane repeated her story about giving take into the child's
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biological father there was a significant discrepancy when interviewed in early 2001 she said the father's name was
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Andrew Morris this time she said his name was Andrew Norris with an N but that wasn't the only
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difference her previous account made it sound like a relatively amicable agreement but she now claimed Andrew had
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actually been furious with her for getting pregnant he hated me Kelly said I felt
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like a [ __ ] in contrast to her previous story in which she claimed Andrew had dropped
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her at Duncan's house after she was discharged from the hospital this time Kelly said she took a taxi home
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alone the detective pointed out this was a markedly different story to the one she'd given
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previously Kelly explained that she'd lied during the last police interview because she was embarrassed and wanted
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to make the situation sound better but she was Resolute about one thing the name of tean's father was
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definitely Andrew Norris not Morris the detective was starting to have some serious doubts not only had some of
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Kelly's details changed there were certain elements that didn't quite make sense for starters if Andrew was so
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furious with Kelly for getting pregnant why would he agree to take custody of their baby without so much as a DNA test
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to confirm the baby was indeed his even more perplexing why would his partner Mel agree to tan knowing she was a
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result of her partner's infidelity and if Tean really did go to live with her biological father why
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wasn't Kelly forthright about that from the get-go instead of telling Hospital staff and social workers
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otherwise if Kelly's story was true investigators just had to locate Andrew Norris and the whole mess could be
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cleared up the problem was Kelly said she no longer had a contact number for Andrew nor could she remember exactly
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where he'd lived back in 1996 kelly didn't know much about Andrew at all save for the fact that he worked
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in finance and had studied at the University of Sydney at the time Tean was born he was
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30 years old well built and tanned with bleached blonde hair Kelly said she no longer hung
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around the same crowd that she did back then but there was one friend who knew about the affair and could verify her
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story a woman named Lisa andreata unfortunately Lisa had relocated to Brisbane and they had lost
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touch Kelly told the detective that there were some Diaries of hers in storage at Duncan Gilly's previous home
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in Gladesville she promised to go collect them in the coming days they might contain Andrew's old mobile number
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or the numbers of their France over the following weeks the detective made multiple attempts to
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contact Kelly but she seemed to be avoiding his calls increasingly convinced that Kelly
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was lying the detective reached out to Medicare to see if any claims had ever been made fatigan lee
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Lane Medicare is Australia's publicly funded health insurance scheme individuals are required to provide
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their details when visiting a doctor dentist or hospital or when receiving a vaccination Kelly's Medicare card still
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had tean's name listed on it she had shown this to the police herself explaining that she'd registered Tegan
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on her card just in case Tegan was ever in her care in the future but Medicare records proved that
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there hadn't been a single claim foran in 6 years while it was implausible to believe that a six-year-old could have
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gone their whole life without needing publicly funded Health Care it wasn't enough to prove Tegan was
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deceased police sent a memo to all New South Wales primary schools asking if any had a student named Tegan who was
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born on September 12 1996 they also began conducting searches for Andrew Norris in Kelly's first police interview
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she recalled that Andrew celebrated his 30th birthday a couple of months before Tean was born this Mante would have been
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born around mid 1966 a search of the New South Wales electoral role didn't bring up any Men
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by that name who lived in Bain around 1996 contact was made with the University of Sydney to see if anyone
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named Andrew Norris or morus had attended classes there in the 1980s there were no former students
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enrolled under either of those names by early December Kelly still seemed to be avoiding the police and
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hadn't provided any of the information she'd promised to look for fed up with her lack of cooperation two detectives
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went to Duncan Gilly's former address in Gladesville to see if they could track down the information for
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themselves when they knocked on the door they were surprised to discover that three female police officers lived
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there the detectives asked if anyone had come by asking to look through old boxes
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of paperwork nobody had it became clear to the investigators that if Kelly was telling the truth
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about anything it was that people in her life seemingly had no knowledge that she'd ever been pregnant during her
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early 20s discret inquiries were made with some of Kelly's close friends to see if
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they could shed light on the Tean Lane Andrew Norris situation the Kelly they knew had spent
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her early 20s playing water poloo and drinking at the pub with friends as far as they were all
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concerned the only child Kelly had ever given birth to was Emily in 2001 she was a terrific mother and an
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adored teacher Who Loved children there was no way she would have done anything to harm a newborn born
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baby police managed to track down some of Kelly Lane's former water poloo teammates Stacy galed who' played
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alongside Kelly in 1996 said she'd never heard of Kelly being involved with someone named to Andrew
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Norris however she did recall being suspicious at the time that Kelly might have been
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pregnant Stacy and another teammate Taran both admitted they'd noticed Kelly becoming self-conscious of her
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body they'd snuck a glimpse of her torso underwater to confirm their suspicions but Kelly never spoke to
00:38:07
either of them about it nor did they ever broach the subject assuming it was A Private Matter between Kelly and
00:38:13
Duncan Gillies they also knew that weight gain was a sensitive subject among young
00:38:19
women and they were mindful that their suspicions might be incorrect the more the police learned
00:38:28
the stranger the whole scenario became Kelly had given birth three times in the four years between 1995 into
00:38:37
1999 during each of those pregnancies she'd been a dedicated water polo player who lived a very active social life and
00:38:45
was intimate with her long-term boyfriend while women's fashion at the time consisted of baggy loosefitting
00:38:53
clothing it was staggering to believe that she could have concealed three full-term pregnancies especially while
00:39:00
playing water poloo in a swimsuit multiple times a week Duncan claimed that in 1996 both he
00:39:09
and Kelly were busy with their respective training schedules and therefore they didn't see much of each
00:39:15
other on the occasions they did have sex it was in a spoon position and Kelly hadn't let him touch her belly saying
00:39:23
she was self-conscious because she'd gained weight Kelly said the one person who could
00:39:29
vouch for her story was her old friend Lisa andreata whom she'd lost touch with after Lisa moved to
00:39:37
Brisbane police managed to track down Lisa's email address and they sent her a message asking if she could verify a few
00:39:45
details about Kelly Lane's relationship with Andrew Norris and the subsequent birth of their baby
00:39:53
Teegan Lisa was completely taken aback she had met Kelly while the two were completing tertiary studies at the
00:40:01
Australian College of physical education and they became good friends Lisa had never heard of Andrew
00:40:08
Norris nor about his alleged affair with Kelly as far as Lisa knew Kelly was never pregnant in
00:40:18
1996 Lisa lived in the UK not Brisbane and she'd never lost contact with Kelly in fact the two friends had Rec recently
00:40:27
caught up over Christmas during Kelly's trip to England at no point had Kelly said
00:40:33
anything to Lisa about a missing child or a police investigation failing to find any record
00:40:42
of Tean lane or Andrew Norris the police had no doubt that Kelly was lying they just couldn't figure out why it didn't
00:40:51
make sense that she'd gone through the official adoption process with babies Kaylor and Jacob but not with
00:40:58
Teegan was she trying to protect herself or someone [Music] else investigators considered the
00:41:08
possibility that Kelly could have sold Tan in a private surrogacy Arrangement which is a legal in
00:41:14
Australia they checked Kelly's bank accounts but she hadn't received any large sums of money in
00:41:21
1996 she'd been a student at the time living at home with her parents and her bank accounts were barely
00:41:28
touched none of Kelly's friends recalled any changes in her spending habits police obtained a record of all
00:41:37
the other babies born in Orban Hospital on September 12th 1996 tan was one of only two girls born
00:41:45
that day the other baby girl had been still born this prompted the theory what if
00:41:53
Kelly in a moment of desperation had broken a deal with the reved mother the mother of the stillborn child
00:42:01
was tracked down she now had two children but neither was takan Lane and she hadn't ever crossed paths with
00:42:11
Kelly in each version of events Kelly had given she claimed that after Tan's birth she went back to Duncan's house in
00:42:20
Gladesville working on the theory that Teegan could have been killed or died by accident officers visited the property
00:42:27
with a kadava dog and conducted a cursory search while it yielded no results they
00:42:34
were no longer prepared to give Kelly the benefit of the doubt in May 2003 Kelly was summoned
00:42:45
back to Manley police station for a formal recorded interview confronted with the
00:42:51
inconsistencies in her accounts Kelly maintained the Crux of her story that Andrew noro and his partner Mel had
00:42:58
taken custody of baby Teegan the detective asked if this was the case why did Kelly tell Virginia fun
00:43:06
that Tean had gone to live with a couple in Perth Kelly responded I'm not sure where
00:43:13
they are I wasn't sure what Andrew was going to do confused by this explanation the
00:43:21
detective asked Kelly if she was suggesting that Andrew had relocated to Perth Kelly
00:43:28
replied I'm not sure what his plans were he wasn't going to tell me some of the conversations I had with Andrew
00:43:35
indicated perhaps he wasn't going to stay in Sydney because of the embarrassment that i' caused
00:43:42
him unaware that investigators had already conducted their own inquiries Kelly was caught in multiple lies she
00:43:51
claimed that she'd retrieved her paperwork from Duncan's old house but couldn't find any contact numbers for
00:43:57
people who could verify Andrew's existence she also maintained that she no longer had contact with the one
00:44:04
person who could Lisa andreata the detective told her Kelly it's obvious that you're not telling us
00:44:13
the truth this matter is not going to go away he urged Kelly to come clean all they had to do was establish where
00:44:23
Teegan was and Kelly could move on with her life [Music] the detective pressed on you've been
00:44:31
telling us lies for whatever reason if you know where the child is or what happened to the child it's your
00:44:39
opportunity to tell us now Kelly Lane sat in silence she looked down at her hands which were resting on
00:44:48
the table in front of her as though she was deep in thought the seconds ticked by until
00:44:55
almost a minute passed the detective asked her again if there was anything she wanted to
00:45:02
say after 14 more seconds of Silence Kelly responded quietly no the detective then asked Kelly
00:45:13
outright if she had killed tigan Kelly's demeanor immediately changed her eyes widening as she firmly
00:45:22
exclaimed no I did not Kelly said that no one else knew about the situation and she didn't want
00:45:30
her family and friends being pulled into it she warned the detectives that if they went poking around no one would
00:45:38
have any idea what they were talking about this is between me and Andrew she said nothing has happened to tan he said
00:45:48
he would contact me if there was an emergency I haven't heard kui from them not one word I don't have anything El
00:45:57
else to [Music] say despite previously telling the police that she wouldn't be able to
00:46:06
locate Andrew's former unit Kelly agreed to accompany manly detectives to Bain to
00:46:11
see if something might trigger her memory it had been many years since she'd frequented that side of town and
00:46:19
Kelly couldn't remember any details that could help her identify the building all she remembered was that
00:46:25
Andrew's place was a about a 5 to 10 minute walk from the town hall Hotel Kelly said that over the 6 months
00:46:33
they'd been seeing each other she'd only gone back there about six times always in the early morning hours after a night
00:46:42
out the police wo through various neighborhoods until they made their way down whis Beach Street a residential
00:46:49
treelined street dotted mostly with freestanding houses as they passed by one of the only
00:46:56
apartment buildings on the street Kelly pointed it out she thought that might be it it was
00:47:04
a nondescript three-story block of units with an undercover car park and two sets
00:47:09
of Windows overlooking the street they got out of the car and went into the foyer it was just as Kelly
00:47:19
remembered Kelly said that Andrew's unit had been on the first floor facing the street although she couldn't remember
00:47:27
which one or much else about it a tenant on the ground floor let them in and Kelly confirmed the layout was exactly
00:47:35
the same this was a major breakthrough for detectives there were only two first floor units overlooking the street units
00:47:44
10 and 11 for the first time since their inquiries began they had a possible solid lead to track Andrew Norris
00:47:55
down it turned out that the entire building was managed by a single real estate agency detectives contacted the agent
00:48:04
who went through their records to see if an Andrew Norris had lived there in 1996 they had no records of a tenant by
00:48:13
that name at the time Kelly claimed to have visited the property Unit 10 was occupied by a man named sha
00:48:22
Greaves although he was of similar age to Andrew Norris Shawn didn't fit the description Kelly had
00:48:30
provided when questioned Shawn said he'd never lived with a woman named Mel nor did he know a woman named Kelly
00:48:38
Lane he'd never had housemates or sublet his apartment either in 1996 unit 11 had been leased
00:48:48
by Two Brothers Peter and Steven Clark neither of them recalled ever seeing Kelly Lane in the building
00:48:58
one of the brothers did know a man named Andrew Morris but he was of Asian appearance and had never visited their
00:49:05
unit neither they nor any of the other former tenants recalled ever having seen mail addressed to an Andrew Norris or
00:49:15
Morris Kelly had told the detectives that on a couple of occasions after visiting Andrew she went straight to her
00:49:22
early morning water poloo training sessions at the dawn Fraser pool which which was only a short walk
00:49:28
away further investigation revealed that these training sessions weren't even held at the dawn Fraser pool but at
00:49:36
another location a 20-minute drive across town with Kelly's lies piling up the hunt for Andrew Norris
00:49:49
intensified investigators ran a search for anyone with that name born between 1960 and 1976 in the registry of each
00:49:58
state and territory in Australia they ran checks with the Australian taxation office the Electoral
00:50:04
commission the Department of Immigration the roads and traffic Authority and centerlink utility and telecommunication
00:50:12
providers who serviced the Bain area were contacted as was Australia Post police records were checked to see
00:50:21
if Andrew Norris had been listed anywhere as a missing person event they had a list of 41 men named Andrew
00:50:29
Norris who were born in Australia between 1960 and 1976 contact was made with most of them
00:50:38
but none had been in Bain at the time tan Lane was conceived nor did they know a Kelly or Teegan
00:50:46
Lane they decided not to extend the search to include the name Andrew Morris Morris was a much more common
00:50:54
surname and searching for anyone with that name born over the same 16-year period would have yielded thousands of
00:51:01
possibilities around the country besides Kelly remained adamant that Norris was the correct name though
00:51:10
this did little to sway detectives they were more convinced than ever that Andrew Norris was a fictional
00:51:18
character created by Kelly but if Andrew wasn't real then who was Tan's father some suspected it was Duncan Gillies
00:51:29
Justus as Kelly initially claimed because Kelly never had a guthe test done for Tan there were no medical
00:51:38
records to check anyone's DNA against police tracked down a man named Juan Ramirez who had lived with Duncan
00:51:47
Gillies in 1996 according to Juan Duncan had confided in him back then that Kelly was
00:51:54
pregnant and that they had to keep it secret from Kelly's family Juan recalled a Duncan saying
00:52:01
that Kelly was going away to have the child which she would then place for adoption Duncan Gillies firmly denied
00:52:10
this he didn't consider Juan a close friend let alone a confidant as far as Duncan was concerned
00:52:18
it was just as possible that Juan could be Tan's father police considered this possibility too but checks with him a
00:52:26
migration revealed that Juan hadn't even been in Australia at the time of Tan's conception it was calculated that Tegan
00:52:35
would have been conceived around November or December of 1995 Duncan Gilly said he wasn't even in
00:52:43
Sydney at that time he'd been out of town for 3 weeks with some friends and had bank statements to prove
00:52:51
it he insisted he had no idea Kelly was pregnant twice during the course of their relationship even though they were
00:52:59
intimate throughout as far as Duncan knew Kelly had been taking the contraceptive pill
00:53:05
the whole time they were together by the start of 2004 it had been several months since police had any
00:53:17
contact with Kelly they'd been busy behind the scenes crosschecking her stories making discret inquiries with
00:53:24
her friends and searching for The elusive Andrew Norris the more they discovered the more
00:53:31
convinced they became that Kelly was covering up something major on Thursday January 8th 2004 Kelly
00:53:41
was summoned back to manly police station for her third formal interview regarding teegan's
00:53:47
whereabouts by this time she was busy planning her wedding which was set to take place the following
00:53:53
month Kelly grew visibly upset that upon learning that the police had contacted her friends despite her insistence that
00:54:01
none knew anything about the matter her fiance knew nothing about it either and she was worried about what
00:54:08
might happen if he found out exasperated Kelly said her biggest fear was that if the issue went to court
00:54:17
her young daughter would be taken away from her and if her parents found out they'd never speak to her again
00:54:26
Kelly again insisted Duncan Gillies was not Tegan's father she said she'd only listed him as such on the hospital
00:54:34
paperwork so that he'd be there if something bad happened to her she was adamant the father was
00:54:42
Andrew Norris Kelly claimed that she'd only found out about the pregnancy at around
00:54:49
the 12we mark and she didn't tell Andrew about it until a couple of weeks later Kelly explained
00:54:57
he was very rude and aggressive he said that I'd trapped him and that I was a [ __ ] she said she didn't have any
00:55:06
contact with Andrew again until tan was born at which point he Mel and his mother came to visit them in
00:55:15
hospital prior to that they hadn't discussed anything about what would happen with tan it was only then that
00:55:22
Andrew and Mel offered to take her police wondered what Kelly had intended to do with Teegan if Andrew hadn't shown
00:55:32
up and made such an offer she' told no one else in her life that she was pregnant and hadn't made any alternative
00:55:40
arrangements for Tegan such as adoption or foster care she hadn't bought any supplies indicating she intended to
00:55:47
bring a baby home either such as a cart car seat clothes or nappies in her first police inter
00:55:56
Kelly said that after handing Teegan over to Andrew he drove her to Duncan's place in her second she said she caught
00:56:05
a taxi this time Kelly told the detectives that she drove herself home in her own
00:56:12
car years earlier she' told police she'd celebrated Andrew's 30th birthday at the
00:56:18
Town Hall hotel in August 1996 she now claimed she had no contact with him during that
00:56:28
time Kelly was warned that if Tegan couldn't be located a coronial inquest would be necessary at which point the
00:56:35
story would no doubt leak out after more than 2 hours of questioning the detective told
00:56:43
Kelly I find it hard to believe the story you've given me if there's anything that you wish to tell me now
00:56:50
before we stop the interview if there's something you've been holding back for me I urge you now to tell
00:56:59
me Kelly replied I don't have anything more to say Kelly Lane stuck to her story about
00:57:13
giving Tegan to Andrew Norris hired a solicitor and refused to speak to the police
00:57:20
again a tap was placed on her phone in one call to a friend Kelly shared her fear of having her secret
00:57:28
pregnancies become public knowledge it's going to blow wide open Kelly said my parents are going to be so
00:57:36
embarrassed and ashamed an audibly upset Kelly confided that she was terrified of losing her
00:57:43
daughter Emily as a consequence stating I used to worry so much about wanting to be a sports star and
00:57:51
achieving these wonderful things but the only thing I'm really good at is being a
00:57:57
mom Kelly's parents and fiance were finally made aware of the situation but they stuck by Kelly refusing to provide
00:58:06
formal police statements although the covert recordings failed to capture anything
00:58:12
incriminating investigators felt it was time for the case to go before the coroner the purpose of holding a
00:58:20
coronial inquest wasn't necessarily to find out if Kelly had done something to harm Tagan
00:58:26
it was to determine whether Tean was still alive by putting Kelly into those closest to her on the stand they hoped
00:58:35
that something might be revealed that exposed the truth the inquest commenced before a
00:58:43
closed Court in mid 2004 due to the sensitive subject matter a media suppression order was put in
00:58:50
place preventing journalists from reporting on the story as the proc proceedings got
00:58:56
underway The Hunt fatigan Lane continued birth and death Registries for every Australian State and territory
00:59:05
were checked for anyone who could possibly be the missing child working on the possibility that
00:59:12
the wrong date of birth could have been entered investigators widened their search to any girls born between April
00:59:19
1996 and September 1997 they eventually came up with a list of 12,000 individuals but investigations
00:59:29
into each ruled them out as being Tean Lane casting a wider net memos were sent to every public and private school
00:59:39
across the country as well as all homeschooling bodies authorities were seeking any
00:59:46
female child born on September 12 1996 with a father named Andrew Norris Andrew Morris or a father whose name wasn't
00:59:57
listed checks were made with the Department of Immigration to see if anyone had applied for a passport for a
01:00:03
baby girl between September and December 1996 who could possibly be Tean Lane no such child was
01:00:13
identified checks with government authorities confirmed that no babies had been anonymously abandoned in New South
01:00:20
Wales in 1996 neither did any morgs have any remains that could be a potential match
01:00:27
to Tean by October 2004 it had been 8 years since Tegan's birth and 5 years since
01:00:36
the issue of her whereabouts first came to the attention of the police given how much time had passed
01:00:43
the coroner felt they no longer had any choice while he wanted to respect Kelly's privacy he also felt it was time
01:00:52
to turn to the general public for information as later revealed by the ABC the coroner
01:00:59
offered Kelly a deal if she came clean and told them where Teegan was he'd give her
01:01:07
immunity otherwise he had no choice but to make a public appeal while it hasn't been confirmed
01:01:15
what exactly he promised to give her immunity from the coroner clarified that the offer didn't extend to potential
01:01:23
murder charges Kelly and her lawyers were given 10 minutes to discuss their options they rejected the offer Kelly's
01:01:34
lawyer told the court there is nothing further Kelly can add at this point in time both she and
01:01:41
her family are very keen to find Tean to find her safe and [Music] well the media suppression order was
01:01:53
subsequently lifted and the case was repelled into the headlines an anonymous tipar soon came
01:02:00
forward with a vital detail it turned out that just hours after leaving the hospital on Saturday
01:02:07
September 14 1996 Kelly attended a wedding with the Duncan Gillies the couple getting married were
01:02:15
old friends of Duncan's family video footage of the ceremony captured Kelly as she took her seat in
01:02:22
the church dressed in a creamy white suit despite giving birth less than 48 hours
01:02:29
prior at no point did she mention Teegan or what she'd just been through when Duncan was questioned about
01:02:38
this he later recalled that he'd been out of town prior to the wedding but returned to Sydney specifically for the
01:02:45
event he'd met Kelly at her parents house in Fair light at around 3:00 p.m. and they traveled to the wedding
01:02:52
together if this was true with Kelly and tan leaving the hospital at around midday it meant there was roughly a
01:03:00
3-hour window of time unaccounted for Orban hospital was about an hour's drive from the Lane's house maybe more
01:03:08
depending on traffic investigators wondered what Kelly was doing for those other two
01:03:14
hours between leaving the hospital and arriving at her parents place baby less and ready to attend the
01:03:23
wedding while the investigation continued the public hearing for the inquest commenced in June
01:03:31
2005 the most intimate details of Kelly Lane's private life became daily F off for reporters with readers enthralled by
01:03:39
the prospect of an accomplished young woman with a closet family a wide circle of friends a long-term boyfriend and
01:03:47
various sporting coaches successfully concealing three pregnancies without anyone asking a single question
01:03:56
the public was gripped by the possibility that this seemingly loving mother could have done something to harm
01:04:02
her newborn baby and equally fascinated by the salacious details of Kelly's personal
01:04:08
life tongues wagged about how she could have become pregnant so many times and who the fathers might
01:04:15
be people wondered why Kelly had gone through with each pregnancy when the secrecy of it all would have been such a
01:04:22
heavy burden for a young woman to carry alone reporters gathered outside the courthouse each day of the hearing
01:04:33
snapping photos of those involved as they arrived to reluctantly provide their testimony on the stand Duncan Gilly said
01:04:42
that to describe the whole situation as a hell of a shock would be an understatement throughout his
01:04:50
relationship with Kelly he'd never once suspected she was cheating on him dun was forced to reveal details about his
01:04:58
and Kelly's sex life while Kelly's friends maintained they had no idea about her alleged affair with Andrew
01:05:05
Norris those who socialized with Kelly in their early 20s testified that she was not the type of person to have a one
01:05:13
night stand or go off with someone else when she was in a committed relationship little did Kelly's friends
01:05:21
know Duncan had already consented to a DNA test to check against Kelly's first daughter
01:05:28
Kayla Kayla had been conceived at a time when Duncan and Kelly were in a relationship and her adoption papers
01:05:35
listed him as the biological father according to the paperwork completed by Kelly Duncan fully
01:05:43
consented to the adoption the DNA results came back Duncan was not Kayla's father some of Kelly's friends testified
01:05:56
to having heard gossip that Kelly was pregnant back in 1996 but Manley's Rumor Mill could be
01:06:02
toxic and they didn't think there was any truth to it yes Kelly's weight could fluctuate
01:06:09
but she was also a strongly built athletic girl who always wore loose fitting clothing therefore they never asked her
01:06:17
about it even now with the police investigation in full swing Kelly's friends said that they hadn't discussed
01:06:25
the issue with her her husband also testified that he hadn't questioned Kelly about Tegan at
01:06:32
any great length Kelly's loved ones had two explanations for their lack of probing one it was clear to them that
01:06:41
kelly didn't want to discuss it two she was an excellent mother and a loving caring person there was no way she would
01:06:50
ever harm a child as far as they were all concerned if Kelly said she gave Tegan to her
01:06:57
biological father then that's exactly what happened the social workers adoption agents and medical staff who had been
01:07:06
involved with Kelly over the years also testified one confirmed that if Teegan had simply been illegally adopted the
01:07:15
whole issue could be rectified by Kelly signing an adoption consent form the coroner therefore made a public
01:07:23
appeal asking anyone who may have adopted Tean to come forward when this failed to generate a
01:07:30
response the coroner issued a second appeal asking people to come forward if they knew a childless couple in 1996
01:07:39
who'd suddenly had a baby meanwhile staff at a Queensland Primary School roughly 900 km away
01:07:48
received the memo about tan Lane and searched through their database it turned out they had a female
01:07:55
student enrolled who was born on September 12th 1996 her name was Teegan Chapman although her first name was
01:08:06
spelled differently to Teegan Lanes the similarity couldn't be ignored once staff realized her father's name Alan
01:08:16
Norris the inquest was put on hold while investigators from New South Wales immediately traveled to Queensland to
01:08:24
chase one of the only ing leads in the case to date when Tean Chapman's mother Debbie
01:08:30
found out she insisted police were making a mistake Debbie's mother also gave a statement saying she'd been present for
01:08:39
her granddaughter's birth and there was no way Debbie wasn't the mother but the police weren't willing to
01:08:46
take any chances they obtained T Chapman's medical records and ran a DNA test against Kelly Lane
01:08:55
it wasn't a match up until this point Kelly's parents had been tight lipped about the
01:09:05
whole situation Robert Lane accompanied his daughter to court each day making it
01:09:11
clear to the surrounding press that he intended to stand by Kelly no matter what but hearing the witness testimony
01:09:20
in court was the first time he'd heard the full story about Kelly's three secret pregnant
01:09:26
IES on the stand Robert explained that Kelly's weight had always fluctuated depending on what sport she was playing
01:09:33
at the time in hindsight I feel a bit foolish that I didn't notice anything he said
01:09:41
but I had no reason to believe she was pregnant at all the lanes weren't particularly
01:09:48
religious and both of Kelly's parents were aware that she was sexually active the only reason Robert could think of of
01:09:55
for Kelly concealing the pregnancies was that she didn't want to disappoint her family she was held in very very high
01:10:04
esteem in the family Robert said she was very very well known in the community I
01:10:10
believe she was trying to hide this episode in her life from everyone because of those
01:10:17
pressures like Kelly's friends and husband Robert said that after finding out about the investigation he didn't
01:10:24
feel the need to ask Kelly any questions about Tan's whereabouts while he agreed that Kelly's
01:10:31
story about Andrew Norris was unusual he accepted it unequivocally if anything he thought the
01:10:39
man Kelly had an affair with had likely used a fake name the only time Kelly's mother Sandra
01:10:47
Lane attended Court was when it was her turn to provide testimony Sandra described her
01:10:53
relationship with Kelly as very good she didn't think she'd been strict with Kelly while she was growing up and
01:11:01
believed they had an open and honest relationship Sandra firmly denied having any knowledge of Kelly's three secret
01:11:10
pregnancies she said if she had known she would have supported her Sandra couldn't think of any reason
01:11:18
why Kelly hadn't told her about them like the others she admitted she hadn't asked Kelly much about it since the
01:11:26
truth came to light Sandra described the whole situation as incredibly distressing and
01:11:33
said it didn't feel appropriate to have an in-depth conversation with Kelly about
01:11:38
it Sandra had a clear memory of Saturday September 14 1996 the day Kelly was discharged from hospital after giving
01:11:47
birth to Teegan she recalled that at around 3:00 p.m. Kelly had arrived home alone to get
01:11:54
ready for the wedding Duncan was already dressed and waiting for her Kelly showered and dressed then
01:12:03
Sandra dropped them at the wedding at no point did she recall anything unusual about Kelly's
01:12:14
[Music] Behavior anticipation was high on Monday June 27 2005 as Kelly was expected to
01:12:23
take the stand but just before she was about to do so the coroner made an announcement he ordered that the inquest
01:12:32
to be put on hold while further investigations be conducted into teegan's possible
01:12:38
whereabouts requests were made for any CCV footage from Orban Hospital during Kelly and Tan's stay there to be tracked
01:12:47
down knowing that Kelly had likely driven herself home after being discharged from hospital he also wanted
01:12:54
more time for the car to be forensically examined by the time the inquest resumed
01:13:01
in February 2006 it had been officially running for 15 months nothing further had been
01:13:08
uncovered and the search for CCTV footage yielded no results the now 32-year-old Kelly
01:13:17
finally took the stand the council assisting the coroner presented her with their first question
01:13:25
can you tell this court what happened to Teegan Lane around 2:00 p.m. on September 14 1996 when you left the
01:13:33
hospital with her at the advice of her lawyer Kelly responded firmly I do not wish to answer that
01:13:43
question with that she was free to go in summing up the case the council assisting said there could only be three
01:13:53
possible options Teegan was either with her natural father she had been given to a person
01:14:00
unknown or she'd met with fail play this case can be described using a number of adjectives she said bizarre
01:14:10
fascinating unusual unbelievable however at the end of the day what happened to Tean Lane is a
01:14:18
question that still has no definite answer Kelly's lawyer acknowledged the many lies his client had told but
01:14:28
explained this was because she was embarrassed about her sexual conduct and her failure to prevent unwanted
01:14:36
pregnancies he claimed her lies only proved she was trying to keep the pregnancy secret from everyone in her
01:14:43
life Kelly's lawyer stated there is no evidence capable of establishing Beyond reasonable doubt
01:14:52
that Teegan is dead and therefore no evidence capable of establishing any form of
01:15:00
homicide the coroner handed down his findings on Wednesday February 15 2006 he agreed that there were several
01:15:09
factors supporting the possibility that tan Lane was still alive firstly there was no forensic
01:15:16
evidence to suggest otherwise secondly the fact that Kelly placed her first and third children for
01:15:23
adoption supported the possibility that she'd also done so with Tean thirdly it was possible that
01:15:31
teegan's birth was registered under a fake name and she was living under an assumed
01:15:38
identity however the coroner did not accept Kelly's story about giving Tean to a man named Andrew Norris and he said
01:15:46
that without Kelly testifying he was completely unable to accept her final version of
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events the current stated I find it inherently unlikely that a man with whom she was having an
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affair already had a partner who initially at least was incredibly angry on learning she was pregnant
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nevertheless was happy to take the child he therefore concluded I am comfortably satisfied
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that Teegan Lane is in fact deceased while he couldn't say how or where she had died he was confident it
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had happened in the days immediately following her birth and stated I am disturbed at the possibility
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that Teegan may have met with Foul Play his final recommendation was that the case be handed to the New South
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Wales homicide squad for a full review and further investigation Kelly Lane sobbed
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uncontrollably in her father's arms as the courtroom erupted it in a state of frenzy while the inquests purpose had
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been to find answers it only raised more questions for those in attendance it was
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clear that the matter was far from over if anything it was just the beginning to be continued
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