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[Music] today's episode relates to violent crimes against children that will not be
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suitable for all listeners please keep that in mind before continuing on December 7th 2003 13 year-old Daniel
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Malcolm left his home in the Queensland hinterland town of palm woods to go to the Sunshine Plaza shopping center in
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Maroochydore he planned to get a haircut and look for Christmas presents he had begged his twin brother Bradley to go
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with him the twins went to the plaza together on the bus often but on this rainy day Bradley didn't want to go so
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Daniel went alone their joint birthday was only 12 days away and shortly after that it would be Christmas despite
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having to go by himself Daniel was happy it was excited to buy his parents something special for
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Christmas Daniel left his home on one boy Palm Woods Road and made the one kilometre 20-minute walk from his house
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to the bus stop underneath the killed Melton overpass he passed the small service station along the way the owner
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jenny noticed him walking alone just after 1:00 p.m. in the direction of the bus stop sheltered beneath the overpass
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on nimble connection Road was an unofficial bus stop it's unmarked the buses would pick up and drop off
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passengers there if requested the grass on the side of the road was worn to dirt
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where buses had pulled in and out it is a curved stretch of roadway that begins in the south at Forest Glen and ends at
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the subtropical inter LAN town of near bought to the north around 7 kilometers in length that takes six minutes to
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drive from one end to the other there are four lanes - in each direction the road is framed on both sides by trees
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and bushes and it is always busy with local and tourist traffic daniel had caught the bus from here to the shopping
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plaza many times before standing underneath the overpass he waited for the 135 scheduled afternoon bus service
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to sunshine Plaza driving time from the bus stop to the I was about 15 to 20 minutes the spot
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where Daniel waited for the bus was just a short distance away from the big pineapple a popular tourist landmark on
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what is known as the Sunshine Coast the overpass is also in view of the nearby Suncoast church the bus Daniel was
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expecting had broken down 750 meters before the overpass but it was out of his sight due to the breakdown a
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replacement bus had already been dispatched but the driver had been instructed by the Judy controller to run
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an express service and not stop along the way at 2:15 after Daniel had been waiting 45 minutes
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this replacement bus approached him Daniel signaled for the bus to stop the driver saw him signal but he continued
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on as instructed he gestured to Daniel that another bus was coming as a small shuttle bus was only a few minutes
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behind stopping to pick up the stranded passengers along the route a female passenger confronted the driver about
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not stopping for Daniel who she had seen trying to flag down the bus just three minutes later at 2:18 p.m. the small
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shuttle bus reached Daniel's bus stop however during those 3 minutes Daniel had vanished without a trace
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[Music] palm woods is a small country town in Queensland's hinterland nestled just off the Bruce Highway with
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just over 5,000 residents it's a close-knit and unassuming town 20 minutes from the Sunshine Coast tourist
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resort town of Mooloolaba the land around was once covered in pineapple plantations which propped up the area's
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farming industry in the early 2000s Bruce and Denise Morgan purchased the large family home at the northern end of
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palm woods closer to the smaller town of Wambach they had three young boys so the
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spacious four-bedroom home and a stunning five acres was the perfect family home Bruce and Denise were
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regional franchises for the Jim's mowing business and Bruce was a keen gardener so he was drawn for the sprawling garden
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and the old barn which used to be used for storing pineapples from the local plantations they had moved from another
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house close by so the area was familiar to them from a young age the boys were used to riding their bikes around and
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having their own independence when the twins were six Daniel was hit by four-wheel-drive out the front of the
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family's house it was okay to spend the night in the hospital they were resilient kids by 2003 the family had
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been in their new home for two and a half years and their sons Dean aged 15 and the twins Daniel and Bradley aged 13
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were entrenched in their local community the boys had moved schools to budino and they spent weekends helping their
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parents do up their property they had a dam which they stopped with fish like Australian bass golden perch and
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barramundi and the boys helped their father plant over a hundred fruit trees the boys love spending time at home and
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exploring the area Bruce Malcolm described Daniel as a shy quiet boy who would pick flowers and collect
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knickknacks for his mother on the way home from school Payan twin Bradley were best mates and
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were always together Bruce and the twins had befriended two ponies at a local plant nursery although not technically
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twins as the ponies were born a day apart two different mothers but the same father the boys still formed the special
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bond with them when they were old enough the ponies came to live with the Morgans
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their property Daniel nineties pony bullet and Bradley's pony was called Sorento the boys would walk them around
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and ride them every second day they had ducks chickens cats and Daniel's other best buddy was their German Shepherd
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chief chief was very protective of Daniel Daniel shy and quiet temperament led him to have a special way with
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animals he was kind and patient and it was no surprise to his family that he wanted to become a vet the Morcom family
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was close and has mid 2003 approached their mowing business had over 50 franchisees Bruce and Denise looked the
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qilin down their lives so they sold off half of them and planned a Greek holiday
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to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary after their holiday in October 2003 Bruce and Denise rejigged
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to their business and decided to run their operations from home so they could spend more time with the boys
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the afternoon Daniel had gone to the shopping center Bruce and Denice Malcolm arrived home from a work Christmas party
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in Brisbane about 4:30 they had wanted their three sons to go to but the boys decided to stay home and pick passion
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fruits on a neighboring farm neither Dean nor Daniel was home when Bruce and Denise arrived Bradley told
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his parents Dean was at a friend's house and Daniel had left to go to sunshine Plaza earlier in the day but he wasn't
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home yet Bruce and Denise immediately believed something was wrong they called the bus company and learned of the
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problems with the broken down bus that afternoon they drove along the bus route expecting to find Daniel stranded
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somewhere along the way but he was nowhere to be found at 7:30 they drove to Maroochydore
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police station Daniel's description was noted and an alert was put out for patrol officers to
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be on the lookout for him Bruce and Denise were told to go home and wait for Daniel in case he returned home and if
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he didn't they could file a missing persons report the next day they spent the remainder of the night calling
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friends and family to check if Daniel had wound up at their houses but no one had heard from him using flashlights
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they searched their own property in case Daniel was in the sheds or stables at the den or amongst the fruit trees they
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also headed back to the bus stop but they weren't sure what they was supposed to be searching for by now it was 9:00
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and Daniel was afraid of the dark they were frantic with worry Bruce and Denise stayed up on the couch waiting
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all night but Daniel didn't return home at 8 a.m. the next morning they returned
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to the police station to make a report by 9:00 a.m. police officially named a Daniel Malcolm a missing person and
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released pictures of the smiling boy to the media his disappearance made local news and Bruce and Denise front of the
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media appealing for information over the following days up to 50 state emergency
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service volunteers began a door knock and a large-scale search of the aerial rescue helicopters search from the air
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to cover more land a mannequin was dressed in the outfit Daniel wore on the day he went missing I read a Billabong
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brand t-shirt navy blue shorts and grey globe green sneakers there was place burn
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to kill Mountain overpass where Daniel had been waiting to catch the bus witnesses came forward and confirmed
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seeing a child matching Daniel's appearance beneath the overpass between 2:00 10:00 and 2:00 2:15 p.m.
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some recalled seeing him drawing in the dirt with the stick the driver of the replacement bus confirmed being flagged
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by Daniel the driver of the smaller shuttle bus who had been told to pick up Daniel and any other stranded passengers
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confirmed to the bus stop was empty when he arrived three minutes later sightings
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of a blue sedan in the area were reported by other witnesses they described seeing a young male near the
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blue car and an adult male with him some witnesses saw two adult males in the blue car a woman confirmed she had seen
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Daniel waiting under the overpass so she drove past moments later a blue lady's model car came speeding past her quote I
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could see a person which I thought was a male in the back seat he was punching and moving violently in the back of the
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seat slightly to the right the woman had attempted to write down the license plate number but her pen
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didn't work properly and she had thrown out in the piece of paper she tried to write on another witness described a
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white four-wheel-drive vehicle parked near the bus though the driver of the first bus and several passengers
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mentioned seeing an unkempt gaunt me and standing a short distance behind Daniel
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presumably also waiting for a bus he was described as having a tattoo on his shoulder and a goatee beard when the
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second bus came by a couple of minutes later both Daniel and the unknown men were gone as divers conducted searches
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of nearby waterways and dams investigators focused their attention to identifying the unknown men the news of
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Daniels disappearance had by now gained a national media attention but despite an appeal the stranger from the bus stop
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never came forward his identity remained a mystery and police began to suspect he
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had some involvement in Daniels disappearance task force Argos the child sex offender
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investigation team of Queensland police spoke to known and suspected child sex offenders who lived in the area at the
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time a total of 39 known pedophiles were found to be in the vicinity of the bus stop on the day Daniel disappeared each
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had their own alibi and none could be proven to be the man seen near Daniel [Music]
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meanwhile a vigil was held in support of the Morken family at Daniel's school Siena Catholic College 400 friends and
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supporters joined Bruce and Denise and Daniel's brothers at the service on the 19th of December 12 days after he
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disappeared that was Daniel and Bradley's 14th birthday birthdays were usually a special day for the twins that
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would blow out the candles on the cake together and take turns opening their presents but this was a terrible day for
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Bradley with no sense of celebration on December 21st 14 days after his disappearance police re-enacted Daniels
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movements on the day he vanished to jog the memories of motorists who drove along near board connection Road that
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day for the first time since the start of the investigation the Morgans stated publicly that Daniel had been abducted
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police continued to search homes Fields and waterways they collected statements questioned persons of interest and
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checked alibis they were under pressure to find Daniel and identify the unknown man seen with him at the bus stop rumors
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of a child snatcher kept children from travelling alone and to the lingering terror of when he would strike again
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kept the local community on edge throughout this ordeal Daniels parents were never idle from the day Daniel went
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missing Denise and Bruce Malcolm vowed they'd never give up looking for him they personally followed up every call
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they received about their son's disappearance investigated every clue they could and conducted many of their
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own searches they searched areas where they believed the Daniel could have been taken or his body disposed of at each
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location they would search on their hands and knees for any evidence of their son even discovering what they
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thought was a piece of Daniels red shirt in a junk pile during one search Christmas past with the Morgan family
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preparing a seat at the dinner table for Daniel despite his absence 2003 ended with no new discoveries but the Morgans
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continued onwards never giving up hope that would find Daniel the first day for Daniel service was held on the 20th of
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April 2004 the color red had become a symbol of Daniel and Bruce and Denise launched a thousand red balloons into
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the sky they maintained awareness and encouraged others not to forget many fundraisers and defense were held in his
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honor and over a million leaflets calling for information were distributed by late 2004 the Queensland state
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government announced the 250,000 dollar reward and possible indemnity from prosecution for any information that
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would help solve Daniels disappearance this reward was the biggest in Queensland's history and - led to 8,000
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calls from the public to Crimestoppers composite sketches of the unknown man seen at the bus stop were drawn up using
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descriptions given by multiple witnesses the sketches showed an older Caucasian male with dark hair heavy brows lean
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face goatee and a tense jaw on the first anniversary of Daniel's disappearance a
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memorial was unveiled at the area where he vanished a thousand people attended the service and a plaque with a message
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circled with red ribbon thanked the efforts of those who contributed their time and effort in the search at the end
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of the plaque at red Daniel was a much-loved brother of Dean and Bradley and son of Denis and Bruce may peace be
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with you the more consult their family home and moved to a smaller house in the same district after leaving Daniels
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bedroom and belonging is untouched after all this time in anticipation of his return Denis carefully packed away his
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things and placed the items in a storage shed by Neil Bruce and Denice Malcolm had been bombarded with hundreds of
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emails and letters full of conspiracy theories and disturbing false information mediums pedophiles and
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others contacted the Morgans with many different theories about what had happened from how he was killed to where
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he was hidden and everything in between none of this information ever led anywhere in February 2005 Bruce and
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Denis launched the Daniel Morgan foundation the foundation aimed to educate children on personal safety to
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assist victims of crime and to support the families of missing persons it was paramount in ensuring Daniel
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wasn't forgotten eighth year on the anniversary of his disappearance his image and story became headlines in the
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Australian media once more as time passed there were no major breakthroughs with the case another 750,000 dollars
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was donated privately making the total reward for information on Daniel $1,000,000 but the reward went unclaimed
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the private donation expired in May 2009 the 250,000 dollar reward from the state
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government still remained on offer on the day the private donation portion of the reward expired the media reported a
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known pedophile Douglas Jack Way could be of interest to police Jack Wei had been released from
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prison in 2003 one month before Daniel disappeared Jack Wei had a proven criminal history
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of snatching young boys in broad daylight for the purpose of sexually assaulting them the theory Jack Wei was
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responsible was further supported by the blue sedan witnesses spotted near the bus stop which matched a carjacked way
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owned at the time he also had tattoos on his shoulder and a goatee beard Jack Leigh lived in goodness
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an hour and a half drive from the kill Mountain overpass and he had plans to be in the area on the day of Daniels
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disappearance he told police his car had broken down near the kill Mountain overpass the day after Daniel
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disappeared prior to his release clear evidence had been presented that Jack Lai was a risk of reoffending but he was
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released anyway and the Queensland Government was heavily criticised Jack Wei was a solid suspect but there wasn't
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enough for an arrest a full-size model of the unknown me and senior Daniel was placed underneath to
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kill me at an overpass within a few days the police received another 300 tip-offs
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from the public in total Crimestoppers received over 20,000 leads during the investigation more than 100 police
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officers conducted over 10,000 interviews but as time passed the investigation slowed to a halt there was
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little doubt Daniel had met with foul play but there was no concrete evidence to direct police towards an arrest the
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caronia inquest into the disappearance of Daniel Morgan began on October 11 2010 seven years after he disappeared
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the Malcolm's hoped their search for the truth would soon be over in the 10,000 page police brief given to the coroner a
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total of 35 people were listed as high-level persons of interest their names were suppressed from the
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media each suspect was referred to by the letter P for person of interest along with a number Bruce and Denice
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Malcolm attended each day of being quest they listened to the sordid and disturbingly detailed history of abuse
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each person of interest had previously perpetrated against children one person of interest known as p1 actually
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confessed he and an accomplice dumped a barrel containing Daniels body into the brisbane river the river was searched
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but nothing was found the confession was the later proven false another person of
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interest known as p5 described as a psychopath who had previously been accused of rape and kidnapping had
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threatened his girlfriend into giving him an alibi when his girlfriend was asked why she protected him she claimed
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she was blinded by love p5 had approximately five hours unaccounted for on the day Daniel went missing
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on the 31st of March 2011 p7 was summoned to give evidence p7 traveled from his home in Western Australia to
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Brisbane after being told a warrant would be issued for his arrest if he didn't appear p7 was a tall lanky man
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with light-colored eyes a goatee and he wore silver earrings he had a tattoo of a clown on his shoulder and tattoos of
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skulls on his arm the nice and welcome later eyes on him and felt a cold shiver she felt in that moment after seeing
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scores of people take the stand at p7 was the men who took her son peace evans real name was Brett Peter Cowan
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he was born on September 18th 1969 in Bunbury Western Australia his parents were Marlene a homemaker and Peter a
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Vietnam War veteran the family moved through Queensland and Cowan grew up in the suburb of Everton Park around the
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ten kilometres north of Brisbane Cowan was described as ordinary with few hobbies interests or social groups
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he was often overlooked by those around him Callum was raised in a strict military household and was the third of
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four brothers his father suffered PTSD from his experiences in the Vietnam War his mother was a proud member of the
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community Cowan was considered the black sheep of the family he boasted of an extensive history of sexual predation
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and abuse against children by age 18 Kellan claimed to have preyed upon up to 30 children aged between 6 & 8 starting
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when he was around 10 years old Kalen targeted most of his victims at the local swimming pool in fleeting
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encounters in order to avoid detection he later started abusing a younger female relative the abuse continued over
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a nine-year period Kalin claims he would ask for permission first and only realized he was doing something wrong
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when he was much older there is no evidence to suggest the Cowen himself had been abused to growing up in his
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teens Cowen attended mussel and college a Catholic High School in Northside Brisbane he was a loner prone to violent
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behavior towards people he perceived as weaker he also displayed a cruel streak towards animals on weekend camps during
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bush schools courses he paraded dead lizards and possums he had killed he was of average intelligence and dropped out
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of school in year 10 relying on his parents to support him he was a cigarette smoker and habitual drug user
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who first tried marijuana at age 11 and regularly used amphetamines cocaine and LSD his first convicted child sex
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offense occurred in 1997 when he was 18 years old Callan was already known to police at
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that stage and was performing court-ordered community service as punishment for drug and theft offenses
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wearing a pair of orange overalls he worked maintenance at a public park in Brisbane while children from a nearby
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child kiss and I played around him Kalen grabbed the seven-year-old boy by the hand and pulled him into a toilet block
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locking them both in a cubicle a childcare worker noticed the boy was missing and started calling out his name
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Callan placed his hands around the boys throat squeezed and threatened to kill him before releasing him Carolyn's
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demeanor after the attack was calm and carefree when the police came by Carolyn's family home that night he
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barely reacted he was charged and pled not guilty he denied putting his hands around the boys throat and eventually
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claimed the boy enjoyed what they did together after his arrest Callan was released on bail during which time he
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disappeared he spent two years on the run interstate before he was finally found in a beachside suburb of Cronulla
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in Sydney and brought back to Brisbane Patrol the survivor of this attacker bravely testified against the small and
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Cowen in court Callen was convicted of indecent dealing and deprivation of Liberty and sentenced to two years
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imprisonment Callens ii convicted attack occurred in 1993 when he was living in a caravan
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park in Darwin with his girlfriend Cowen had not informed his girlfriend of his past and she did not suspect it was a
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pedophile that evening a six-year-old boy who lived two caravans away from Callan was walking back from the toilets
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Callen spoke to the boy and enticed him to join him in checking out some wrecked
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cars nearby after leading the child through a gap in a fence away from the caravan park Callen grabbed him and
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carried him to a rusty wrecked car he tied him up and stuffed paper in his mouth when the Rope loosened that during
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the attack Carolin took a knife and cut the boys legs and chest leaving him to die covered in blood with extensive
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injuries all over his body the boy twisted out of his restraints dazed and in shock he stumbled to a service
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station for help his injuries were so severe it was initially thought a car hit him he wouldn't tell police who
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attacked him Carolyn had traumatized the child sopra family he was too terrified
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to name him once the rumors of a child molester living in their community spread through
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the caravan park Cowan joined the search for the attacker nobody suspected Callen
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and the survivor continued to stay quiet other residents of the caravan parks or
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cow and his young popular outgoing happy and he had a girlfriend they didn't suspect him for a second Karen Haven
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made a scene saying he hoped the police would catch the bastard it was all over for Callen when a DNA sample was found
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on the child's underwear when the police asked residents of the caravan park for
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samples to match Callen confessed the survivor believed caralyn attempted to kill him and expected him to die after
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the attack however the charge of attempted murder was dropped prior to the trial carolyn used the years of
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heavy drug taking as the reason fees three of assaults he was sentenced to seven years jail for unlawfully causing
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grievous bodily harm deprivation of Liberty and gross indecency psychological assessments deemed cowl
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and a pathological liar who lived a parasitic existence with a gross lack of awareness he believed his victims would
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not report him as they probably enjoyed the experiences Callen was only required
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to serve three and a half years of his sentence after acknowledging his sexual deviancy was a problem and agreeing to
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attend a sex offenders treatment program after his release Callen moved to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland with his
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pastor aunt and uncle Keith and Jenny Philbrook Callan claimed to be a reformed Christian who had given his
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heart to God and was no longer taking drugs he attended the Suncoast Church which was located only 100 metres from
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the kill Mountain overpass where Daniel disappeared Carolyn joined a Christian outreach program and regularly attended
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meetings of the church church leaders were never aware Carolyn's criminal history involved acts against children
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but boundaries were apparently put in place by Carolyn's uncle to limit his interactions with children as he did
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have some knowledge during his time worshiping at Suncoast Church Carolyn allegedly tried to rape a fellow
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parish member a 15 year old girl police were not contacted about this attack it was believed or being covered up by the
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church at the time a claim denied by the church leader who was adamant if such an
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allegation was confided to him he would have remembered it and taken swift action Callan soon met and married
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another church goer in 1999 and they had children together his wife claimed to be aware of the
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basics of Carolyn's criminal history but as a forgiving Christian she trusted he
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had changed other churchgoers claimed Carolyn stopped attending the parish once he was married
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Kalin and his wife divorced within five years of marriage and a custody battle for their children took place in the
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Family Court Kalin was interviewed by psychologists and he admitted he always worried if things got bad he could
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offend again but insisted he would never do it against his own flesh and blood custody of their children was awarded to
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Carolyn's ex-wife at the time of Daniels disappearance Kalin still lived with his
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wife on our spent road in bilwa a 30-minute drive from the kill Mountain overpass on December 21st 2003 a few
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weeks after Daniels disappearance police interviewed Karen for the first time Karen owned a white 1990 four wheel
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drive missin Pajero similar in description to one of the cars a witness had seen at the overpass right around
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the time daniel disappeared Carolyn told police he left home around 1:30 that day
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they had spent the morning working in his garden he drove to an acquaintance's housing near bought to collect the mulch
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oh and he estimated he got home around 2:30 his rear took him past the bus stop where Daniel was waiting Callen claimed
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he didn't observe any people or any vehicles at the bus stop when he drove past when he got home he mulched some
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trees had a shower and stadium for the night after this first interview he voluntarily gave a DNA sample and
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provided a photograph of himself he also consented to a forensic examination of his car this examination did not reveal
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any evidence Daniel had been inside the vehicle the next day police questioned at Karen's wife she believed Cal and
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didn't return home that afternoon until about 3 p.m. Callens acquaintances who he borrowed
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the mulcher off told police that he had been at his house for only five minutes to collect the mulcher the police
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raining acted that drive Callen talked that day and discovered there was 45 minutes in Carolyn's statement that was
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unaccounted for police didn't interview Cowan again until July 6 2005 he was now
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separated from his wife and lived in New South Wales during this second interview
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Cowan agreed with police the composite sketch of the unknown man seen with Daniel at the bus stop shared a
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resemblance to himself but he felt it looked more like his brother in this second interview Cowan admitted seeing
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the broken down bus on the side of the road near the one bite turn off the interview concluded with a final
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question if you had have abducted Daniel would you tell me so which Karyn replied
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probably not after he's married gendered Kellan commenced the new relationship she was
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18 he was 37 karen was rough with her and derived sexual pleasure from strangling her to the point of her
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passing out Callens email address at this time was the number six you LDV and the number
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eight sexual deviate on september 14th 2006 police interviewed Karen once more he was again questioned about the timing
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of his movements on December 7th 2003 and police confronted him about the unaccounted 45 minutes in his story for
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the first time since police approached him carolyn admitted he had a drug supplier Sandra Drummond in the
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unaccounted time in Carolyn's statement he now claimed he was at Drummond's house with her partner Kevin Fitzgerald
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for half an hour buying cannabis when asked why he hadn't mentioned this earlier Carolyn said he
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didn't want to implicate Drummond police later took a statement from Drummond who
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confirmed Cowen was a customer but couldn't recall if he'd come to her house on the day Daniel disappeared at
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the cranial inquest Cowen was asked again about seeing the broken down bus he said after thinking about it some
00:31:38
more he was now unsure whether or not he did see the broken down bus work instead he
00:31:43
had just heard about it on the news or saw it in a reenactment he also told the inquest daniel was too old for his
00:31:50
liking as he preferred boys aged from 6 to 8 years old when asked directly if he had any
00:31:57
involvement in what happened to Daniel Karen said I had nothing to do with Daniel's disappearance nothing at all
00:32:04
Bruce and Denice Malcolm left the court visibly distressed they both felt Callen
00:32:10
was the unknown man seen at the bus stop with Daniel but there was no evidence of
00:32:14
that and Callen was free to leave after giving evidence at the inquest he had answered all questions asked of him a
00:32:21
few days later Cowan's drug-dealing alibi Sandra Drummond appeared before the inquest
00:32:27
previously she was unable to give police a definitive answer as to whether or not
00:32:31
Callan was at her home on the afternoon Daniel disappeared she couldn't remember
00:32:35
but now there was new evidence at the inquest she stated that on those Sundays she and her partner Kevin Fitzgerald
00:32:44
would visit the Barrois RSL and played the poker machines using their loyalty cards the loyalty cards actually keep a
00:32:51
record of the time you played the machines and their loyalty cards showed that Drummond and Fitzgerald were
00:32:57
playing the machines from 2:20 p.m. on the 7th of December 2003 which clashed with the time that Cowan said he was at
00:33:04
their house despite his alibi unraveling Callen was free to return home on April 1st 2011 he
00:33:13
boarded an 8 p.m. flight back to Western Australia his participation in the cranial inquest was complete and for him
00:33:21
the saga was over whilst waiting for takeoff the passenger seated beside Cowan started some idle chitchat the
00:33:29
passengers name was Joe Emery he was a friendly bloke around the same age as Kellan social cans and hit it off quite
00:33:36
well they had a lot in common Joe Emery was a career criminal and he and Cowan spent the five-hour flight to
00:33:43
Perth getting to know each other Callan was impressed by Murray and he gave him his phone number the two men remained in
00:33:51
contact and formed a close friendship it was awake after appearing at the cranial inquest that kaolin first heard
00:33:59
about Drummond's testimony on the news hearing the new evidence placing her and fitzgerald at the RSL playing poker
00:34:06
machines at the time he was supposed to be at their house Kalin was quick to protect himself in an attempt to
00:34:13
misdirect the police and hide the criminal history associated with his real name Kalin legally changed his name
00:34:19
to shadow nunya hunter shadow was his dog's name Kalin heard the name hunter on television and at Nanyang was short
00:34:27
for none of your business Kalin was living in a caravan park and Joe Emery visited regularly Carolyn had
00:34:36
been fired from his job and couldn't afford to live in the park for much longer he was desperate for money so Emery
00:34:42
introduced Carolyn to his friend Paul Fitzgerald fitzy as he was more commonly known Fitz
00:34:49
he was the boss of a crime gang that Emery was a member of after spending a few weeks getting to know Kalin better
00:34:55
Carolyn had earned his respect so Emery thought he would be a good fit for the gang Emery vouched for kelan and
00:35:03
Fitz he started him off with some small-time jobs to make sure he could be trusted as Caroline's involvement
00:35:09
increased he earned the trust and respect from the other gang members the structure of the gang was hierarchical
00:35:16
and each member worked under a strict code of trust loyalty and honesty this moral connection was paramount in Cowan
00:35:24
feeling he could confide in those around him and had actually discouraged the pathologically deceptive behavior
00:35:30
he had Beggs ìbut ADIZ whole life pimping drug dealing burglary bribing blackmailing loan sharking gun running
00:35:39
and smuggling were just some of the crimes Karen committed he collected money from sex workers blackmailed a
00:35:46
bank manager bribed custom Offices of Perth International Airport stole $50,000 worth of cigarettes purchased
00:35:54
firearms and fake passports stole cars transported blood diamonds and moved a large sums of money and drugs
00:36:02
Kalen proved himself to be loyal to fitzy in the game and he was rewarded with bigger jobs and as the crimes got
00:36:09
bigger so did the payouts greed became Cowan's primary motivation fancy food alcohol cars clothes women things he
00:36:19
could never afford in his life previously we're now readily available to him powerful men new Callen or shadow nunya
00:36:26
hunter as it was now known and do they respected him life was good for Callen the disappearance of Daniel Malcolm and
00:36:35
the cranial inquest was a distant memory as he lavished himself in luxuries on August 4th 2011 50 message kallen and
00:36:44
said he wanted a meeting Callen was later picked up in a car by fitzy and the two of them drove to meet with Craig
00:36:50
Craig was a corrupt cop who 50 paid well for confidential information and Fitz he
00:36:56
wanted Karen at the meeting Craig gave fitzy some information about different jobs they were planning and warned him
00:37:03
to dump a silver Hyundai they were using as the police had their eyes on it as the conversation was wrapping up Craig
00:37:09
mentioned one more thing it was the reason why Cowan was at the meeting there was the subpoena coming from
00:37:16
Brisbane for Callan to appear at the coroner's court again Carolyn was surprised that's been a gonee remarked
00:37:24
Craig said the subpoena was fresh Karen became nervously defensive and said he didn't know anything about it
00:37:31
Craig assured them his information was good and they had better prepare for him Craig left the meeting leaving an
00:37:39
anxious Cowan with fitzy what's that about mate fitzy asked Ellen Cowen quickly explained I was living in the
00:37:48
area that Daniel Morecambe went missing from and that's how I [ __ ] met Jo on the plane back from being subpoenaed
00:37:54
over there for coroner's caught in Queensland and I know I had nothing to do with it my alibi is 100%
00:38:00
there's nothing we can't get fixed Fitzie assured him but the thing they want I know the bosses made sure nothing
00:38:07
can come back on us because you know we work as a group there's nothing they can't fix so don't stress about [ __ ]
00:38:13
it's just you got to be honest you're going to be 100% honest to us you know you can't [ __ ] lie to us
00:38:21
Carolyn nodded and told fitzy there was nothing to worry about four days later Carolyn met with fitzy
00:38:30
again the revelation he was being subpoenaed to reappear at the inquest had been weighing when he's mourned and
00:38:36
he was worried it would jeopardize his place in the game I am loving this Cowan said I'm happy I haven't been like this
00:38:44
before it's not just the money it's what I'm getting from it the maid ship I'm not proud of my past in prison
00:38:52
I made the decision to never offend again I don't want to be behind bars for the rest of my life
00:38:58
calentard fitzy that he was sure his legal name changed to shadow nunya hunter would mean the subpoena wouldn't
00:39:04
reach him a plan to import ecstasy pills worth a million dollars was lined up as
00:39:09
the next big job for Carolyn Calvin's cut would be a hundred grand and he talked with other gang members about the
00:39:15
toyota FJ cruiser and boat he was going to buy it with the money on August the 9th 2011 Fitz he collected Karen for an
00:39:23
overnight trip they were going on a run to pick up cash cow and mindlessly chattered the fitzy about himself sex
00:39:30
murder his father and his brothers who hated him and his trades and skills an hour into the drive Fitz his phone rang
00:39:38
change of plans Arnold was in town and he wanted them to turn around fitzy ran the local gang but
00:39:47
Arnold was the big boss head of the national syndicate Carolyn and her two beard Arnold before but had never met
00:39:53
him that was about to change Arnold had just ordered to see Karen Arnold was waiting in the Swan River
00:40:02
room the presidential suite of the Hyatt Hotel when Cowan entered the room Arnold enthusiastically shook his hand
00:40:10
Arnold wore a tailored dark suit with a crisp white collared shirt Callen was wearing a baggy leather jacket and jeans
00:40:16
his oily brown hair tied loosely at the back of his neck Arnold led Cowan to a couch and
00:40:23
encouraged him to sit the men Saturday the corner of the couch faced the face a metre apart
00:40:29
Arnold leaned back resting an arm along the back of the couch and crossed the leg over the other he harbored no
00:40:35
tension in the room Cowen hunched forward his elbows on his knees Arnold began their conversation with
00:40:42
informal chucha he referred to Carol on his bug he listened attentively as Caroline discussed how he had been
00:40:49
painting the fence on his farm Karen also talked about an injured bird he had been nursing back to health
00:40:56
Arnold asked if Karen was happy and if he had any problems was anyone forcing Caroline to do anything he didn't want
00:41:01
to do Karen replied no he was enjoying himself and said everyone had been great to him after two minutes of casual
00:41:10
conversation the tone changed abruptly Arnold got to the point as to why he ordered to meet Karen this is the actual
00:41:18
conversation between Arnold and Karen which was recorded listen one of the reasons I brought to
00:41:29
here was aging now I said to you before we both walk before we run we gotta crawl before we walk and as you probably
00:41:37
also know I've got a lot of people in my confines all around the country that a good made to to get good information
00:41:43
from and as this thing's progressing this big job that we're looking at I've been checking out which is only expected
00:41:54
of me and there's a couple of things that have come up that we need to talk about
00:41:59
if unknown I thought it was all dealt with look I was up in here I'm here other business I'll be I'll be straight me I'm
00:42:07
here on other business but I got some information through early this morning which this kind of mainly post finally
00:42:12
stuff so that we can sort this out um what do you need to tell is there something you need to tell me or and
00:42:21
bearing in mind did this to hold what we do is based on respect and honestly there's something stopping here before
00:42:31
you go on I'll let you know that I care what you're done all right I've got no qualms at all and I thought with a lot
00:42:38
by the real bad cancer Isis and I've had a lot of real bad casts on my books what
00:42:43
they do what break it up to doesn't faze me at all all I'm looking for is loyalty
00:42:48
respect and honesty and I'll pay you back as you pay me back to hell um because I lived in the area just let me
00:43:01
figure I'd turn this bloody thing off to come on Tory Johnson I was living the area in oh three when Ben and Warren
00:43:14
went missing pencil being interviewed and I was handed phrase is there left I guarantee I had nothing to do with them
00:43:22
the waters just in one of my alibis or hopping out my alibi they reckon they saw the pieces because my drug dealer
00:43:31
now thanks - I was another half and I've lost my two oldest kids due to this as well I
00:43:42
was brought forward to the coroner's inquest in Marseille polishing and I thought that was the end of it I was
00:43:52
concentrate said to me that there's a not a warrant but a pain a subpoena yeah look I've got them in fact this morning
00:44:01
and basically saying those things but but what concerns me more than anything else is telling it's info telling me and
00:44:12
as I said I paid good money to a lot of people and I take a lot of risk in doing
00:44:17
that to get the information that I need to keep us safe and clean as a group but
00:44:26
ultimately you know if the Heat's on you then the Heat's on all the Heat's on deck and the hates on me and I can't
00:44:33
afford for that to happen huh so so what's happened is from the information I've got all right I'm told and done
00:44:43
you've done the Daniel welcome murder I've told that it's dead said that that year one has done it and at last it
00:44:51
doesn't bother me at all but what concerns me is that I need to I can sort this for you you know I can
00:45:01
sort things out I can buy Ella boys I can get rid of star all that kind of things that needs to be done I can do
00:45:07
that I need to know what I need to do in all of me so you saying they'll divide up a bit that's not why I'm going to and
00:45:17
that brings me in a real dilemma in a crossroad because I want to move forward with what we're doing but until I can
00:45:25
sort this out I can because you're too hot and I'm talking the other subpoena coming for you I say the Holocaust
00:45:36
ruckus me on a still huge another staff and when I thought you for mother Phyllis Phyllis Katya men or more 101 in
00:45:48
confidence you see if I know the sort it's and so this our throne as I've said the
00:45:55
month of you good good for us and I want to bring on board but I've got a way up
00:46:02
the risks the mains got any business you know ever like that huh that's what a couple
00:46:15
to me you got me in one second all righty boy high-mileage hey can i glasses yeah for
00:46:34
me oh I'm getting the same way yeah I bought it and bought it for it but he owned a them okay what what about Arnold
00:46:43
Shadowhunter alias Brett Peter town the main suspect in us disappearance of Daniel walk on the witnessed in
00:46:50
Queensland 7 December 2 here in a tree my sources told me that there's no that means the person responsible for this
00:46:56
event witnesses have placed him at the same with Malcolm just private disappearance as Easton there's about a
00:47:02
45-minute a window of opportunity where Karen is unaccounted for he provided a weak alibi two years later
00:47:09
in a family court matter but there's something about this alibi that's not right and I'll find out all more shortly
00:47:14
let you know the Morgan case is one of the highest profile missing person cases in Queensland history and there's a lot
00:47:19
of any interest in it here on gave evidence at the inquest under the code name of p7 and I suggest you google some
00:47:26
of the info that are provided to get more of a feeling for this matter which have done coroner's inquest the
00:47:33
recommencing shoreland town will again be in the spotlight if you can't sort this out them I
00:47:38
suggest you drop them like a hot potato alright so that's that's what I copped and that's who I had postponed English
00:47:46
um I haven't postponed what's happened but I've postponed the business apps through this morning
00:47:52
if you down when you're one-on-one and sort this share alright but like I said I can't sort out what I don't know so
00:48:03
look what happened and happen I've sorted out yeah I don't know lotta see all right honesty trust
00:48:19
respect huh if you know you know where you're going you know what your options are here all right and you know the
00:48:28
information I've got and I've said I paid good people good money you can ask fine
00:48:35
and if I've got to postpone what we're going to do for a few months to sort this out I'm happy to do that for your
00:48:46
sake all right because I'm told looking pretty long you build up a good relationship with some of the boys and
00:48:55
they'll speak very highly on fish yet so what I'll need the pits okay you know yeah I do
00:49:10
all right okay so here that's that what I'm finding you know I need to kind of date I need to fit me right back to the
00:49:18
whole thing so nice anything like I don't know forgotten DNA or a kind of [ __ ] now obviously they haven't found
00:49:26
the [ __ ] boys they are all friends exam the car they've got nothing animal track well look just waiting through the
00:49:35
whole [ __ ] thing I'll have somebody go and then I'll think about things that we need the sort will fix my coffee home
00:49:45
don't know hair I seen him and then Peter look around and I had magnet what taught what colleges come on Colin spell
00:49:58
last time the early morning you're gone where we go we belong with us as far as price to be yellow with water down your
00:50:05
boss's father spice it up a wooden table track get it done we can use a lot in the end yeah that's armless anything
00:50:13
again um picks it up on my hand there's a broken down bus we have the Samba broken down and then I think
00:50:24
denying at all I say single on the side all right what you're getting hearing a common-law husband after random parking
00:50:31
yeah so it's kind of part of my car was never on the road so nothing la but he put there's some on top of that a white
00:50:38
full draw that I think yeah well it was not sitting on the highway at all and back behind their homes near the church
00:50:47
for where I was okay walk down sat there and then you talking for long I've been
00:50:53
for him at all when I got there they just live ago I was waiting for the bus okay we'll turn up on the bus drove fast
00:51:00
and messing with it on going down to Chopra Center doing with head and you Sonya
00:51:08
thank mister bascomb and he'll know the bus drove past because if I save in the orders not pick up any more passengers
00:51:14
but it was the broken-down one and there being none of us really yes okay so you
00:51:19
ask when you wanna loop detective is something when's when you sydney car behind the battery passenger safe right
00:51:26
okay it here on the saintly something's in our to be to put it spot that annual or when was that to be wrong just off 15
00:51:41
feet tall so that's the spring form which both feel they were it'd be the way our waa fear what do i say no here
00:51:54
in do for all you taking the bit where half hours that from where you pick them up half an hour I don't know the area
00:52:02
I've never really been explained there must surely it's all right so you taking the Bella have you talked them along the
00:52:09
way all the knows no calm I like I said I'm not judging at all all right so being at my all right just tell
00:52:18
me what I know the fish keep taking the Bella then went through a been asking or
00:52:28
knew where you know exactly where that was into boundaries in a nice cool air oh boy
00:52:37
wrote ro is or something with Roy Road at the end but what we might need to do is hit Joe I'll get them out one wanting
00:52:48
to hit that sort we're going to need to get that sorted right um Oh in fact cuz I just put it under bushes and I went
00:52:56
back so if I liked oh boy so you're taken into the house yeah what happened in our on effect I'm not
00:53:07
judging like yes why member to my steal or anything like that the panic in my panic we dragged him around for immunity
00:53:18
I no longer packed unis trailing out and you know you probably don't think about
00:53:24
relying on him so what you were looking at he didn't seen one all right so he read in a stroke he's still [ __ ]
00:53:32
in the car no no it take them to the house with we're back now just into the there's no furniture nothing the first
00:53:42
friend or he [ __ ] spit blue five anything in that right what about is clothing everyone's fighting on school
00:53:53
yes yes bowling in them alright have you've choked me out God in that room what are you done in um taking them
00:54:05
outside you put it in the back of your car what when side it back and K talking about this where what was those a white
00:54:13
Ford rather some of this together okay so that is what but a big door on the back to have sense in the back of all
00:54:21
that I am all the multi easily alright so you've lured him in the back of the carcass would the mall today
00:54:28
spooked it as he passed the mulch all lovey if you reckon you're letting prints of the house or the hair sits
00:54:37
gold dawn if I say we'll get to that Amir so he's taken him in the back your car
00:54:45
how long does it just packed with some I finally had a lot you have 150 meters it's all portion you know I can probably
00:54:55
house it's not a morning so he picked up from that from the house bring me the backing carcass and you're
00:55:01
driven I don't if you made the phone I talked to we're not suppose the way of the plants in a fenced off area I was
00:55:09
actually going to lead the property to this am blasting on yep and there's an embankment where this might say money
00:55:18
got up to and then it's all been grown added with trees and bushes in and then but the old like my wife yep look I'm
00:55:28
not coming with you know maybe just cross a little [ __ ] lap so that I know we pick you up just like come with
00:55:33
a housewife really do anything like then you're always Road comes in you like that load macadamia avocado farm here
00:55:41
next we're spread there around ear like this and everything's a couple of sheds then there is the house here here
00:55:50
consider Roger copy kept everything where the house is there's a little track that goes off down there shrill
00:56:00
gate yep down so it's not a little the caravan and an old mobile song that I picked the Mosel a bit okay so once
00:56:10
you've done that what do you do anymore yep dragging bending in bed with you when your dragon can believe any point
00:56:21
or add to dragon it's on a fateful a angle you know I carried him over three billion bases money okay any tree moving
00:56:32
back with it now half hours over man half here hadn't left a mouthful Lord I pay you [ __ ]
00:56:40
Bush comes but the old cowboy so in front down the back down on bang with Batman huh what are you done then with
00:56:49
their men from dragon see better how far it was um so I found someone I thought I could
00:56:58
spot it so with that sandbox see some still have only fire on you leave anything idle up stripping off yep and
00:57:12
trees and branches and covered it but in fact is closed up for back with me and from in the decree determine an
00:57:22
appropriate which grateful not to store it with the cocaine right there you know
00:57:32
my money I've still weird amenity but like a low longing boots typing my cousin I have a
00:57:39
longing bridge can a creeper hum that is correct there is fast bone cut the morning did you have put him in a bag I
00:57:46
thought just put one by one on the whole model and what happened done I just [ __ ] off just thinking by the way
00:57:53
thank a photo I know that everybody been like yeah yeah alright so so after after
00:58:03
he's done all that yeah I've heard something about like a watch that he had a watch some [ __ ] thing some did you
00:58:14
have that feat always a whole lot when he ever since he didn't keep incomes there's no channel was going to finding
00:58:20
of his all right so he's letting me under the shrub yes what are you going to trying to you found a close on in the
00:58:32
thing if you've gone home yes I did I did stuff of my deal with spicy pick up you guys yes so they're
00:58:39
lying when there is nobody there okay so you go to I think the other my do you understand company is light of it
00:58:46
okay babe over there and I mean she probably had drugs but you wouldn't know what time of day it was alright so you
00:58:53
give he's got his deal effect on the asking is trying to close in there and the rivers gone to the dealer's
00:59:00
house right you open up there yeah 50 on 10th never bought big quantities Oh wonderful just great one I hate me
00:59:15
send that same concern which I always did put a lot spend half an hour or so so I'm not walking in there yeah um went
00:59:25
home went inside figured out any more photos back went out and started chipping okay that's the end of that
00:59:38
thing did you go that better wait well within that week I went back and I hit the press but I know I recently so yeah
00:59:50
well you've got back a bed and hit the press thing oh yeah like a missing person not so what you're thinking [ __ ]
01:00:02
I better get right there something with tradition a little bit about a way plan you've gone back and packing a shovel
01:00:09
bang I'm assigning your side car and what do you done it um went down so we're putting him finally found a
01:00:20
fragment from fine the rest of it was gone pack my weight in a week the rest is gone right there was a pet - you get
01:00:29
told to summer you can't tell what what those fat Andreea so what's happening like I said me well
01:00:40
they get easy animals in losing fat me other than our decides how what was left of them little piece of bone with that
01:00:50
balloon no scowl not at all $40 every part of the skull yeah you know what there is in me right rose out
01:00:59
of the shovel so Friday night still there so that's kind of causes a problem we get up to go and grab that you're on
01:01:05
broken like it don't know but now they can do wonders all this [ __ ] [ __ ] that DNA all that kind of crap so we'll
01:01:12
have to well I'll have to get you to fly over here with some of it with a white couple of boys and Saul actually out on
01:01:20
but before therefore the shovel you broke kids goggle up with this shovel where they someone here dunno
01:01:31
wasn't that I took home is in the army and it's [ __ ] outs prevail that's the house my this is a [ __ ]
01:01:40
long car my house doesn't it yeah and if someone from another half for you somebody's rear-ended bit here so the
01:01:48
shovel my stuff over here and I move on you because I left my war there seven months eight months up there and done
01:02:03
will living in removed from that asked to man ball to another here okay and then I let her went more mwah all right
01:02:12
siding as far he knows nothing easy kept looking [ __ ] my candle give you talents fastest and a bit of bone that
01:02:19
we left happy mother I said I'm only nice personally own story so you've got me if I can bury at all and that's all
01:02:30
that's left and you're very back in that spot all right is anything else you think that we
01:02:39
make a pact lay out your alibi the [ __ ] this destroyed me low yours you still talk now we've got a protein if I
01:02:49
can inspire some [ __ ] dollars or you think we should just I'll have a think about that
01:02:54
I'll let I think about it alright see the drugs as far as - so maybe approachable and that's what I think but
01:03:02
the boyfriend that saying that he would have remembered the motor and all that sort of stuff on the chipper
01:03:08
what if alot of them are but could I did showing the tuba are you shouting the chip at a state sign that they would
01:03:16
remember but if I'm governor okay oh look I need to make some [ __ ] balls I don't have a bit of a thing what I'll
01:03:28
do I'll get in or oh no okay Jeff come back up and they can take it down like a Paul you know you fix that boy something
01:03:40
different makes me fall when I swore a protocol and I'll get it pulled back [ __ ] fine why would you think about
01:03:49
putting up nights on weekends I can find my with one on boys a couple of boys and
01:03:55
sorting all this shitty I don't have a look making sure everything is [ __ ] good because if we can sort this out now
01:04:01
it's going to be bizarre what I said - our milk yep cut along cause I'll cut ties with anyway before
01:04:14
yeah but I've got no problem with cattle prod to everybody dealing to the state of best to dip dead okay look you know I
01:04:24
can you know 565 come on Joel we fix it with sent our way for a while enjoy a few dramas operation ah she's got a
01:04:35
heart of it so have faith in your heart and we'll sort this out for you and we'll move on I might have to put this
01:04:48
job back a little bit some sort out that's on top oh no Billy yeah now it's up to you what you told us all I know
01:04:56
nothing about no no that's fine you have to come up with a scenario oh let me have a think about of all sorts
01:05:09
something out on it's Jeffrey that needs know that you know someone else is going
01:05:13
to need to know on a live venue yeah because I'm gonna have to send someone will ya thus all all this [ __ ] [ __ ]
01:05:19
here alright so let me have a finger let me let me give or get em to come back up
01:05:25
with you and on my life ever calls or thought them couple more people that I find been giving each other the same
01:05:33
price just to see if NPL the quiz that it is on [ __ ] that's that half near L boy that the Redeemer son
01:05:41
will be buried at sports we can make the call but EVP Nathan last week and you said a have she gone yet
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yeah oh my god the Morris family I don't know it by the word pudding okay and we're going back I'm like no blood no
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spit button did you [ __ ] [ __ ] be blown to do you actually saying let those [ __ ] laughing it's not and it was
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my DNA in the hair so I've been dead before with another guy yeah okay me out look what all the matter is it else
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I'm a default boy like anything else that you're [ __ ] done there's going to get a sense back now and no more things
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we're gonna [ __ ] find Michelin's I look at you I didn't go all right does happen so when you through this [ __ ]
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because I'm just thinking why you talking I'm thinking you know for the relax you don't find a [ __ ] for Elliot
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this up about this watch now that they're missing this back on watch did you say or what you had or are you so
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might have been in the pocket or some [ __ ] thing wonderful setting up the sink like a look at gosh I'm also away
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if I can you all then what's really hey time ago or it that's probably in your advantage but what concerns me is the
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actual [ __ ] faces is that your person we were talking you that I will show they out really no one here will sort it
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fart and like I said we just have to put things back a bit sort yeah Mike listen man you want to come
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back up with Jeff and grab shadow and just taken down for a coffee or a drink or a bite or something I just got a few
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calls I saw two things here all right now I see you soon after his confession to Arnold Karen had
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lunch with fitzy he was cocky Neal he boasted again about abducting Daniel Walker he explained he took Daniel to
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the isolated property in the Glass House Mountains and invited him inside for a glass of water they entered the
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abandoned building and Caroline attempted to remove Daniels pants Daniel said no and fought him off Kalin
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panicked wrapped his arm around Daniels throat and squeezed until he was dead Cowen said he thought he was going to be
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arrested when police arrived at his front door for that first interview two weeks after Daniel went missing
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the day after Cowen confessed arnold arranged for carolyn to return to queensland with 50 and another member of
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the gang Ian Karen was given strict orders to take 50 and Ian everywhere he went on the day of the abduction fit
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sienna and weather helped dispose of any remaining evidence that could implicate
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him on August 13th Carolyn directed fit enam to Adam a noble building along Kings Road at the
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Glass House Mountains located in B WA 30 minutes south of the kill Mountain overpass the area was far from
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civilization there was a lonely isolated place Kalen fitzy indian walked one by one
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into the dense bushland Kalen led the way and as he waved through trees ducked under low branches and climbed over
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shrubbery Fenian secretly marked the path they took Callen retraced his steps with eerie familiarity he revealed the
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exact path he carried Daniel's body before dumping him in a pond of water he also pointed out the location of couch
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and Creek where he had disposed of Daniel's clothing when the three men returned to their car the police pounced
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with their firearms drawn they ordered calendar raise his hands and get on the ground for a brief moment police claimed
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to have seen an uncharacteristic look of shock flash across Karin's face but within seconds he composed himself and
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smiled as he was handcuffed and arrested Cowan made no admissions and declined an
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interview he was charged with murder kidnapping deprivation of Liberty indecent treatment of a child under 16
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and interfering with the courts when Joe Emery sat next to Callan on the plane he
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had been practicing the moment for months planning every move in advance for the great deception who was about to
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perform he smiled at count as he sat beside him and settled into the fly a flight to Perth that moment was the
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beginning of an incredible and intricate top-secret police operation a ploy to fool child murderer Bret Peter Carolyn
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Carolyn was never part of a crime gang Joe Emery fitzy Craig Arnold Ian and everyone else he admit were all
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undercover police officers Carolyn had never committed a crime either he was made to think he had but it was all part
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of the elaborate undercover operation in late December 2010 Assistant Commissioner Condon first considered the
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possibility of using a special technique against Carolyn to entice a voluntary confession for his involvement in Daniel
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Morgan's murder although there were 35 other persons of interest in the Morcom investigation Cowan had made himself the
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most likely suspect Kalen was a convicted opportunistic pedophile who targeted young boys a
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diagnosed pathological lawyer familiar with the area where Daniel Morgan disappeared
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he admitted to going to nyan boar on the day of Daniels disappearance he admitted
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he drove along near bought connection rode past the bus stop around the time daniel was there he drove a car similar
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to one seen at the bus stop he bore an uncanny resemblance to the composite sketch of the man seen near Daniel and
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he had no satisfactory explanation or concrete alibi for a 45-minute period of time during that afternoon the seven
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year investigation was a cold case no new evidence or witnesses had appeared and the body of Daniel remained
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undiscovered there was insufficient evidence against Carroll under charging so the only thing that would lead to an
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arrest after all these years was an authentic voluntary confession from Carolyn's mouth even then a confession
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may not have been enough they also needed to find at Daniel's body a rarely used policing technique was the final
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option a special operation used in criminal cases to obtain impossible confessions it was difficult to
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orchestrate but had proven successful in previous unsolved crimes senior undercover police officers created a
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fictitious crime gang for Karen to join with the aim to get him to confess to Daniel's murder with some cautious
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reservations the technique was approved for use against Karen a total of 36 undercover police officers
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from Queensland Western Australia and Victoria were involved in the operation which came to be called Operation Vista
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five months of intense undercover work led to the moment in the Swan River Room at the Hyatt Hotel where Callan
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confessed Arnold in the adjoining room the investigation team were monitoring the conversation via hidden cameras and
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microphones everything Callan said and did was recorded after Carolyn's arrest an extensive
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examination was conducted of the area he pointed out to Fitz he and Dean a police
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command post was established and more than a thousand State Emergency Service volunteers joined the search
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deputy commissioner Ross Barnett said the search would not finish until they had exhausted every possible Avenue and
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no hope was left of them finding something they searched for four days and found nothing then finally a small
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muddy gray globe brand right-footed shoe was discovered later a matching left-footed shoe was also discovered
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both were sent for forensic testing the Morgans were visiting family interstate at the time the shoes were found they
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cut their trip short and returned home while visiting the search area the Morgans considered the location a
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spiritual place of healing Bruce Markham confirmed the shoes matched those Daniel owned and was
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wearing the day he disappeared they were examined with another pair of shoes that
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belonged to Daniel and if the analysis showed matching wear patterns three unidentifiable bones were also found in
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the area Bruce Malcolm said the discovery wasn't good news or a celebration of any sort but it brought
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with it a sheer relief maybe it was the final chapter he had been hoping for for
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a long long time a dive team searched Kooten Creek where Cowan confessed to disposing of Daniels clothing remnants
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of underwear a belt and a well preserved pair of shorts were discovered formal ways of sifting through sand and
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undergrowth unearth a total of 17 bone fragments they included sections of a rib hip leg
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arm and a vertebra forensic testing later proved the bone fragments came from one person a young male DNA
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obtained from Daniels old toothbrush aided in the confirmation the bones belonged to the 13-year old Daniel owned
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a distinctive fob style pocket watch with Dan engraved on it a gift from his brother Bradley who was the watch Arnold
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was talking about during the confession another piece of evidence they were hoping to get to sink Karen but it was
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never found Brett Peter Cowen was charged with murder child stealing deprivation of Liberty
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indecent treatment of a child under 16 and interfering with the corpse he pleaded not guilty and was ordered to
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stand trial the trial began on February 10th 2014 at the Supreme Court of Queensland Bruce
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and Denice Malcolm told the court they wanted Karen's identity to be made public and the court order suppressing
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his name was revoked they hoped it would lead to further witnesses to come forward
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Callens dark history of child abuse convictions were inadmissible during the trial calendar client per testify his
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defense team applied to have all evidence of anything said by him to police or agents of the police including
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any alleged admissions either by word or conduct excluded they argued the statements and actions made by him in
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August 2011 could not be proven to have been made voluntarily and it would be unfair to use them against him as
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Carolyn's own criminal past was protected from the jury everyone else's was open
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Callens defense argued Douglas Jack Wei had killed Daniel Malcolm chuckwei was one of the early suspects in the case
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who owned a blue car similar to one seen at the bus stop unlike Cowan jack weighs
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history of abuse against children was detailed to the jury the defense team referred to the blue sedan singing at
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the bus stop similar in description to a carjacked white owned chuckwei's unsubstantiated claims of
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where he was on the day the fact jack weighs appearance matched descriptions given by witnesses
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chuckwei's history of abducting and abusing boys and the jack weighs aggression when police seized his car
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for DNA testing the defense team appealed to the jurors that Jack Wade could be responsible and that it could
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not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Cowan had committed the crime according to them Carolyn's confession
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was not voluntary but coerced and Cowan had provided planted information given to him by undercover police officers
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during operation Vista when Carolyn's position in the gang was at risk he admitted to Daniel's murder under the
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impression he would obtain an alibi from Arnold but despite his confession his defense team argued he had no actual
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involvement in the crime he was doing it to keep his position in the gang and because he wanted an alibi for Daniel's
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disappearance so he would no longer be harassed about it by police 116 witnesses gave evidence and over 200
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exhibits were tendered the jury of six men and six women deliberated for nearly eight hours before delivering their
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verdict guilty Bruce Denis Dean and a Bradley Malcolm each read victim impact statements prior to the sentencing the
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following is Bruce Malcolm's statement ten years ago you made a choice to ripped our family apart your decision to
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pull over and abduct Daniel for your own evil pleasure ultimately caused the level of personal pain to each of us
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that has made it hard to go on over the 10 years we made a face for media with determined self control on the outside
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on many occasions particularly in the first few months I was physically ill each morning at the unbearable images of
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what may have happened to my son Daniel even today I'm haunted by thoughts of how long he was actually held captive
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and what other unspeakable things you did in those sheds at the end of Kings Road at the Wat
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why would you really dump someone without clothes why was his belt loose and not still looped through his pants
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it makes me nauseous just thinking about your total lack of respect for a child's
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life listening to you describe and watching you with a smirk on your face how you threw Daniels lifeless body down
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an embankment and a week later you returned and crushed his skull with a shovel chop chop chop
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you coldly explained in an emotionless matter-of-fact way we now have to live out our days with the unimaginable
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images of wild dogs devouring how much love son's remains Daniel did not deserve that he was a great kid
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and would not hurt a fly you have robbed him of seventy years of life our family's first sleepless night without
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Dan on December 7 2003 haunts me even today that feeling of helplessness and unimaginable pain never leaves you the
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next day I recall picking up Dean after work in the afternoon on Monday December
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8 he asked me had they found Daniel these are four small words that torture me even today because I had to answer no
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I listened to Denise's broken sleep punctuated by frequent nightmares and looking into the face of my young twin
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boy who was lost his soul mate a raw image that is often relived which had a profound effect on how I functioned
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nothing about my life today resembles how we enjoyed life as a family before that day our friends from 2003 are
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different because we are no longer the same people we can be short-tempered and have a streak of bitterness and carry on
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caused by you're delirious selfish actions we were forced to move away from our unique garden paradise and
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much-loved family home we were running a successful small business that we were forced to sell we
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could not return to regular employment because we were constantly distracted with disturbing thoughts
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we were forced to sell all our other investments to be able to survive the survive we did because you made one
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monumental mistake that day you picked on the wrong family our collective determination to find Daniel and expose
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a trial killer was always going to win perhaps the greatest impact your heinous crimes had on me is being witness to the
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impact it has on the people that I love you have caused immeasurable mental stress and anxiety to not only me but
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the Daniels mother Denise Daniel's brother Dean and Daniel's twin Bradley I have also witnessed the impact your
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cold calculating actions caused through extended family members Daniels grandparents have had years of healthy
01:21:43
living trimmed off their life Daniels uncles and aunts and cousins plus mates at school have all been seriously
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impacted by what you did I often wonder about the other victims who you have left in your wake that too causes me
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moments of great sadness your own children are of course victims of your crimes and I'll wonder about them in a
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strange twist of fate the Daniel Malcolm foundation was established to educate children about personal safety and also
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assist young victims of crime I've sat watching you in the same court for close to 40 days covering the cranial inquest
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the committal hearing the pre-trial hearing and your trial here throughout that time you have been completely
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devoid of any remorse of what you did to Daniel your deliberate actions and now recorded for all to see it is the most
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brazen crime that has shocked the nation sitting in the same room as you revolts
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me how you sit there day after day almost frozen in the one position is chilling you have been convicted as a
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repeat sex offender leaving a trail of destruction distress and damage to souls for three decades predators like you
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cannot be rehabilitated a cunning plan by police has brought you unbalanced you've been exposed there's an
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opportunistic perverted cold-blooded child killing pedophile central to the facts and not who done it
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but you done it made Daniel's soul rest in peace Kalen was sentenced to life imprisonment
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and showed absolutely no remorse the presiding judge said quote Kalin was a convincing plausible and adaptable
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lawyer you had no intention of taking Daniel to the shopping center you were just thinking about what you could do
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with him everything about what you did to that child was horrific and disgraceful this is not just a murder
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but a terrible murder that has had widespread and shocking impacts after the discovery of his body and actually
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prior to Karen's trial Daniel Morgan was finally laid to rest that a funeral held at his old school it
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was December 7th 2012 the nine year anniversary of the day he disappeared and 475 days after he had been found
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more than two thousand people attended the service the church was packed and overflowing an unopened Christmas gift
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from 2003 Daniels school report card that had arrived the day after he disappeared and a school photo of Daniel
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were placed on his casket Bruce Malcolm told the thousands of supporters quote please do not be sad
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appreciate that the evil act that took Daniel happened a long time ago today is about embracing his return to his family
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and being reflective of what might have been the color red featured prominently throughout Daniels casket was carried
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out of the church by his brothers and schoolmates while friends family and at the state
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emergency service members who searched for him formed a guard of honor the song Daniel by Elton John played Daniel was
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buried a short distance from the Morgan family home not far from the bus stop he
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was abducted from every year on the anniversary of his disappearance a day for Daniel is held to promote awareness
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of the vulnerability of children Carolyn has never shown a shred of remorse to the Morgan family the Daniel Malcolm
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foundation is maintained to this day by Bruce and Denise it educates schoolchildren all over Australia giving
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them skills to recognize danger and to raise awareness of the dangers of predatory criminals the Malcolm's have
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visited thousands of school children personally spreading the message of protection safety and opportunity for
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all children the foundation also offers a huge support to victims of crime providing everything from money to
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medical treatment in one of his first interviews with the media shortly after Daniel disappeared Bruce
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Malcolm sat nervously in front of the camera despite the shock and anxiety have suddenly been thrust into the media
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spotlight for one of the worst reasons he could ever imagine Bruce's words were bold they have picked
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the wrong family he said looking into the camera we will never give up Bruce and Denise made a promise on the day
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Daniel went missing that they would find him they kept their word [Music] [Music]
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