The whole town gets drawn into the case as the local council is charged in relation to Lachie's death.
Presented by award-winning Newsroom Investigates editor Melanie Reid. Discover more at Newsroom.co.nz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S1 | Episode 3: Deeply Troubled

A community on edge. A debacle of a police investigation. And a father who won’t give up.
The Boy in the Water is a podcast series about a small town in the deep south of New Zealand harbouring a big mystery.
After the lifeless body of three-year-old Lachie Jones is found floating in Gore’s sewage oxidation pond, police rule his death a tragic accident. But nothing is what it seems.
Newsroom’s investigations editor Melanie Reid unravels the case – and the secrets – in an attempt to find out what really happened to little Lachie Jones.
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The pressure is on to find out who was responsible, who was in charge, and who turned around the autopsy.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S2 | Episode 17: Wrong Direction

Senior Sergeant Cynthia Fairley, the police officer at the centre of the case, is in the witness box.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S2 | Episode 16: Cynthia

The first of the police officers scheduled to appear at the inquest takes to the witness stand, and we begin to hear about the confusion over who was in charge of the investigation into Lachie's death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S2 | Episode 15: Who's In Charge?

The sighting of a mysterious shirtless man, what one of Lachie's preschool teachers remembers about him, and the two paramedics who worked on the little boy's lifeless body all feature in this collection of shorter witness testimonies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S2 | Episode 14: The Shirtless Man

The police’s lawyer tackles Paul about making claims that Michelle and her sons had something to do with Lachie’s death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S1 | Episode 3: Deeply Troubled

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