On Wednesday 19th August 1992 in New South Wales, Australia, Ebony Simpson got off her school bus right by her house and was brutally murdered. Her killer inserted himself into the search for the missing 9-year-old, before he was eventually caught by the police. This episode explores this heinous crime and looks at the way Ebony’s family worked to overcome their grief, by helping other victims through their own awful situations. 

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Sources used for this episode:

‘Crimes That Shook Australia’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVjj2wo1BUg

https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/garforth-andrew.htm

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127511836

Book: The History of Australian True Crime By Nigel Cawthorne

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33283700/felicia-marie-wilson

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/how-many-of-perths-missing-and-murdered-women-fell-prey-to-serial-killers/news-story/0c2ef54e364745c7c0582b4e60685a91#:~:text=Serial%20killers%20David%20and%20Catherine,Brown%2C%2021%20and%20Susannah%20Candy.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3159408/He-shown-no-mercy-just-like-daughter-Mother-s-agony-man-raped-little-Ebony-9-tossed-dam-given-cushy-privileges-bars.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/ebony-simpsons-murder-remembered-25-years-on-20170817-gxygy6.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/the-link/2017-05-05/unlikely-friendship-formed-after-infamous-murder/8502388?nw=0

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/20/anita-cobby-everyone-in-the-car-that-dreadful-night-had-a-passport-to-doom

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/inner-west/book-delves-into-deep-pain-and-healing/news-story/bb00d6cb82628c81db225cdd90d047b7