Investigative reporter Adam Shand goes inside the hunt for Sydney nurse Mary Wallace, missing since 1983. Detective Inspector Nicole Jones, with the help of a legendary investigator from the past, brought a killer to book but the search for Mary’s remains continues.  Episode 3. Justice for Mary In 2008, Nicole Jones from the Unsolved Homicide Squad re-opens the cold case and returns to the original files and exhibits collected by her predecessors with startling results. Episode 2. Building a Case Jones re-examines mysterious letters to police from 1983/84 for clues. Did the killer hoax the police with a bogus burial site? Investigators comb new potential crime scenes and another murder investigation yields a breakthrough.  Episode 3. Bob the Yob  Forensic evidence removes any doubt as to who killed Mary Wallace. A suspect Robert John Adams is convicted but, claiming his innocence, does not reveal the location of Mary’s body. Police are appealing for public assistance to bring her home.      

Episode 1: In 2008, Nicole Jones from the Unsolved Homicide Squad re-opens the cold case and returns to the original files and exhibits collected by her predecessors with startling results. 

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Building a Case Jones re-examines mysterious letters to police from 1983/84 for clues. Did the killer hoax the police with a bogus burial site? Investigators comb new potential crime scenes and another murder investigation yields a breakthrough. Adam Shand investigates.

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Forensic evidence removes any doubt as to who killed Mary Wallace. A suspect Robert John Adams is convicted but, claiming his innocence, does not reveal the location of Mary’s body. Police are appealing for public assistance to bring her home. Adam Shand investigates.

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The New South Wales Police Force’s Family and Domestic Violence team has opened its case files to encourage victims to make reports to police. CONTROL with investigative journalist Adam Shand tells the story of how two women faced harrowing abuse from one man and they explain how he got away with it for so long. 

Episode 1: Cassie

Cassie meets an American named Connor on-line and after a whirlwind romance, he emigrates to Australia to be with her. Soon, the control and abuse begin but Cassie is ashamed to admit she has allowed an abusive man into her life. Crime journalist Adam Shand investigates.

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As Cassie is extricating herself from Connor’s control, he moves on to a new victim, Kylie. The same pattern of coercion and violence resumes, which is only broken when Kylie reaches out to police and stops protecting her abuser. Kylie and Cassie then join forces to ensure that Connor’s hold is broken forever. Crime journalist Adam Shand investigates this harrowing story.

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Senior police say that an increase in reports of domestic violence does not mean a new epidemic is underway but rather that victims are more likely to make reports to police today, journalist Adam Shand investigates. Experienced domestic violence officers and prosecutors explain why many victims are still reluctant to engage with police.     

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A second life has been saved in a fortnight after NSW Police deployed geo-targeting of mobile phones with an emergency alert after an 83-year old man suffering dementia walked out of his residence in the middle of the night. Investigative journalist Adam Shand reports.

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The NSW Police Force has used geo-targeting to locate a missing person, sending emergency alerts to mobiles in the area where the 75 year old man went missing. Adam Shand investigative journalist reports.

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Strikeforce Dunstable is appealing for information on the suspected hit-and-run death of 15-year-old Braydon Worldon near Wagga Wagga in 2018. Detective Senior Constable Stan Wall reveals new evidence in the case.   

Episode 1 - Police believe a medium rigid to heavy vehicle fitted with a bull bar struck Braydon on that quiet moonlit road. Who was driving the vehicle? 

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Investigative journalist Adam Shand reports on the mystery of Bill Roach who disappeared from the Armidale area of NSW around New Year’s Eve 1993. Police suspect foul play and have raised the reward for information to $1 million. Detective Senior Constable Mark Symons delves into Roach’s cohort of friends and turns up new evidence that takes the case in a new direction after three decades.   

Episode 1: Bill Roach’s body has never been found despite information that he was killed on a remote farm. His remains were allegedly hidden in a deep waterhole before finally being burnt and buried at another location. Symons goes right back to Roach’s childhood to understand his final days. 

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