In August 1957, nine-year-old Peter Boland vanished without a trace from a remote farm in New Zealand's Waioeka Gorge. Four men were with him when he disappeared—but their stories don't match. An extensive search involving 150 volunteers found nothing. No body. No clothing. Not even a footprint.

But here's the shocking part: police never investigated. No file was created. No statements were taken. For sixty years, it was as if Peter never existed.

What happened on that winter morning? Was it a tragic accident in the unforgiving New Zealand bush? Or was something more sinister at play? Why did the four witnesses give conflicting accounts? And why did authorities simply look the other way?

In this 90-minute deep dive, Dead Drop host Paul Stiling uncovers one of New Zealand's oldest and most baffling cold cases. We examine:

• The conflicting testimonies of the four men who were there
• The family's six-decade fight for answers
• The 2018 police investigation that came 60 years too late
• Four evidence-based theories about what really happened
• The coroner's 2023 findings and what they mean

This is a story about institutional failure, a family's unimaginable grief, and the questions that refuse to die. Peter Boland deserves to be remembered. His story deserves to be told.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode discusses the disappearance of a child and contains themes that some listeners may find distressing.

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