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The pressure is on to find out who was responsible, who was in charge, and who turned around the autopsy. Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new...
· 50 min 28 sec
Senior Sergeant Cynthia Fairley, the police officer at the centre of the case, is in the witness box. Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new epis...
· 43 min 42 sec
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...
· 41 min 32 sec
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 collect...
· 38 min 30 sec
The police’s lawyer tackles Paul about making claims that Michelle and her sons had something to do with Lachie’s death.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early acces...
· 31 min 28 sec
Paul is questioned about his relationship with Michelle and the events on the day and night leading up to Lachie’s death.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early acce...
· 44 min 40 sec
You could have heard a pin drop in courtroom four when a new witness was asked why he thought something he saw could relate to the death of Lachie Jones.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spo...
· 37 min 19 sec
Kimberley Rogers, who says she was friends with Michelle Officer for 17 years, tells the inquest Michelle kept changing her story about Lachie running away. Sign up to DELVE+ here for Androi...
· 24 min 49 sec
The neighbours from the street who searched for Lachie, and the friends who were there that night, all take the stand. Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early a...
· 39 min 2 sec
The police hat, the yellow vest, who saw what, and what was accurate?Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus mater...
· 30 min 50 sec
Lachie's other brother tells the inquest about his family relationships, and his movements on January 29, 2019. You can also click here to see photos of the gate and fence to the sewage oxidation pond...
· 36 min 3 sec
Hearing but not seeing Lachie, and the surprise on the 111 call.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive bonus material,...
· 34 min 18 sec
We hear from Lachie's brother for the first time as he is cross-examined about what happened that day and night.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new...
· 30 min 39 sec
In this special bonus epsiode, Melanie Reid discusses the first days of the inquest with colleague Bonnie Sumner.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to ne...
· 20 min 3 sec
Timings, layouts and lines of sight are all explored – and questions are raised about dope smoking.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new episodes and...
· 22 min 8 sec
On day two of the inquest, Lachie’s mother goes head to head with Paul Jones’ lawyer as he puts it to her that she covered up her son’s death.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listen...
· 22 min 16 sec
The questioning of Lachie’s mother continues with a forensic examination of the day her son died. Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new ep...
· 33 min 3 sec
Emotional scenes play out in the Invercargill courthouse on day one of the coronial inquest, when Lachie’s mother is cross examined by Paul Jones’ lawyer.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Sp...
· 20 min 40 sec
From Melanie Reid Investigates comes the brand new season of The Boy in the Water. Listen as we follow the coronial inquest into the death of three-and-a-half year old Lachlan Jones, whose lifeless bo...
· 10 min 1 sec
We reveal an important update from the coroner’s office, plus a radio interview with Melanie Reid on The Detail.Sign up to DELVE+ here for Android and Spotify listeners to get early access to new...
· 25 min 30 sec