At 7:00 pm, Robyn dropped her daughter Leigh off at Roberto’s Pizza Bar, where she had planned to meet her fellow party-going friends. Robyn waved Leigh goodbye and reminded her to be ready to be picked up by her stepfather four hours later at the agreed meeting spot – or there would be consequences.

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CREDITS

Casefile Presents

NARRATION:

Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host

EPISODE:

Researched and written by Eileen Ormsby

Creative director: Milly Raso

MUSIC:

‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com

All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

OTHER:

Logo design by Paulina Szymanska

RESOURCES

BOOKS:

Who killed Leigh Leigh? A story of shame and mateship in an Australian town – by Kerry Carrington

NSW CRIME COMMISSION REPORT:

Investigation into the circumstances surrounding the murder of Leigh Leigh on 3 November 1989 and other offences by the New South Wales Crime Commission (SL)

POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION REPORT:

Police Integrity Commission Report to Parliament

ACADEMIC PAPERS:

In Her Death She Remains as the Limit of the System – by Morrow & San Roque, (1996) 18 Sydney Law Review 474 (SL)

MINISTERIAL STATEMENT:

Death Of Leigh Leigh

RADIO COVERAGE:

‘Sticks and Stones: The Killing of Leigh Leigh’ – ABC Radio National – Background Briefing: 29 September 1996

ARCHIVE ARTICLES:

A death in the sand – Sydney Morning Herald, June 13, 2004

In Cold Blood – Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday, November 24, 1990

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