Casefile Extra
Nicky Fleming
*** Content Warning: crime against a child ***
In 1998, the Easter holiday in Victoria, Australia, got off to a tragic beginning when 12-year-old Nicky Fleming was killed in a car accident while travelling to a family camping trip.
But what initially looked like a single vehicle tragedy turned out to be a crime. And whoever had hit the Fleming family’s car had fled the scene…
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Vikki Petraitis
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew D.B. Joslyn
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
ARCHIVED ARTICLES
Boy, 12, killed in highway hit-run – The Age, April 11 1998
Hunt for hit-run truckie widens – The Age, April 13 1998
Highway hum says no escape for killer – The Age, April 14 1998
Picking up the pieces of a hit-run tragedy – The Age, April 19 1998
Hit-run case breakthrough – The Age, Oct 8 1998
Truck driver caused boy’s death – The Age, March 21 2000
BOOKS
Forensics – Vikki Petraitis