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Listen to episode 1 of BRONWYN

May 31, 2024·1 hr 12 min·5 clips
A coroner ruled Bronwyn was dead and recommended prosecution, but the DPP refused due to lack of evidence.
This episode investigates the 1993 disappearance of Bronwyn Winfield, a mother of two in Lennox Head, exploring her troubled marriage, the coronial inquest that found she was dead, and the failure to prosecute her husband despite circumstantial evidence. It connects her case to broader issues of police mishandling of missing persons cases, similar to the Lynette Dawson investigation.

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Bronwyn Winfield's disappearance returns through her "prison," a cold case, and two women pressing for answers.

Thirty-one years after Bronwyn Winfield disappeared from Lennox Head, this single episode builds from her own description of a home that became "John's castle and my prison." Hedley Thomas follows that line back toward the house, then broadens the frame through Bronwyn's health,…

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You want a cold case where a winding road south of Byron Bay leads back to the house Bronwyn Winfield called her prison.

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