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2. A Ransom Note

The Fairy Meadow migrant hostel is a lonely place for the Grimmer family. Then a note arrives from someone who claims to be the kidnapper, and public anxiety mounts in Wollongong.

The Grimmer family are thousands of miles from home, and the Fairy Meadow migrant hostel is a lonely place in the days after Cheryl's disappearance. Then a note arrives from someone claiming to be the kidnapper. There's a rendezvous and a demand for cash...
大象传媒 News Correspondent Jon Kay continues his investigation into the abduction of 3 year old Cheryl Grimmer from a beach in New South Wales, Australia in 1970.

Produced for 大象传媒 Audio in Bristol by Chris Ledgard
Music: Elizabeth Purnell
Studio engineer: Jacques Sweeney
Editor: James Cook

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29 minutes

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Thu 16 Jun 2022 11:30

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  • Thu 16 Jun 2022 11:30

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