WEBVTT - The "MAFS Producer" Who Went Missing In Sydney 49 Days Ago

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<v Speaker 1>Trigger on ing. Some listeners may find this podcast distressing.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a real story about a real person that

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<v Speaker 1>is still unfolding in real time, and any leads or

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<v Speaker 1>information from anybody out there may help the family either

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<v Speaker 1>find the answers or the closure they're desperately searching for.

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<v Speaker 1>Sydney's Eastern Suburbs isn't just one of the most affluent

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<v Speaker 1>areas in Australia, but it's one of the most densely

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<v Speaker 1>populated parts of this country too, and for many years

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<v Speaker 1>it was where Katie Walker, a British born forty six

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<v Speaker 1>year old mum of two, called home until one day,

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<v Speaker 1>forty nine days ago now at the time of me

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<v Speaker 1>recording this podcast, Katie never returned to her home in

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<v Speaker 1>Darling Point and she hasn't been seen since.

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<v Speaker 2>She said, Elizabeth, you're I just feel I'm unsafe, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just I'm sleeping and these these guys come in.

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<v Speaker 1>With CCTV capturing her last known movements at one twelve

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<v Speaker 1>pm on Saturday May twenty third, twenty twenty six. In

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<v Speaker 1>that grainy image, Katie is seen walking down Alexander Street

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<v Speaker 1>in Tamarama towards Mackenzie's Bay as of.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, we have nothing since May twenty three. On that

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<v Speaker 3>day we have her moving like from one area to

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<v Speaker 3>the next, not so far from Bondai. I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>Sydney that well.

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<v Speaker 1>Unfortunately, according to the media who briefly covered this story

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<v Speaker 1>weeks ago with articles that you may have read, Katie

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<v Speaker 1>is a former producer of Married at First Sight Australia,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the job title they reduced her to for

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<v Speaker 1>clickbait with headlines like fears for mass producer before moving

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<v Speaker 1>on to other stories then that were a bit more

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<v Speaker 1>scandalous or sallacious. But the issue with those very few

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<v Speaker 1>news stories was they just weren't true.

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<v Speaker 4>That's not even her, she wasn't a producer. This is

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<v Speaker 4>all just like I think, like detracting from the real thing,

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<v Speaker 4>like this is because I know that's a controversial show

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<v Speaker 4>or there's other factors, but that's she was a beautiful

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<v Speaker 4>person that needs support.

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<v Speaker 1>The only brief bit of attention this case has gotten

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<v Speaker 1>from the mainstream media contained the most inaccurate information. Katie

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<v Speaker 1>never worked for Married at First Sight or has ever

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<v Speaker 1>had any connection to the show, which has baffled her

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<v Speaker 1>friends and family about where this story came from.

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<v Speaker 4>We've known each other for five years, five years to

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<v Speaker 4>this month. She never once said I was a producer.

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<v Speaker 4>I am a producer. It's just like, it's completely distracting.

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<v Speaker 1>When New South Wales Police first issued a missing person's

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<v Speaker 1>appeal for Katie Walker on June fourth, the media then

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<v Speaker 1>put her her name into LinkedIn and confused her with

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<v Speaker 1>Kate Walker, a TV producer who did appear in the

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<v Speaker 1>same search results. That's where this case of mistaken identity

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<v Speaker 1>stems from. But that also means that anyone in Sydney

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<v Speaker 1>who did take notice of her disappearance all those weeks

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<v Speaker 1>ago from those articles and wanted to help, they were

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<v Speaker 1>reading details about the wrong woman.

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<v Speaker 3>But it helps to get her image around and just

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<v Speaker 3>in case someone has seen her anywhere, really, because there

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<v Speaker 3>are some hours that aren't accounted for, so yeah, just

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<v Speaker 3>as many people as we can reach, just in case

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<v Speaker 3>they saw her on that day.

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<v Speaker 1>Katie is a glamorous and spiritual jewelry designer, an aspiring author,

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<v Speaker 1>and the only similarity between Katie and Kate other than

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<v Speaker 1>a near identical name, is the fact that they both

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<v Speaker 1>have brown hair, and they both called Sydney's Eastern Suburbs home.

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<v Speaker 1>A place where no one else something like this to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>This isn't the Australian outback where you can go hours

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<v Speaker 1>without seeing another soul, Nor is it the Australian bush,

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<v Speaker 1>where dense forests can swallow you whole if one of

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<v Speaker 1>the deadly animals hiding in the shadows doesn't get to

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<v Speaker 1>you first.

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<v Speaker 2>But the reason why I'm bringing this up is that

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<v Speaker 2>he showed up in Sydney, and it's like, what is

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<v Speaker 2>the chances of that?

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<v Speaker 1>This is a place where ambition and adventure, status and

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<v Speaker 1>success all blur together for the two hundred and sixty

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<v Speaker 1>seven thousand people who call this part of Sydney this

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<v Speaker 1>slice of Heaven home, which is why it is so

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<v Speaker 1>hard to comprehend how someone can just vanish here in

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<v Speaker 1>broad daylight on a Saturday afternoon.

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<v Speaker 2>Just said she's gone, and I said, what do you

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<v Speaker 2>mean gone? You know, I guess the first words that

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<v Speaker 2>came out of my mouth was fuck.

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<v Speaker 5>Fuck fuck.

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<v Speaker 1>In Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, his apartment blocks in every direction

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<v Speaker 1>you look, squeeze next to mansions worth tens of millions

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<v Speaker 1>of dollars, These hostels bursting with backpackers, cafes with qes

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<v Speaker 1>spilling onto the footpath, roads that are rarely without traffic

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<v Speaker 1>and public transport packed shoulder to shoulder, and these construction

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<v Speaker 1>cranes that rarely disappear from the skyline. As this area,

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<v Speaker 1>this slice of Heaven grows bigger and busier by the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Life is everywhere in Sydney's Eastern suburbs, and amongst all

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<v Speaker 1>of that life. Over the last four months, since returning

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<v Speaker 1>to Australia from her new home of America, with a

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<v Speaker 1>brief stop in Dubai for business along the way, Katie

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<v Speaker 1>Walker could be found rebuilding her life with a smile

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<v Speaker 1>on her face while only looking forward to the future.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. I think for Gid Katie, she was definitely had

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<v Speaker 4>a big transition in her life and with that, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it could be an ungroundedness or an uncertainty. We often,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, all experience those seasons.

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<v Speaker 5>She had been sitting not very long.

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<v Speaker 4>She had lived in another country prior to that, so

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<v Speaker 4>there was a lot of relocation stress, but.

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<v Speaker 5>In general she was a very optimistic person.

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<v Speaker 1>Over the last four months, locals likely spotted Katie strolling

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<v Speaker 1>from her unit in Darling Point down to Double Bay

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<v Speaker 1>for a spot of shopping or to grab a coffee

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<v Speaker 1>in Bondai beat always immaculately dressed while coming up with

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<v Speaker 1>new dreams alongside her friends.

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<v Speaker 2>She's a lot of fun, funny, funny, funny, talented, so

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<v Speaker 2>talented and makes jewelry and so she We were actually

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<v Speaker 2>talking about doing a podcast ourselves and traveling around because

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<v Speaker 2>together I guess, both of us being from England.

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<v Speaker 1>But sadly, Katie may never get to make that podcast

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<v Speaker 1>or continue her travels unless any of you people listening

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<v Speaker 1>to this right now can help us figure out how

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<v Speaker 1>in a place this crowded, this connected, and this alive,

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<v Speaker 1>how can someone simply disappear without a trace?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, Katie was like a very striking, beautiful woman.

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<v Speaker 4>She's not somebody that somebody would walk past and not

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<v Speaker 4>acknowledge like she surely people have.

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<v Speaker 1>Seen her, not just that, but how does someone vanish

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the day just meters away from

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<v Speaker 1>one of the world's most famous coastal tracks, the iconic

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<v Speaker 1>bond Ei to Kujie cliff Walk, which has over eight

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<v Speaker 1>thousand visitors daily with not a single person seeing anything.

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<v Speaker 4>She's magnetic, like every time we went to places, people

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<v Speaker 4>would stop and say you're so beautiful. I mean, she

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<v Speaker 4>was like extraordinarily beautiful. So I think that just surely

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<v Speaker 4>people have seen her, noticed her, saw something that could

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<v Speaker 4>be potentially helpful.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I've been asking myself lately after first reading

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<v Speaker 1>about Katie Walker in those articles, who was last seen

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<v Speaker 1>in Sydney's Tamarama on May twenty third, And just like

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<v Speaker 1>the police and the private investigator that's been hired, That's

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<v Speaker 1>what I've been trying to figure out lately while speaking

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<v Speaker 1>to her friends and family and all those involved in

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<v Speaker 1>this story, which is still very much unfolding as I

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<v Speaker 1>sit here and record this right now.

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<v Speaker 2>But she just didn't want to be there anyway. She

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to come back to America.

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<v Speaker 1>Really yeah, and then that's where you and Justine were

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<v Speaker 1>like her support in America.

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<v Speaker 2>Then yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Trigger warning now ahead of the next part of this podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>The police do have an unsubstantiated theory on what happened

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<v Speaker 1>that Katie sadly took her own life, which is the

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<v Speaker 1>easiest conclusion to come to given where she was last

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<v Speaker 1>seen and how close to the water that was. But

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<v Speaker 1>the police's investigation remains active. While appealing to the public

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<v Speaker 1>for any information that will help them prove or disprove this.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm now going to retrace the steps that the police

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<v Speaker 1>think Katie did. You can hear the ocean now, but

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<v Speaker 1>I still have to climb down another two sections, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is in full view of the coastal track. Like

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<v Speaker 1>all those people have said walking that, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>them are now looking at me. And this working theory,

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<v Speaker 1>which again there is no proof of, is one that

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<v Speaker 1>Katie's loved ones refuse to believe, and they do suspect

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<v Speaker 1>foul play and something more sinister here.

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<v Speaker 4>There's too many puzzling circumstances. Something is missing from the

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<v Speaker 4>story and that feels deeply unsettling at somebody who loved her,

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<v Speaker 4>but also justice for her.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is why Katie's found recently flew from the

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<v Speaker 1>UK to Sydney to fund their own private investigation, because

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<v Speaker 1>again there's just too many things to them at least

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<v Speaker 1>and me now, which proved that likely isn't the ending

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<v Speaker 1>of this story, and the truth is still out there.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, what's the likelihood of somebody wanting to kill

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<v Speaker 2>themselves if they're waiting for the large sum of money

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<v Speaker 2>or a decent amount of money to come.

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<v Speaker 1>And Casey's friends and family want her face to be

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<v Speaker 1>seen by as many people as possible, and her story,

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<v Speaker 1>her real story, to be heard by as many people

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<v Speaker 1>as possible, because surely someone out there must know something

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<v Speaker 1>that could help them either find answers or closure.

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<v Speaker 4>If somebody less than twenty four hours prior is completing

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<v Speaker 4>a bank transaction that could be potential relief for some circumstance,

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<v Speaker 4>then that, oftentimes to me, if somebody was truly suicidal,

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<v Speaker 4>had a plan and was ready to act upon it,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think they would care too much about these

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<v Speaker 4>for the listings.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I'm recording this podcast to help get Katie's

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<v Speaker 1>story out there, which every friend and family member of

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<v Speaker 1>hers I've spoken to have said they are so desperate

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<v Speaker 1>to do. And Katie's loved one's refusal to accept what

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<v Speaker 1>the police feel is a quite compelling theory, although I

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<v Speaker 1>must note again their investigation is very much still active

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<v Speaker 1>and ongoing. Isn't fueled just by knowing Katie personally, but

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<v Speaker 1>also by the noticeable lack of proof that she did that,

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<v Speaker 1>alongside the endless twists, turns and confusion when you do

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<v Speaker 1>know the full story, that theory doesn't explain why. Over

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<v Speaker 1>six hours later, at seven forty pm, Katie's phone was

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<v Speaker 1>then switched on for the very last time and ping

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<v Speaker 1>from this cell tower here in Bondai. Plus. These then

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<v Speaker 1>the list of questionable people who had entered Katie's life

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<v Speaker 1>over the last few months, who those that love her

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<v Speaker 1>are now urging for help in identifying.

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<v Speaker 2>She said that, she goes, I can't fucking believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that I that was in my room, that

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<v Speaker 2>came in my room?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it is? You know?

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<v Speaker 2>I bumped into him on the beach in Sydney. She's

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<v Speaker 2>what the fucking chances of that?

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<v Speaker 1>Because of that initial yet inaccurate media storm three weeks ago. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>Katie Walker, to most people out there, is a former

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<v Speaker 1>producer of Married at First Sight Australia.

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<v Speaker 5>Are young here for the wrong reasons?

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<v Speaker 1>I do, Well, then, why did you want to sleep

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<v Speaker 1>with another guy?

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<v Speaker 6>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you're walking off by You're you and I'll be honest,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what made me first take notice of this story.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Joshua Fox. I'm a former journalist and

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<v Speaker 1>I host The Maths Funny podcast and much of my

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<v Speaker 1>career has been built around commentating that show, speaking to

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<v Speaker 1>the cast and just creating content that feeds into the

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<v Speaker 1>chaos that comes from strangers marrying.

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<v Speaker 5>She wanted to give where's tomorrow? Tomorrow?

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<v Speaker 1>She wanted to your hausband. When I first read those

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<v Speaker 1>articles and noticed that there was never any updates, I

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<v Speaker 1>first thought, maybe this story has been quietly resolved and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe Katie has been found. But then once I started

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<v Speaker 1>digging a bit deeper, I realized no, she was still

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<v Speaker 1>very much missing. That's when I started reaching out to

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<v Speaker 1>Katie's friends and family just to ask if me using

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<v Speaker 1>my platforms, this podcast and my audience to help bring

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<v Speaker 1>more awareness that could lead to new information, would that

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<v Speaker 1>be helpful, And as everybody I spoke to then said yes, please,

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<v Speaker 1>we would be grateful for anything. Not only did I

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<v Speaker 1>then realize the married at first sight connection which initially

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<v Speaker 1>inspired me to get involved, was nonexistent, but I also

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<v Speaker 1>realized this story is much bigger than I ever thought,

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<v Speaker 1>which is why I've now created a whole new podcast

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<v Speaker 1>feed for it. Katie isn't just a woman who was

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<v Speaker 1>wrongly identified in the press. Katie is a mother of two.

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<v Speaker 1>Katie is a much love daughter and sister, and Katie

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<v Speaker 1>is also a friend and a creative and a free spirit.

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<v Speaker 3>She was.

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<v Speaker 5>Joyous in a lot of ways.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, we all have our experiences that bring us down,

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<v Speaker 4>but she half the times was she was a spiritual person.

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<v Speaker 4>She could kind of look beyond hardship in a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of ways. She had a lot of positive qualities to her.

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<v Speaker 1>Katie is also someone who sings her heart out while

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<v Speaker 1>saving hotel rooms as she checks in.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey here, she is your.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually, Katie is someone who is often just found belting

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<v Speaker 1>out any song with her friends, who all describe her

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<v Speaker 1>as someone just full of so much joy and life

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<v Speaker 1>and excitement.

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<v Speaker 2>Two and one, two three, Oh Lord, won't family mersy?

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<v Speaker 1>This is the disappearance of Katie Walker a podcast series?

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<v Speaker 1>Is I never thought I'd be creating a series I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sad I'm making and a series that will be unfolding

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<v Speaker 1>in real time as the exposure we hope it will

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<v Speaker 1>bring will hopefully it lead to fresh leads that will

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<v Speaker 1>help Katie's family find the answers they're desperately searching for.

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<v Speaker 3>Color dollar for dollars is trying to tell me?

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<v Speaker 1>And I suspect some people may question is this series

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<v Speaker 1>even appropriate? And question where is the line between capturing

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<v Speaker 1>public attention and creating what can feel like exploitative content,

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<v Speaker 1>and don't worry, I'm with you on that. Part of

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<v Speaker 1>me feels a bit uncomfortable because it's like, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>how much is helpful? But you have to tell a

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<v Speaker 1>full story to get public support and in order to

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<v Speaker 1>find answers, Like I feel, the whole story needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be there because that's the only way people notice.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I think you know.

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<v Speaker 4>There's a lot of small details that you have information

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<v Speaker 4>on from these other parties, and the most pressing, bigger

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<v Speaker 4>message is that this is a woman that's missing.

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<v Speaker 1>As I've sat and attempted to write the script you're

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<v Speaker 1>now listening to me read multiple times over the last

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<v Speaker 1>few days, I've constantly found myself conflicted while figuring out

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<v Speaker 1>how do I tell Katie's story respectfully and bring the

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<v Speaker 1>awareness that her loved ones want without it starting to

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<v Speaker 1>feel like sensationalism. True crime isn't a genre that I

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<v Speaker 1>personally consume, as it mostly makes me feel uncomfortable, and

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<v Speaker 1>true crime also isn't a jore I've ever worked across.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of my career in media has been centered around

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<v Speaker 1>entertainment and showbiz, so I will be honest here. This

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing is slightly out of my depth. But then

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<v Speaker 1>I realized, if we want people to stop and think

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<v Speaker 1>about Katie and take notice and really look at her

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<v Speaker 1>picture scratched their brains thinking did they see something that

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<v Speaker 1>may help or do they know something that may help?

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<v Speaker 1>They must know the full story of who Katie is

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<v Speaker 1>and her life over the last few months, and they

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<v Speaker 1>must know the real woman who is still out there

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<v Speaker 1>missing the woman I'm starting to feel who I know

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<v Speaker 1>to an extent and understand.

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<v Speaker 6>Is there, I mean, anything else you wants to say

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<v Speaker 6>about Katie or share or just like I really want

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<v Speaker 6>to do justice with her story and my understanding at

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<v Speaker 6>the minute, tell me if this is an accurate reflection.

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<v Speaker 1>She's always been quite creative. She's a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>floater like she you know, she's been living here, there,

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<v Speaker 1>and everywhere. After she broke up with she ended up

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<v Speaker 1>in America. You know, she remarried that ended. She's got

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of money, which she may be wasted to

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<v Speaker 1>some extent she's borrowing to other people, but ultimately she's

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<v Speaker 1>always just been happy and joyous. To me, it's the

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<v Speaker 1>story of a woman who became lost in a way,

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<v Speaker 1>but wasn't defeated.

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<v Speaker 4>I would agree with that she was very clever, she

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<v Speaker 4>was very smart, and she was highly soulful, and she

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<v Speaker 4>I truly believe that many circumstances she would be able

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<v Speaker 4>to problem solve and I deeply feel that something is

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<v Speaker 4>missing from her story.

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<v Speaker 1>Every day in Australia, approximately one hundred and fifty people

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<v Speaker 1>are reported missing and ninety percent of them are found

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<v Speaker 1>within one week, and most children are found within twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four hours. And data shows that annually ninety seven to

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<v Speaker 1>ninety nine percent of those cases are eventually resolved, often

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<v Speaker 1>before the wider public us people even become aware they

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<v Speaker 1>were missing in the first place. Then the few and

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<v Speaker 1>lucky people, you could say, the ones who remain missing.

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<v Speaker 1>Only the ones who have a story the media feel

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<v Speaker 1>is worth reporting on, are the ones we hear about.

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<v Speaker 5>We have some breaking news this hour.

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<v Speaker 1>A coronial inquest into the suspected death of frudster Melissa

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<v Speaker 1>Kaddick has concluded that she is deceased. In recent years,

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<v Speaker 1>there was Melissa Kaddik, who was linked to some of

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<v Speaker 1>Sidney's most elite and her disappearance had millions of dollars

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<v Speaker 1>and drama attached to it, or you may also remember

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<v Speaker 1>Too Hayes, the Belgian backpacker who vanished from Byron Bay

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty nineteen and is still missing.

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<v Speaker 2>His family's been left with mixed emotions, devastated about the

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<v Speaker 2>unanswered questions, but hopeful our reward will one day flash

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<v Speaker 2>out answers.

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<v Speaker 1>Teo's story went international because of not just the many twists,

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<v Speaker 1>but the potential impact on Australian tourism and the fear

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<v Speaker 1>it instilled in every young person around the world, who,

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<v Speaker 1>just like Too, had been saving up for what they

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<v Speaker 1>thought would be the trip of a lifetime exploring this country.

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<v Speaker 1>But sadly, Katie, the real Katie isn't linked to the

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<v Speaker 1>country's most dramatic reality show, nor is she attached to

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<v Speaker 1>anyone or anything high profile that may appeal to the

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<v Speaker 1>mainstream media out there, which I believe is why no

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<v Speaker 1>one is talking about this story. But Katie deserves as

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<v Speaker 1>much visibility as those previous cases received. So if you're

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<v Speaker 1>a journalist listening to this, or a podcast host, or

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<v Speaker 1>an influencer, or just a regular normal person with your

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<v Speaker 1>own private social media, please report on Katie, talk about

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<v Speaker 1>Katie's Share this podcast, Share her picture, share anything together.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just help Katie's loved ones get her story out

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<v Speaker 1>there to as many people as possible, and as for

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<v Speaker 1>me personally, just to end this now. The more I've

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<v Speaker 1>learned about Katie over the last couple of weeks, more

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<v Speaker 1>I've realized how similar we both are. Not only are

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<v Speaker 1>we both from England, but we've both found ourselves chasing

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<v Speaker 1>adventure and romances from country to country. We've both spent

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<v Speaker 1>years pursuing our creative passions, and we both at some

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<v Speaker 1>point then settled in Sydney's Eastern suburbs and lived just

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<v Speaker 1>minutes away from each other without ever realizing. Here's hoping

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast series will have a happy ending