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Speaker 1: If you want to know what's happening on the local

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Speaker 1: political landscape, Katie Wolf has it covered on three sixty

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Speaker 1: every One is Listening Mixed one oh four point nine.

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Speaker 2: A story that we touched on a little while back

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Speaker 2: and spoke to Judy, the friend of an older lady

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Speaker 2: who went missing in bushland near the city in May

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Speaker 3: Now, we caught up with Judy who was due.

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Speaker 2: To have lunch with her friend Anna, I believe on

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Speaker 2: eighty one year old Anna on the fourth of May. Now, unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: Anna went missing in that bushland, but very fortunately for her,

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Speaker 2: Senior Constable Matthew Unwin and patrol dog Wedge were called

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Speaker 2: in to assist with reports of a missing person. Now

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Speaker 2: that senior Constable joins us on the line right now.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Matthew Unwin.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Katie, how are you very well?

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Speaker 3: Mate? Now this story, I tell you what.

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Speaker 2: When we caught up with Judy a little while back

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Speaker 2: and heard about Anna going missing after not attending that

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Speaker 2: lunch date, I think that you know, I know. As

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Speaker 2: I was listening to Judy recall some of what she remembered,

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Speaker 2: it was making me feel pretty emotional thinking about eighty

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Speaker 2: one year old Anna missing in that bushland. Can you

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Speaker 2: talk us through how the events unfolded for you On

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Speaker 2: the evening of the fourth of May.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so Anna was meant to meet up with Judy

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Speaker 1: for a lunch at the waterfront and she never turned up,

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Speaker 1: And so Judy tried to call her and had a

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Speaker 1: pretty concerning short conversation with her, basically said that she

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Speaker 1: was in a bit of trouble, and then the phone

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Speaker 1: disconnected and she wasn't able to get back through to her.

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Speaker 1: We had no idea what had happened to her, and

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Speaker 1: obviously neither of Judy. So she or police when she

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Speaker 1: didn't roll up for her lunch date with her concerns,

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Speaker 1: and she tells me she was pretty pushy with the

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Speaker 1: attending police officers. But I mean, in this circumstances, pretty understandable.

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Speaker 1: And I had driven a car to the Palmerston shopping

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Speaker 1: went for a walk and she's got disserentated and lost

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Speaker 1: during that war, Yeah, so police are called and their

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Speaker 1: members from Palmerston did a great job then following up

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Speaker 1: all lines of inquiry and it spent most of their

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Speaker 1: He is a phone triangulation to try and narrow down

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Speaker 1: where she might be pinging her mobile phone off surrounding towers,

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Speaker 1: and that's essentially our man Wedge were put in the

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Speaker 1: right spot the start out search.

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Speaker 2: Wow, Now what time of the night did you and

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Speaker 2: Wedge sort of you know, start that search.

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Speaker 1: We were called at around about eleven pm. So the

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Speaker 1: Palmerston members had been searching for most of their shift

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Speaker 1: the evening shift and hadn't had any luck. So they'd

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Speaker 1: done foot patrols of the area where they where the

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Speaker 1: phone triangulation had come through, as well as well as

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Speaker 1: some vehicle in that area.

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 1: And I guess it was not likely that they were

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Speaker 1: just because of where she was, and you know, when

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Speaker 1: it was just, yeah, she wasn't going to be in

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Speaker 2: Make Tell me what happened then, obviously you and Wedge

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Speaker 1: Anna yeah, definitely. So when I put Wedge out to

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Speaker 1: search using the wind as are basically our advantage. We

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Speaker 1: And yeah, Wedge gave me an indication that he could

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Speaker 1: And yeah, he took me. He took me to where

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Speaker 2: Goodness, mate, Now, mate, I watched the vision on the

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Speaker 2: weekend of of Wedge finding Anna and then you carrying

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Speaker 2: you what, I there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolute one hundred percent relief.

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Speaker 1: It was probably one of the best best jobs that

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Speaker 1: it's been even a little bit emotional for me as well.

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Speaker 1: So when she was once, I brought her out to

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Speaker 1: She didn't do particularly well in the hospital at first,

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Speaker 1: and you know, sort of I think all you know,

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Speaker 3: And I understand you actually live next door to her.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, she's just across the road, so sort of kept

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Speaker 2: Have any idea when you know, when you were carrying

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Speaker 1: No, not at first, But when I was talking to

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Speaker 3: Is she going at the moment, Yeah, she's.

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Speaker 1: Well, she's home. She's only been home for about a

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Speaker 1: I'm planning to go and visit her once for the

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Are you going to take Wedge for a visitor as well?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, you come with me. My wife also said

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Speaker 1: that you make your cake for her. But he's a

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Speaker 2: No pressure on your poor wife. Oh mate, I this

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Speaker 2: to me, this story is just unbelievable. I take my

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Speaker 2: You know, I'm a supporter of our Northern Territory Police

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Speaker 2: and the amazing work that you guys do. But when

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Speaker 2: I saw the vision on Facebook on the weekend, I

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Speaker 2: you know, I was in tears. I thought, this is

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Speaker 2: just unbelievable. What you guys did in terms of finding

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Speaker 2: the Northern Territory should be incredibly proud of you and

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Speaker 2: incredibly proud of Wedge.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, results like that definitely make all the training and

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Speaker 1: the hard work, and that the rollercoaster that's dog handling

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Speaker 3: And Mate, I think everybody's wondering, did you give Wedge a.

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Speaker 2: Nice big, a big meeting bone or something to celebrate

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Speaker 1: The best of the best day. He always gets looked after.

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Speaker 2: Oh you absolute legend, mate. I honestly I just think

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Speaker 2: I'm sure that Anna's family and friends all feel exactly

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Speaker 2: incredibly proud of the work that you've done.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we love Wedge.

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Speaker 3: You've got to bring him in for a visit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, mate, Thank you so very much for your

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Speaker 2: but I think you should be our Territorian of the week.

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Speaker 2: Every week we have a Territorian of the week and

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Speaker 2: it is all thanks to Nevill at Parrap Fine Foods

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Speaker 2: who donates this a beautiful gourmet you know, a gourmet package.

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Speaker 3: So mate, you're.

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Speaker 2: Our Territorian of the week this week. Thank you very

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Speaker 2: much for the work that you've done.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Katie, you're a legend. Thank you. We really appreciate

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Speaker 2: And as I said, you're going to have to bring

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Speaker 2: Wedge in to say get a as well as thank you.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Matthew. That is Senior Constable Matthew Unwin. They're what

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Speaker 2: a legend. Honestly, he and Wedge and all of the

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Speaker 2: police that were involved that day in locating Anna it's

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Speaker 2: a phenomenal story. We will make sure that as well.

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Speaker 2: If you haven't seen the vision, we will make sure

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Speaker 2: it to you to your eyes seeing what they did

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Speaker 2: I've got quite a few messages coming through here. There's

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Speaker 2: one here that says Matt and Wedge doing an amazing

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Speaker 2: what an amazing story about finding Anna lost. The police

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Speaker 2: did an incredible job. Wedge should get a Northern That

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Speaker 2: should get Northern Terrictorian of the Year. Reckons Rob Wedge

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Speaker 2: and Matt they've done a phenomenal job. Unbelievable stuff. And

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Speaker 2: you've heard there from Matthew as well, they've both been

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