Bonus: David Cunningham [Extended Interview]
4/24/202625 min
For over fifty years, David Cunningham has been searching for the truth about his sister Anita, who vanished while hitchhiking Queensland’s notorious Flinders Highway in 1972.
While her friend Robin was tragically found murdered, Anita’s fate remains one of the Outback's most enduring and haunting mysteries.
In this powerful, extended interview from the documentary series Outback Murder Highway, David shares the grueling reality of a half-century search for justice. From the initial desperate weeks to the sudden breakthrough of new witnesses, he explores the theories, the suspects and his hope that someone who knows something will come forward.
This interview was conducted by Jo Townsend for the television series Outback Murder Highway - On Channel 9 at 8.30pm on Wednesday nights - from April 22 to May 13.
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First 90 secondsDavid Cunningham· Guest0:00
[suspenseful music] Two young, gorgeous city girls wandering into the town, and sitting ducks, basically. So to say that nobody knew anything is just, it's hard to believe. Yeah. Sensible Creek is a place that you would never notice. You just drive straight over the bridge, and you barely even feel the ripples as you go over the bridge. It, it's so unremarkable. It's just a- another, another creek you cross. Two bullet holes in the back of the skull is consistent with how Milat murdered some of his victims. He was in the area. [gentle music] I'm David Cunningham. I'm the elder brother of Anita Cunningham, who's missing, presumed murdered in or around, uh, Sensible Creek area near Pentland. Anita was a very bold, very bright, very confident, intelligent, happy sort of a personality. She was somebody who filled the room, really.
Jo Townsend· Host1:18
When was the last time you saw your sister, Anita?
David Cunningham· Guest1:25
A month or two before they set off hitchhiking,