UPDATE: The New Search For The Australia's Missing Family Cult
5/11/202624 min
WA Police have acknowledged that earlier searches in the investigation into the Nannup Four were conducted in the wrong location. Retired detective Barry McIntosh, who has long pushed for answers in the case, believes the corrected coordinates point to a more accurate search area near Northcliffe, where clothing and the reported smell of human remains were allegedly detected after the group disappeared.
Today, we check in with ABC investigative journalist Dominique Bayens about the latest developments in the case.
LINKS
Find out more about Barry's search for The Nannup Four. There's a GoFundMe page here.
Watch Expanse: The Nannup Four here.
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Host: Gemma Bath
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[suspenseful music] A warning before we start. This episode does contain mentions of suicide. I'm Gemma Bath, and this is True Crime Conversations. A few weeks ago, we brought you the case of the missing Nannup four. We're dropping back into your ears with an important and shocking update on the case. First, some context. As you heard in our episode, the Australian family cult that vanished overnight, Chantelle McDougall, Simon Cadwell, their daughter, Leila, and friend and housemate, Toni, vanished from Nannup, a small WA town, in 2007. Simon was known as somewhat of a cult leader who believed in a doomsday and moving to a higher plane once you die. He had followers online, but those under his roof were most under his control. When the four disappeared, they left a note on their front door saying they'd moved to Brazil. However,