Case 348: Toyah Cordingley
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Case 348: Toyah Cordingley

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 15, 20261 hr 27 min

*** Content warnings: Violence against women, femicide *** When 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley went missing while walking her dog, her loved ones quickly launched a search at Wangetti Beach near Cairns, where she was last seen. In the early morning hours of October 22 2018, Toyah’s father Troy Cordingley made a devastating discovery: his daughter had been murdered and buried in the sand, at a place where she’d always felt safe. The search for Toyah’s killer gripped Far North Queensland, but the answers to the crime lay much further away… --- Narration – Anonymous Host <p...

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For suggested phone numbers for confidential support, and for a more detailed list of content warnings, please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website. At around 1.45pm on Sunday, October 21, 2018, Marco Heidenreich drove from his home in Warree, Cairns, to the coastal resort town of Port Douglas.

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Marco, who was in his late twenties, had grown up in Port Douglas and had made plans to catch up with his best friend there. The roughly hour-long drive is a famously scenic one that showcases some of the striking natural beauty Far North Queensland is known for.

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