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Case 353: Jaidyn Leskie
- Documentary
- Crime & justice
*** Content warnings: Crimes against children *** In July 1997, residents of Moe, Victoria were left reeling after their town was put on the map for all the wrong reasons. A 14-month-old boy named Jaidyn Leskie had gone missing under the most bizarre of circumstances, prompting a media circus. The boyfriend of Jaidyn’s mother, 28-year-old Greg Domaszewicz, immediately came under police suspicion as he had been looking after Jaidyn on the night he disappeared. But as the case progressed and more details emerged, not everyone was convinced. --- Narration – Anony...
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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. Today's episode involves crimes against children, and won't be suitable for all listeners. It was just after five o'clock on the morning of Sunday, June 15, 1997, when the door swung open
at the Maui Police Station in Victoria's La Trobe Valley. Once a thriving blue-collar hub In recent years, the town had been devastated by the rapid privatisation and dismantling of the state's electricity supply industry and was in the grips of a severe socioeconomic crisis. The sudden lack of industrial jobs left a massive portion of Maui's population unemployed
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