Mary Anne Fagan - The Best Lead
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Mary Anne Fagan - The Best Lead
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What if the best witness in the case was eventually treated as if he had seen nothing at all?
At 12.10pm on the day Mary Anne Fagan was murdered, a retired Navy serviceman saw a man in RAAF uniform walk out of the front gate of 575 Dandenong Road.
He reported it to police less than 24 hours later.
Detectives called it their best lead. A statewide investigation followed. RAAF bases across Victoria were searched. Identity parades were conducted. A photofit was published nationally.
And then the investigation changed direction.
This instalment walks through the witness sightings, the timeline, and the institutional shift that moved detectives away from the man in uniform — despite two independent witnesses placing him on Dandenong Road that afternoon.
Content warning: This series discusses sexual violence and the murder of a mother of five. This episode includes references to post-mortem examination and children discovering their mother after her death. Listener discretion advised.
If you have information, contact Victoria Police Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or police.vic.gov.au/crime-stoppers. The reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction is $1,000,000.