When Kirra-Lea McLoughlin died on a property near Gympie, Queensland, law enforcement and medical examiners were baffled.

Kirra’s former partner would claim she went to sleep after a fight and simply didn’t wake up. Family said there had been a party at the property the night before, but neighbours disputed that. Kirra’s body had 105 signs of bruising, and there was a 12 hour period where emergency services weren’t contacted about her rapidly declining state.

Former police officer Jamie Pultz met Kirra McLoughlin before her death. His podcast Beenham Valley Road investigates the case, talking to Kirra’s friends and family, and looking into the events leading up to and following her death.

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Guest: Jamie Pultz host of the Beenham Valley Road: The Kirra McLoughlin Story podcast

Host: Gemma Bath

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

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On July 5th, 2018 Jennifer and Jack Edwards were murdered in their home on Hull Street in the Sydney suburb of West Pennant Hills.

Their mother Olga Edwards returned from work that day to a wall of lights and sirens in front of her home. Police wouldn't let her inside, but she knew almost instantly who was responsible for whatever evil had happened inside her house. She knew there was only one reason police would be at her doorstep.

“It’s my husband,” she told police. “It’s my husband. We have the final court hearing in two weeks.”

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Guest: Sally Rawsthorne

Host: Gemma Bath

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Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

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Tara Costigan was murdered in 2015, one day after taking out a DVO on her ex-partner Marcus Rappel. The day he laid a finger on her was the day he murdered her. Before that the abuse had been verbal. Emotional.

Tara did everything ‘right’. She followed advice and took steps in the system designed to protect her, even though she was nervous about how he might react.

And then she died, in the most horrendous of ways, while cradling her one-week-old daughter. Her murder changed the fabric of Canberra and the conversation surrounding domestic violence.

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Guest: Heidi Lemon author of The First Time He Hit Her

Host: Gemma Bath

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