Episode 7 of our collaboration with Whoismrcruel.com on the story of the Karmein Chan abduction.

NB:- this podcast deals with topics of a serious nature. Sexual assault and murder are discussed.

This episode includes the following:-

• Victoria Police send 1.4 million posters to every household in the state seeking information on the abductions of Sharon Wills, Nicola Lynas and Karmein Chan.
• A man in Victoria abducts and rapes a 7 year old girl two days after receiving one of the aforementioned posters.
• A senior police officer working on the case tells journalists he believes Karmein is dead.
• Sheree Beasley is abducted, raped and murdered in Rosebud leading to comparisons in the media between this offence and the abduction of Karmein.
• Phyllis Chan sends a message to Mr Cruel with a secret code that only Karmein can solve.
• Cop killer Peter Reid attempts to extort John Chan of $15,000, telling him from a Pentridge Prison telephone that he will release Karmein if he's paid the money.
• The Chan household receives other unusual phone calls to their unlisted number on the birthdays of Phyllis and Karly, Karmein's sister.
• The Spectrum Taskforce is embarrassed by the revelation they've published 1.4 million posters of Karmein using a photograph from when she was 8 years old.
• New photos of Karmein are published which show what she looked like just before her abduction. These photos lead to new leads in the case.
• Phyllis once again pleads to the offender to release her daughter on Karmein's birthday, 5 November.
• VIC Police reinterview many of the previous victims, including Nicola in the UK.
• Two more prank callers get in trouble for making obscene calls to the Chan family.
• A home invader attempts to tie up and abduct a 12 year old Vietnamese girl in St Albans on a rare night off for the Spectrum Taskforce.