Missing in the Australian Bush

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Valentine Smith is a 45 year veteran of law enforcement and the defence forces. His career included working with Victoria Police in both rural and urban environments and with Interpol and Crime Stoppers International.

For some years now, Valentine has focused on missing persons called cases, as well as the study of missing persons, with a special interest in cases within the Australian bush.

You can read about his fascinating research on his website, Footprints in the Wilderness.

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0:00.0	It's sort of like it quacks like a duck, so it's probably a duck.
0:04.3	However, probability at law is not absolute.
0:08.4	So you've got to be very, very careful,
0:10.4	because in 98% of the cases, it will be a duck.
0:14.6	In other words, it will be a missing person.
0:17.3	But in the one or two percent, it may be a criminal matter.
0:22.2	And if you get it wrong, because you've got a closed mind, you've blown it.
0:26.8	And you're dealing with the potential loss of life, which is a very, very serious incident.
0:36.0	Our guest today on Australian True Crime is a lovely man with a lovely name, Valentine Smith.
0:43.0	With that said, though, during his career, he's dealt with some very ugly situations.
0:48.8	Valentine is a 45-year veteran of law enforcement and the Defence Forces.
0:53.9	His career included working with
0:55.5	Victoria Police in both rural and urban environments and with Interpol and Crime Stoppers International.
1:03.0	For some years now, Valentine has focused on missing persons cold cases, as well as the
1:08.6	study of missing persons. You can read about his fascinating research on his website, Footprints as the study of missing persons.
1:15.2	You can read about his fascinating research on his website, Footprints in the Wilderness.
1:19.4	Valentine joins us to talk about two cases in particular today.
1:25.8	Warren Meyer, the 57-year-old hiker who went missing in Victoria's High Country in 2008,
1:30.1	and Damien McKenzie, a nine-year-old boy who went missing in Marysville, Victoria, in 1974.
1:33.7	This is Australian True Crime, produced with respect on Waradjuri Country of the Koolin Nation.
1:40.5	And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence.
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