Episode 8: The Murder of Anita Cobby
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A beautiful woman had her entire life ahead of her, until a few scumbag idiots took it all away in the blink of an eye. This week, Allison and Katie will be discussing the infamous 1986 murder of Anita Cobby. Please be advised of the trigger warnings given at the beginning of the episode.
Anita's family created the Homicide Victims’ Support Group (https://www.hvsgnsw.org.au/) and her sister started Grace’s Place (https://gracesplace.org.au/) to support those impacted by homicide.
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SOURCES:
Books:
Someone Else's Daughter: The Life and Death of Anita Cobby. Julia Sheppard. 1991.
Documentaries:
Anita Cobby: You Thought You Knew It All
Crime Investigation Australia: The Anita Cobby Murder
Articles:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/20/anita-cobby-everyone-in-the-car-that-dreadful-night-had-a-passport-to-doom
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3345152/How-Anita-Cobby-s-callous-killers-tried-escape-stopped-contacting-Supermax-prisoners-like-Ivan-Milat.html
https://au.news.yahoo.com/remembering-anita-cobby-30-years-since-brutal-murder-of-sydney-nurse-30641582.html#page1
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/secret-recording-that-helped-catch-anita-cobbys-killers-30-years-ago-aired-for-the-first-time-20160209-gmphgu.html
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/tragic-murder-of-anita-cobby-continues-to-haunt-the-blacktown-community/news-story/874c3e86beacca2e19380040cb5cf496
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