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Episode 11: Eaglehawk
Key evidence revealed at the Eaglehawk Court House on day one of the 1987 coronial inquest into Rosslyn's death is examined by Hedley and Karina.
Two witnesses give telling evidence about whether Ray needed to contact Ros urgently on the morning she was found dead.
According to several witnesses, Ros and Ray's toddler told them "Mummy's dead" on the day Ros died. The daughter of the neighbour Gordon Rosengren comes forward and reveals Jodie said this to her too.
Professor of Psychology Virginia Slaughter shares an expert view about whether the toddler could have come up with the words based on what she saw and what she understood at that time. Some have suggested a sinister scenario: that she heard the words from her father on the morning of Rosslyn's death.
Another case heard at the court 90 years before Ros's inquest has some uncanny similarities with Rosslyn's and Ray's circumstances.
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