101: What happened to Bob Chappell? | Australia

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On the night of 26 January 2008, radiation physicist Bob Chappell spent the day renovating his yacht in the River Derwent, Hobart. He decided to stay the night on the Four Winds. The next morning the yacht was sinking and there was no sign of Bob. His partner of 18 years, Sue Neill-Fraser, was charged with his murder. What followed was one of Tasmania’s most controversial criminal cases.

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0:57.0	65-year-old Dr. Bob Chappell worked as chief radiation physicist at the Royal Hobart Hospital's Holman Clinic.
1:04.4	He was looking forward to retirement.
1:06.4	His life's dream of sailing around Australia, and as far as he can go, was about to become
1:11.0	his everyday life.
1:13.0	Bob lived with Sue Neil Fraser,
1:15.0	and they had been together for more than 18 years.
1:18.0	Both had been married before and had grown children from their previous marriages.
1:22.0	Their blended family all got on together, and Sue's
1:24.9	daughters embraced Bob as their stepdad. In September 2008, Bob and Sue found the perfect yacht
1:31.9	in Brisbane.
1:33.0	The Four Winds.
1:35.0	It required quite a bit of renovation work, but that was all part of Bob's plan.
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