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The Lady Vanishes

12. Leydon v NSW Police

The Lady Vanishes

LiSTNR

True Crime, News, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We reveal a major breakthrough! Plus, inside the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) hearing as Sally seeks access to documents in Marion's case file. Also, we track down the first police officer who Sally dealt with.


Most of the music for The Lady Vanishes was composed by Nicolas Gasparini at thedarkpiano.com with additional tracks by Mattia Cupelli at mattiacupelli.com, Jason Shaw at audionautix.com and the track Octagon by Silent Partner is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.



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0:00.0

This is the case of Marion Barta, a mother, teacher, friend, missing for 22 years.

0:21.0

You know, no sign that he was going to vanish, that's for sure. The bizarre circumstances surrounding her disappearance.

0:29.0

I'm not sure if it was intentional or if there was something more foul afoot.

0:34.0

If you could imagine a teacher coming straight from say Little House on the Prairie to the 80s, that was

0:39.4

Marian Bata.

0:40.4

Why did her do you are?

0:46.0

Whether you find Mary and butter dead or alive, I honestly believe somebody has that key piece of information.

0:50.0

And the relentless quest of a daughter to find her mum.

0:55.0

Something had happened.

0:56.2

Something has happened to make her leave.

1:00.9

I am 100% sure, 100% sure that somebody knows something.

1:07.0

The Lady Vanishes.

1:12.0

Episode 12.

1:15.0

Hi, I'm Allison Sandy.

1:17.0

And I'm Brian Seymour.

1:19.0

Good news, we've had a major breakthrough.

1:22.0

Before we get into this episode, we'd like to inform you that Marion Barta will, for the first time,

1:28.4

be placed on the National Missing Persons Register in Australia,

1:32.1

and her case will be referred to the New South

1:35.3

Wales coroner. Just after 1 p.m. yesterday, Sunday, July 28, I received an email

1:41.8

from Sean Fewings from the New South Wales Police Media Unit.

1:45.3

It reads,

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