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It was Wednesday the 2nd of August 1989. 41-year-old Marguerite Edwards started the day like any other. Making sure her three daughters were up, and ready for school.
Marguerite was happily married to Iain Edwards, a successful orthodontist with a surgery in Bondi. They lived in a two-storey house on Victoria Road, Woollahra in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs.
After getting her daughters organised, Marguerite dropped them at Ascham school, in the nearby suburb of Edgecliffe. She then made her way to an aerobics class, before doing some shopping at Bondi. She returned to her Woollahra home sometime after midday.
Later that afternoon, Marguerite's three daughters were waiting. School had finished, and they were wondering where mum was…
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0:00.0 | It was Wednesday the 2nd of August, 1989. 41-year-old Margaret Edward started the day like any |
0:21.8 | other, making sure her three daughters were up and ready for school. |
0:27.3 | Walarro was happily married to Ian Edwards, a successful author-dontist with a surgery in Bondi. |
0:33.4 | They lived in a two-story house on Victoria Road, Wallara, in Sydney's eastern suburbs. |
0:40.2 | Wallara is an extremely affluent suburb, five kilometres east of Sydney CBD, a few miles, |
0:46.8 | known for its quiet, treeline streets and extremely expensive housing. |
0:52.8 | After getting her daughters organised, Margaret dropped them off at Askem School. |
0:57.6 | She then made her way to an aerobics class before doing some shopping at Bondi. |
1:02.4 | She then returned to her Wallara home sometime after midday. |
1:07.4 | Later that afternoon, Margaret's three daughters were waiting. |
1:11.7 | School had finished and they were wondering where Mum was. |
1:34.6 | When Margaret didn't show up to the school that afternoon, it was very unusual. |
1:39.3 | Many of the other parents even commented saying, don't worry, your Mum is never late. |
1:43.3 | She will be here soon. |
1:45.6 | But she never arrived. |
1:48.2 | The girls next door neighbour Marcia Osborne ended up giving them a lift home. |
1:53.2 | Marcia telling them obviously something important had come up and everything would be fine. |
1:58.8 | But the girls had a feeling something wasn't right. |
2:04.0 | When they got home, they saw Margaret's car parked in the driveway. |
2:08.4 | They walked inside and called out for their Mum. |
2:11.5 | But got no reply. |
2:14.2 | As they slowly made their way to the kitchen, they saw a pool of blood on the floor, blood |
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