EP197: The Tragic Death of Darcey Freeman
Crimes and Consequences
Crimes and Consequences
4.6 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
January 29th, 2009 was an exciting day for children in Australia--it was the first day back to school after the long holiday break and it also was 4-year-old Darcey Freeman's very first day of school. Darcey's father was driving her, along with her two brothers to school, when he seemed to have snapped. The day prior, Darcey's parents' long divorce and custody battle finally came to an end, and her father, Arthur Freeman, was awarded much less parenting time than he wanted. Arthur felt like the courts were against him and he seethed with anger at his ex-wife, Peta Barnes the entire drive to school. Sadly, Darcey never made it to school that day and died in the most unthinkable way.
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SOURCES:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTX6YHGfsYc&t=681s
2) Mind Behind the Crime; What makes Australia’s Worst Killers Tick? By Dr Helen McGrath and CherylCritchley
3) Freeman v The Queen - [2011] VSCA 349
4) Freeman v The Queen - [2011] VSCA 214
5) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33579147/darcey-iris-freeman
6) https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/child-killer-arthur-freeman-bashed-in-brawl-at-barwon-prison-/news-story/11e68cef2ac154c9ec2ce841211daa62
7) https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/freeman-arthur.htm
8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Phillip_Freeman
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| 0:00.0 | This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals. |
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| 0:12.0 | Hi everyone, I'm Tanya, and I'm Tlaia. advised. |
| 0:12.8 | Hi everyone, I'm Tanya. |
| 0:14.3 | And I'm T Leah. |
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| 1:18.4 | In the early hours of January 29th, 2009, |
| 1:22.3 | kids across Australia were preparing for their first day |
| 1:25.8 | back to school after the long school holiday break. By all accounts, this day |
| 1:30.7 | would remain to be very average for many Australians. |
| 1:35.0 | Children were struggling to wake up in the early morning after being able to sleep in for the last six weeks. |
| 1:40.0 | So their holiday break is long. It's a lot longer than ours. Nice. Parents were |
| 1:44.6 | pestering their children to wake up in order to get them ready for school while |
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