This is episode three of the teacher's pet.

Listeners are advised that this episode contains course language and adult themes.

This podcast series is brought to you by the Australian.

Lynette Dawson was reported missing by her husband, former Newtown Jets,

rugby league star Chris Dawson.

I said I was going to get a hitman to kill Lynne,

and he wrote me and said Lynne's gone, she's a coming back.

I just want justice, and I'd love her little girls to know she didn't leave them.

This is Weekend Sunrise, with Monique Wright and Basil Sampless.

The case which has gone very cold, which has been thrust back into the spotlight

by a major media investigation.

In January 1982, mother of two Lynette Dawson went missing from Sydney's Northern beaches.

Her husband Chris, a star rugby league player and physical education teacher

was the prime suspect but was never charged.

He waited six weeks to report her disappearance to police,

but took just two days to move his lover a 16-year-old student into the family home.

Sobers are, and it renails since we'll bring you in,

that renail your daughter of Lynette's brother Greg.

Does the family believe that Chris Dawson murdered Lynne?

Yeah, they do.

Public interest in this cold case has grown since the release of the first two episodes of The Teacher's Path.

And do you suspect, do you think you will get closure to this?

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