What's up you guys? I'm Andrea. And I'm Haley. And you're listening to Inhuman, a true crime podcast. Welcome back, everybody.

Happy day.

Before we get started with today's case, I do want to give a content warning that this case does contain the death of a child.

I know that that, you know, it's hard to hear for a lot of people, including myself.

But I just wanted to give you guys a warning in case you want to skip this episode.

I completely understand. But this is the horrific murder of Ebony Simpson.

Ebony Simpson was a bright and cheerful nine-year-old girl living with her family in Bargo,

New South Wales, Australia. She was the youngest child to her parents, Peter and Christine, and she had two older brothers, 15-year-old Zach and 14-year-old Taz.

Born on December 22nd, 1982, Ebony grew up in Bargo, which was known for its quiet, close-knit community and natural beauty.

Ebony was a year four student at Bargo Primary School, where her teachers and classmates absolutely

adored her.

Ebony thoroughly enjoyed school and playing netball and also loved spending time with her family,

especially her older brothers, whom she was very close with.

So despite the little bit of an age gap, they were still really close.

Okay.

Even though Ebony was only nine years old, she had dreams of becoming a police officer someday, which speaks volumes about her caring nature and sense of justice.

Yeah, that's amazing.

Yeah.

But unfortunately, tragedy would strike and Ebony's dreams would never come to fruition.

On August 19th, 1992, Ebony began her day as usual.

She attended school, had a good day, by all accounts, and boarded the bus to return home for the evening.

Okay, before you move on, what is it with August 19th? Because the episode I did last week

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