It's the afternoon of the 19th of August 1986. A nine year old girl is abducted

leaving school and is never seen again. Nearly 15 years later there is an arrest and subsequent

conviction. Tonight I'll tell you about the killing of Samantha Knight.

Hi, I'm your... Hi, I'm your host, Cambo, grab a beer and pull up a deck chair.

This is True Crime Island, another True Crime Podcast. When you're, when.

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You, when. Hi Islanders after last week's horrific episode we have yet another

But then again this is true crime so but some crimes are worse than others

Tonight I bring you another story of a

sicko that preyed upon children over many years. This sicko's name is

Michael Anthony Geiter born the 20th of October 1950 in Melbourne. In short, he would be convicted of the

manslaughter of Samantha Knight aged just nine years in 2002. However, he is due to be released in June of this year as his

sentence is almost complete. So tonight I will be referencing court records and newspaper articles from the Sydney Morning Herald,

the age and news.com.

So first up, let's get some background on this Michael Anthony Geider.

As I said, he was born the 20th of October 1950 in Melbourne.

Well, from what I read from his younger days, no wonder he turned out as fucked up as he did.

He was in an incestuous relationship with his paranoid schizophrenic mother while in primary school, which is from about 6 to 10 years old or so.

The man that he knew is his father, albeit not his biological father, was a drunk, gambled and beat him up.

There were two other sons in the relationship and both would end up with criminal records

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