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Australian True Crime

My Predator Has Been Released From Prison

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

True Crime

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Elysha was just seven years old when she was raped by Sterling Bower. 

She joins us on this episode of Australian True Crime to give us an insight into what it's been like since Bower has been released.

You can reach out to Elysha at Elysha.h1982@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE: Listener discretion is advised as this episode details child sexual assault and trauma.

Last week we re-issued Elysha's first episode with us from back in 2018. You can listen to it here "I Was Sexually Assaulted By A Stranger When I Was 7"

You can watch the video version of this episode on our Youtube channel here.

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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie

Guest: Elysha

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard


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Transcript

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0:00.0

The following podcast contains accounts of child sexual assault.

0:05.0

Listener discretion is advised.

0:07.8

I hope he listens to this because I want him to know it's not just what he did back to me in 1989.

0:16.1

This has affected me for my whole life.

0:19.8

It's affected my girl's life. It's affected just about every

0:24.2

past relationship that I've ever had. This is not an easy road to walk down. This is

0:32.3

Australian True Crime with Michelle Lorry. Last week, we reissued an episode from 2018, one of our earliest episodes, in fact,

0:40.6

in which Alicia told us about the childhood sexual assault that became a 26-year cold case.

0:46.4

The good news was that her offender, Sterling Bauer, was captured and convicted for the crime.

0:52.8

Alicia joins us today on the podcast and also on the YouTube channel

0:56.2

to give us an update on what's happened since then

0:59.3

and the whereabouts of her offender.

1:02.8

This is Australian True Crime.

1:04.8

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created,

1:09.6

the Wurundri Woi Warurang people of the Kulin Nation.

1:15.0

So it's been such a long time.

1:17.7

I can't believe it.

1:18.8

Eight years.

1:19.7

When I think of you, and I do think of you often, and I often mention yours as one of my

1:23.9

favorite episodes.

1:24.9

Oh, thank you.

1:25.7

Which sounds, that's the true crime weird world.

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