Poison - The life of Tom Parfett (Pt 1)
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🗓️ 25 August 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
This episode was first published in 2023.
Warning, this episode contains discussions about suicide.
In October, 2021 David Parfett’s 22-year-old son, Tom, took his own life. We hear from David about the events that led up to the university student’s death.
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| 1:20.6 | called Kenneth Law who allegedly sold poison online to vulnerable young people who |
| 1:28.0 | used it to take their own lives. |
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