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Australian True Crime

Remembering Tracey Connelly

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Tracey Connelly was 40 years old when she was murdered in St Kilda in 2013, and despite a $1 million reward, her killer has never been found.


While media coverage often centred on her work as a sex worker, she was also a beloved sister, daughter, partner, friend and mother.


Her sister Jean shares memories of Tracey and her family's fight for justice.


Click here for more information on the 1 million dollar reward for information on Tracey Connelly's case.


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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie

Guest: Jean

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains extra content from Nine Entertainment Co. and Paramount Global.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

This Ford O'Connor van was where Tracy Connolly lived and worked in St Kilda.

0:06.0

It was also the scene of her brutal murder.

0:09.0

The sex worker was last seen alive around 11.30pm on Saturday, July 21, 2013.

0:15.0

Around 151 a.m., police ate Tracy got into her van parked on Greaves Street with an unknown male.

0:22.7

Her murderer spent around 37 minutes inside the van before fleeing.

0:33.1

In July of 2013, 40-year-old Tracy Connolly was brutally murdered in Melbourne's beachside suburb of St Kilda,

0:41.0

and the crime remains unsolved.

0:43.7

Some believe the circumstances of Tracy's life have contributed to a lack of interest in the case,

0:49.9

or at the very least, to a sense of inevitability about Tracy's fate.

0:55.5

Tracy was a sex worker, living and working in a van parked on Greaves Street,

1:00.7

the hub of St Kilda's street sex trade.

1:03.5

But Tracy was many other things too.

1:06.2

A mother, a sister, a daughter, a friend and a partner.

1:12.1

Tracy's sister Jean joins us on Australian True Crime to talk about the sister she knew

1:16.9

and about the $1 million award that's been posted for information leading to an arrest in the case.

1:24.2

This is Australian True Crime.

1:26.3

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

1:30.8

the Wurundri Woi Wurang people of the Kulin Nation.

1:34.6

And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence.

1:46.1

Hello, Sweaterweather.

1:50.9

Bring on cozy duvet days, crisp air and crunchy leaves.

1:53.3

Out-out is out.

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