Your listening to part 3 of unexplained season 5, episode 3, Endgame.

As well as a two-way radio, Aussie Caban gave Cindy a panic button which she made a habit

of carrying with her wherever she went. The button set off an alarm in Caban's office,

which would then in turn alert Caban to notify the police that she was in trouble. In October

1988, Cindy triggered the alarm. When police arrived at her home minutes later, they found

her car parked up in the garage, with Cindy unconscious in the driver's seat partially

naked from the waist down, with her legs dangling out of the open door. Duck tape had been stuck

over her mouth, and yet another pair of black nylon stockings had been tied around her neck.

Her hands had also been tied behind her back. By the time she made it to hospital,

Cindy was in a coma. When she finally woke up, all she seemed to remember of the incident

was returning home in the car that afternoon, and then being attacked by one or two men, just as

she was about to get out of it. Once again, police made a thorough search of the crime scene,

and once again, they found nothing to suggest that anyone else had been involved in the apparent

attack. By the spring of 1989, Cindy had triggered her panic alarm four more times. She also

received another intimidating note. This time, left on her car windscreen and discovered by a

security guard at Richmond Hospital, where she worked. It read simply, soon Cindy.

One afternoon in May 1989, Cindy met with her friend and colleague Anne in the canteen at the hospital

where they worked. Looking back on the meeting, Anne recalled that Cindy was in a point mood,

and eagerly awaiting the five days leave she had coming up. On Thursday, May 25,

Cindy spoke with another good friend, Marion Christensen, on the phone. Marion, who

often made the effort to check in with Cindy to make sure she was doing okay, had called to tell Cindy

that she was playing a trip to Vancouver Island in the next few days. She hoped that they might be

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