Shortcut: Main Suspect in Rachelle Childs Cold Case Found Dead

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Rachelle Childs was a 23-year-old woman whose 2001 murder remains unsolved. Her former boss and main suspect, Kevin Correll, was recently found dead in a hotel room in Thailand.

Journalist Ashlea Hansen has been investigating the case for her podcast Dear Rachelle, which has uncovered new leads and raised fresh questions. She joins Australian True Crime from Thailand with the latest developments.

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0:00.0	A couple of months ago, we spoke to journalist Ashley Hansen about her upcoming podcast called Dear Rochelle.
0:10.9	It was going to be a deep dive into the unsolved 2001 murder of 23-year-old Rochelle Childs,
0:17.7	whose charred remains were found in a shallow ditch near Giroa in country New South Wales.
0:23.9	Ashley's investigation has come a long way since then. Over recent months, she and her team
0:29.1	had zeroed in on one person of interest, Rochelle's former boss, Kevin Correll. Well,
0:35.6	Correll was found dead last week in a hotel room in Thailand. Ashley Hansen is now
0:41.5	in Thailand following the story and she joins us on Australian True Crime with the latest.
0:47.3	This is Australian True Crime. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this
0:52.2	podcast is created, the Warrundri Woi Wurang people of the Koolin Nation.
0:57.7	And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence.
1:08.9	Luton Airport Express from St. P Pancras featuring little prices.
1:13.1	Only got 32 minutes to go.
1:14.9	Comes every 30 minutes, you know.
1:17.3	So turn up your radio.
1:19.1	We'll turn the price way down low.
1:20.7	Look ahead and get a deal, yo.
1:22.7	Starts when a turner and you're good to go.
1:24.4	Nothing worse than traffic.
1:25.4	So slow.
1:26.1	Would it happen on a train?
1:27.1	Heck no. 32 minutes, t, t. Nothing worse than traffic. So slow. Would it happen on a train? Heck no.
1:27.9	32 minutes.
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