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Australian True Crime

Shortcut: The Cold Case of Rachelle Childs

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.


In 2001, Rachelle Childs was found murdered near the town of Gerroa, NSW. For years, her case went uninvestigated—until now. 


Investigative Journalist Ashlea Hansen joins us to talk about Dear Rachelle, the new podcast that’s reignited the fight for justice.


Click here to visit the Dear Rachelle website and listen to their podcast.


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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on instagram.

Guest: Ashlea Hansen

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard


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0:00.0

On the morning of Friday the 8th of June 2001, the partially burned body of 23-year-old

0:10.6

Rochelle Childs was located in a shallow ditch in bushland near the town of Jaroa, south

0:16.6

of Wollongong in New South Wales. The case has remained unsolved, and despite the tireless campaign waged by Rochelle's sister

0:24.8

Christy, it was uninvestigated for many years.

0:28.7

That all changed recently when Christie teamed up with journalist Ashley Hanson.

0:33.2

For the last 12 months, they've been working on a podcast, which is now available for all of us to listen to, called Dear Rochelle.

0:41.1

Ashley Hansen joins us on Australian True Crime to talk about the case and the resurrection of the investigation into Rochelle's murder.

0:49.6

This is Australian True Crime. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is

0:55.0

created, the Wurundri Woiwurang people of the Koolin Nation. And a warning, this episode of the

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