The Bain Family Murders //Replay

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True Crime, Case, Trial, Conspiracies, 855520, Government, Unsolved, Society & Culture, Missing Person, Controversy, Exhibit C, Serial Killer, Crime, Murder, Documentary, Conspiracy

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🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The Bain Family Murders. June 20, 1994. Dunedin, New Zealand. A 22 year-old man sets out on his newspaper route early in the morning. Sometime after returning home before 7am, he discovers some members of his immediate family have been murdered. The victims were identified as 59 year-old Robin (father), 50 year-old Margaret (mother), 19 year-old Arawa (daughter), 18 year-old Laniet (daughter), & 14 year-old Stephen (son). Initially, the scene suggested a murder/suicide. A rifle was found on the floor next to Robin's body. As the investigation continued, though, all signs began to point toward the only surviving member of this home. The 22 year-old son, David Cullen Bain, who also happened to have an alibi.

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1:37.0	Tonight's case is the Jeremy Bamber of New Zealand. It's the Stephen Avery of New Zealand. And what are we talking about tonight Aaron?
1:48.0	Well it's known as the Bain Family Murders. At the center of this is a man by the name of David Bain who at the time was 22 years old.
1:58.0	The murders took place on June 20th, 1994 in New Zealand.
2:04.0	And for anyone that's wondering New Zealand is a little bit smaller than the state of California.
2:10.0	So this is a big deal there. This was huge news and still is big news to this day.
2:18.0	Right, let's give a summary of what happened that way as we go through the case, you have an idea where we're going with it.
2:25.0	On the morning of June 20th, 1994, David Bain got up and got ready to go out on his paper route.
2:33.0	Now he's 22 and has a newspaper delivery route that he goes on and he supposedly goes on this paper route.
2:40.0	And then when he returns, starts washing some clothes, takes a shower.
2:45.0	And then he discovers that some members of his family have been killed.
2:50.0	At the time he says that he knew of what a couple of them his parents.
2:56.0	And he calls 111, which is the equivalent of 911, the emergency number. And he says they're all dead.
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