The Disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer & The 52-year Search for Justice *Re-Issue*
Australian True Crime
Meshel Laurie
4.6 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On January 12th 1970, Three-Year-Old Cheryl Grimmer disappeared from Fairy Meadow Beach. While it’s technically one of Australia’s longest-standing cold cases, Cheryl’s family and the two highly respected former homicide detectives believe they know exactly what happened to her, and who’s responsible.
Cheryl’s eldest brother, Ricky Nash, was the last person to see her on the day of her disappearance. Ricky joins us to discuss his fight to find justice for his baby sister.
If you'd like to assist the Grimmer family, you can also sign this petition - addressed to Attorney General Speakman - to help in the fight to find justice for Cheryl.
The brilliant BBC Sounds podcast Fairy Meadow, hosted by Jon Kay, can be found here.
LATER THIS WEEK
Staying with the Cheryl Grimmer story, we’ll hear from Frank Sanvitale & Damian Loone, the two former homicide detectives who arrested the man both they and Ricky Nash believe to be responsible for Cheryl’s disappearance and murder.
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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram here
Guest:
Ricky Nash
Producer/Editor:
Lachie Flannigan
Executive
Producer: Jacqueline Tonks
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| 0:00.0 | Before we begin today's episode of Australian true crime, I want to tell you about a new project |
| 0:04.5 | we've been working on behind the scenes. It's called She Matters. It's a new podcast from |
| 0:10.2 | award-winning journalist and femicide researcher Shirel Moody. Each week, Shirel speaks with |
| 0:15.3 | families of women and children killed in Australia, sharing who they were, the joy they brought, |
| 0:21.9 | and the love they left behind. She Matters isn't a true crime podcast. It's about lives lived, lives loved and lives |
| 0:28.7 | lost. She Matters is produced by Dashmade podcasts in association with bravecasting media. |
| 0:35.7 | She Matters is available wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:42.9 | In January 1970, three-year-old Cheryl Jean Grimmer, |
| 0:47.7 | who'd been enjoying a beach day with her mother and three brothers in Wollongong |
| 0:51.2 | was abducted from a toilet block. |
| 0:55.9 | Her remains have never been found. |
| 1:02.9 | At the end of this week, Cheryl's family plans to release a report into the case and into the failings of the police investigation. New South Wales Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham says he will |
| 1:09.9 | invoke parliamentary privilege to name the man |
| 1:12.7 | the family believes abducted and murdered Cheryl. Cheryl's brother Ricky Nash joined us on Australian |
| 1:19.9 | True Crime in 2022 to talk about his sister's abduction and the private investigation that was |
| 1:26.5 | at that stage underway. |
| 1:28.9 | As we prepare for the findings to be released, we thought we should look back on the story. |
| 1:34.4 | This is Australian True Crime. |
| 1:36.4 | We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created, |
| 1:41.0 | the Warranguri Woi Warang people of the Kulin Nation. |
| 1:44.9 | And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence. |
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