The Disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer & The 52-year Search for Justice.
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2022
⏱️ 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.
The NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman can give the Grimmer family their day in court. You can contact him here.
If you'd like to go one step further 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.
NEXT 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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Lachie Flannigan
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Producer: Jacqueline Tonks
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| 0:00.0 | We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July, |
| 0:04.3 | and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already. |
| 0:07.4 | Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show. |
| 0:10.3 | Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests, |
| 0:15.2 | our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in |
| 0:19.9 | Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly. |
| 0:26.0 | The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. |
| 0:40.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 0:49.0 | The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children. |
| 0:55.0 | And then in late 2016 I get a phone call from Damian Loon, Senior Sergeant, asking me where I was at the time I said I was driving up the highway |
| 1:06.8 | why he said you need to pull over I got something to tell you and he said we have a person of interest in relation to your sister Cheryl's |
| 1:18.4 | murder. And I said, what the fuck are you talking about? |
| 1:24.0 | Because that was the first time I 1970 his name was Ricky Grimmer. |
| 1:41.3 | He was seven years old and living in Wollong in New South Wales. |
| 1:46.0 | The family was still settling into the community. They'd only arrived a couple of months |
| 1:50.2 | earlier as 10-pound P palms. The official name of the scheme to encourage young |
| 1:56.1 | British families to move to Australia and New Zealand after the Second World War |
| 2:00.1 | was the assisted migrant scheme. Right up until 1973, eligible adult migrants from the British Isles could travel to Australia for just 10 pounds sterling and their children travelled for free. |
| 2:13.0 | Vince and Carol Grimmer were just what Australia was looking for in new citizens. |
| 2:18.0 | They were still in their 20s. |
| 2:20.0 | They had four beautiful young children, Ricky being the eldest. |
| 2:24.0 | And Vince immediately joined the Australian army upon arrival. |
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