The hell of what happened to Trevor Tascas - a family’s story

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Trevor Tascas was 27 years old when he suspiciously disappeared in October 2005 from an address in Whittington, a suburb of the regional Victorian city Geelong.

His mum Pamela and sister Kirsty join us for this episode.

Trevor’s life was up and down and at the time of his disappearance - he was using and dealing drugs but still in sporadic contact with his family.

Investigators believe Trevor had been involved in a dispute with Lawrence Butler, the man he was sharing a house with prior to his disappearance.

In 2009 Lawrence Butler was sentenced to 23 years in jail for Trevor’s murder before his conviction was quashed on appeal.

It’s not the end though for Trevor’s heartbroken family.

Missing Persons Squad detectives are continuing to investigate Trevor Tascas’s disappearance and there’s a $1M reward for information in relation to the person or people responsible for Trevor’s death.

Anyone with any information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or file a report online at crimestoppersvic.com.au

More info:

Victoria Police appeal for info on Trevor’s murder Cold case: Trevor Tascas | Victoria Police

Coroners’ findings into the death of Trevor John Tascas

More on Lawyer Anthony Strik can be found here: https://strik.com.au/

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Co-Host: Emily Webb. You can find her on Instagram here

Guests: Pamela and Kirsty Tascas.

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

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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.
0:25.9	The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.
0:37.0	They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.
0:47.1	The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.
0:54.0	And we're just sitting there thinking, oh my God, we're just crying and thinking,
0:58.0	this can't be true.
1:00.0	Who does that?
1:02.0	It's like a horror movie you watch and now I think well Trevor might have wanted to come
1:07.3	home but he they took his life from him and for what I don't know. Still don't know.
1:17.0	It's a particular kind of hellish state of limbo that families exist in when their loved one is missing and police believe or know that they've been murdered.
1:30.0	Then there's a challenge of finding out what happened.
1:33.0	Who killed them?
1:34.0	Where are they?
1:35.5	Will the person or persons responsible be charged?
1:39.4	It's a complex situation that takes months,
1:42.1	years, even decades to unravel.
1:44.4	Pamela and Kirstie Taskis can tell you all about living in this hell.
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