Julie's Gone

When Julie and her two sisters were little, their mother bought them a toy piano to share. Julie took to it with passion and became a gifted pianist. Now, her legacy lives on through the piano scholarship Ruth Garciacelay set up, in her daughter’s name, in northern California.  She tells Helen Thomas about the importance of celebrating Julie’s life… ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Veteran detectives believe the crucial clue that can lead to an ancient ‘cold case’ like Julie Garciacelay’s being solved is usually found in the original file.  It could well be true in this case, as Casefile Presents discovers… ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In the decade that followed Julie’s murder, 19 other women suffered violent deaths in Melbourne. Helen Thomas traces this brutal trail… ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

When Ruth Garciacelay realised her daughter really was missing, she flew to Australia from the US. A couple of years later, she returned to Melbourne and had an unnerving encounter with one of the men who’d been with Julie the night she disappeared. For the first time, Ruth reveals what he told her... ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

One of the most unusual aspects about Julie Garciacleay’s case is that, right from the start, detectives were aware of exactly who was with her the night she vanished. Two of the three men were already ‘known’ to them, the third a reporter working for the now-defunct Truth newspaper.  Helen Thomas focuses on this unholy trinity… ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.