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Case 340: Elisabeth Membrey

Team:
@casefilehost - narration
Elsha McGill - editing, writing
@mikemigas - production, music
Anthony Telfer - audio editing

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9. Roger and Joy Membrey in the memorial garden for missing persons in Melbourne’s Carlton Gardens
10. 85-year-old Joy Membrey outside of the Victorian Coroners Court in 2025

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Case 340: Elisabeth Membrey

1. Elisabeth Membrey
2. Elisabeth Membrey
3. Elisabeth Membrey
4. The Manhattan Hotel where Elisabeth worked

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5. Sketch of the man Elisabeth was reportedly seen arguing with on the day of her disappearance
6. Photofit of the mysterious man with the distinct haircut seen arguing with Elisabeth in the lead up to her disappearance
7. Police divers search Ringwood lake for Elisabeth’s body
8. Shane Bond outside court during Elisabeth’s murder trial

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9. Elisabeth Membrey's red Mazda
10. Roger and Joy Membrey with a photo of Elisabeth

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Case 340: Elisabeth Membrey

1. Elisabeth Membrey
2. Elisabeth Membrey
3. Elisabeth Membrey
4. The Ringwood flat where police believe Elisabeth was killed

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5. Elisabeth’s bedroom with the doona missing
6. Clothing recovered from Elisabeth’s Ringwood unit
7. The living room of Elisabeth's Ringwood unit
8. The entrance to Elisabeth's Ringwood unit

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Did police tunnel vision overlook the real killer?

Case 340 will be out this weekend.

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This week we remember...

Case 141: Natalee Holloway

18-year-old Natalee Holloway had been looking forward to her senior trip to Aruba all year. The tropical getaway was a rite of passage for students at Mountain Brook High School, who celebrated their newfound freedom with five days of partying in the idyllic Caribbean destination.

On the final night of the trip, the students partied at local hotspot Carlos ‘n Charlies. The next morning, as they gathered in the hotel lobby to leave for the airport, they realised Natalee was missing.

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9. Custom-made body armour worn by Phillips during the 1997 shootout
10. The clothing Phillips and Mătăsăreanu were wearing displayed in an exhibit at the Los Angeles Police Museum

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Casefile Archives 11: North Hollywood Shootout

1. Officers prepare to engage Phillips and Mătăsăreanu during the gun battle in North Hollywood
2. LAPD officers use patrol cars for cover during the prolonged gun battle
3. One of the gunmen fires outside the Bank of America branch during the North Hollywood shootout
4. Phillips fires from behind a vehicle during the North Hollywood shootout

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5. Employees emerge from the Bank of America after the shootout
6. SWAT officers rescue civilians caught in the crossfire
7. An LAPD armored personnel carrier arrives in North Hollywood as the shootout enters its final stages
8. Emil Mătăsăreanu under police custody, moments before his death

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9. Map showing where LAPD officers were during the opening stages of the North Hollywood shootout
10. Phillips and Mătăsăreanu leave the Bank of America branch moments before the North Hollywood shootout began

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Casefile Archives 11: North Hollywood Shootout

1. Mugshot of Larry Phillips Junior after being arrested in Glendale in 1993
2. Mugshot of Emil Mătăsăreanu after being arrested in Glendale in 1993
3. (Top) Police search Phillips and Mătăsăreanu’s vehicle following a 1993 traffic stop in Glendale. (Below) Inside were more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition
4. Weapons, ammunition and body armour recovered during the 1993 Glendale traffic stop. Police also seized smoke bombs, radio scanners and improvised explosive devices from the vehicle

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5. Larry Phillips, Sr. and Larry Phillips, Jr.
6. Brink’s guard Herman Cook, who was killed during a 1995 armored car robbery carried out by Phillips and Mătăsăreanu
7. Brink’s guard Felipe Cortez receives treatment after being shot during the 1995 armored car robbery that killed his partner, Herman Cook
8. Security camera footage from the Van Nuys bank robbery, one of several armed robberies linked to the pair before the North Hollywood shootout

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Casefile Archives 11: North Hollywood Shootout

Team:
@casefilehost - narration, research, writing
Elsha McGill - editing, writing
@mikemigas - production, music
Anthony Telfer - audio editing

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44 minutes of terror in North Hollywood...

Casefile Archives 11 will be out this weekend.

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Case 21: Pamela Lawrence

When Mosman Park jewellery store owner Pamela Lawrence was late to return home from work on May 23 1994, her husband Peter went to check if everything was okay. There, he found Pamela clinging to life with serious head injuries, which she later succumbed to in the hospital.

Despite a lack of physical evidence or any DNA tying him to the crime scene, accused thief Andrew Mallard was soon arrested for Pamela’s murder. But was the hypothetical murder scenario that Mallard described a confession, or did the police have the wrong man?

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5. Cave diver Jill Heinerth reviewing maps with members of the McDaniel family during the search for Ben
6. Footage from the Vortex Spring cave system
7. The memorial plaque for Ben placed in Vortex Springs
8. Patty and Shelby McDaniel with Ben’s chocolate Labrador, Spooner

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Casefile Archives 10: Ben McDaniel

1. Ben McDaniel
2. Ben pictured with his girlfriend, Emily
3. Paul McDaniel
4. Ben with his brother Paul