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In this subscriber deep dive, we go beyond the story of Kerrie Palmer and into the evidence that shaped one of Queensland’s most difficult criminal cases. Four men were ultimately convicted of manslaughter, but none were convicted of murder. So why? This episode follows the evidence piece by piece — the money dispute, the search for Kerrie, Coral Tree Court, the vehicles, telephone records, DNA, blood evidence, the movements between locations, the statements given by t

In many criminal investigations, the evidence eventually leads investigators to one moment. A discovery. A location. A piece of information that changes everything. But some cases never reach that point. Instead, they remain suspended between what is suspected and what can be proven.

Every disappearance leaves behind a timeline. A sequence of moments that begins before someone is gone and continues after the world realises something has changed. In some cases, that timeline is clear. There are cameras. There are witnesses. There are physical clues that show investigators exactly where to look. But the disappearance of Bronwyn Winfield has always been different. Her case has been built from fragments. A family home. A locksmith visit. Witness

This exclusive subscriber episode goes beyond the main case episode and examines the investigation itself. From the eleven-day delay before Bronwyn was reported missing to the witness accounts, timeline reconstruction, and the significance of the Sandstone Crescent house, this episode explores the evidence detectives were forced to piece together years after the events of May 1993.

When two Australian women disappear without a trace, the similarities can seem striking. Lynette Simms vanished from Sydney’s northern beaches in 1982. Bronwyn Winfield disappeared from Lennox Head in 1993. Neither woman has ever been found. Both cases involved marital breakdown, a family home, and decades of unanswered questions.

What happened to Bronwyn Winfield? Bronwyn was 31 years old when she vanished in May 1993. She was a mother of two young daughters, a daughter, a friend, and a woman whose life was much more than the mystery that would later surround her disappearance.

More than thirty years ago, a woman disappeared from a quiet street in Lennox Head, and she has never been found. In May 1993, 31-year-old Bronwyn Winfield vanished from her home on Sandstone Crescent on the far north coast of New South Wales. She left behind two young daughters, a family searching for answers, and a mystery that continues to haunt those who knew her.

More than thirty years ago, Bronwyn Winfield disappeared from her home in Lennox Head, and she has never been found. In this early access episode of Coffee and Crime AU, we follow the known timeline of Bronwyn’s final days: the breakdown of her marriage, her return to the family home on Sandstone Crescent, the night she vanished, and the investigation that followed.