Airdate: CIA: Mystery of the Homestead Murders
The next episode of Crime Investigation Australia investigates a 1978 double murder in country New South Wales.
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The next episode of Crime Investigation Australia investigates a 1978 double murder in country New South Wales.
The murder of Mick Lewis and his wife Sue at their country homestead is a classic ‘whodunit.’
It was a country telephone exchange supervisor who had been checking an out of order phone line to a homestead belonging to shearer, Mick Lewis, his wife Sue and two children.
After trying the line off and on for several hours it was finally answered by a little girl who said her mother and father were sleeping. When asked to wake her mother, the child replied in a faltering voice: “I don’t like Mummy anymore ‘cause Mummy’s turning black”.
The operator immediately called police, who made the chilling discovery that Mick and Sue Lewis had been shot dead. Their four-year-old daughter and her three year old brother were unharmed and had been fending for themselves in the house that contained their parents’ decomposing bodies.
Sue was found in her bed, shot twice in the head. Noting the body’s advanced state of decay, the police at first surmised it was an all-too familiar domestic murder-suicide, where the husband murders his wife before eventually taking his own life.
But the more they examined the gruesome scene, the more this simple deduction did not quite add up.
What followed was a complex inquiry which included the discovery of tiny clues and the testing of ingenious theories, ending in the arrest and conviction of the killer – and the award of a special medal to the leader of the investigators.
Hosted by Steve Liebmann, it airs on the CI Network on Thursday, November 26th at 7.30pm.
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34 Responses
Dear Tanya – I cannot express my sympathy enough for what you have had to deal with in your life. I have a 4 year old girl, and when I look at her, and think of what has been robbed from you and all you had to endure there are just no words to express the sorrow I feel for you and your brother. Heartfelt thoughts to you. The decision to air this to the public should have been yours and your brothers no one elses.
It must have brought back painful memories for Tanya and Mark Lewis. Many of us scoff at some countries Justice system, but ours is a piece of cake. When stiffer penalities are handed down only then will it become noticed.
We, Australians, need to be more vocal, how can two people lives only be worth 9 years. The kids were robbed of their childhood/ their mom and dad. And it sounds like the media just used the story without talking to those it would effect – again robbing the kids of their privacy. Tanya and Mark there is nothing I can say or do that can possible consol you, but you should know that every normal person who heard that story, prayed for you and your parents.
To Dear Tanya and Mark,
I saw the content of the show last night and felt truley devstated for you, and also your family. I very much agree how disrespectful it was for the producer to go ahead with this, and hope you get the justice you seek for them doing so.
I hope you are well and always know you have a tremendous amount of support.
Love Kelly
Once again I am dicussed about this going to air Again,this happened just before xmas last year and now again this year ,I will say this ,certain members of our family gave permission for this ,and Mark and I were not approched at all about this,I hope you are all very happy.
I deal with this everyday as well as Mark and when the likes of you keep throwing this back in our faces I just crumble all over again.I am a strong person and have become a better person from this experience,but why don’t you all just F*** off off and get your ratings somewhere else.I am sure you have all made alot of money out of our misfortune.
For all those knd people out there wishing us all the best Thankyou xxx
Why do we watch these shows???
I think it is to somehow gain a little comfort at the end to know that the animals who perpetrate these crimes against humanity are found and dealt with. So often as in the case of Fairley not so. I am shattered and like many others above went straight to the web to find out why he was released after only 9 years.
Shame to our judicial system… shame shame shame.
My very best wishes to Tanya and Mark, I pray you know that the good people of our wonderful country send you support.
Dear Tanya and Mark
Our pain is your pain, I have never got over it and never will we will be visiting dads grave in a few weeks and we will place some flowers there for you and Mark all our love to you both love Aunty May and Uncle Jim xxx
i have 2 children myself. and can not belive this happen so close 2 home i feel sick in the guts just thinking about it im so angry where is the justice. ive never prayed before but im prying now . and hope that this fairly bloke gets his just deserves. and airing that lastnight i think he will.my heart gose out 2 the kids involved in this . very very sad. keep your chins up .
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