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Wanted: July 15

Police have had several breakthroughs since Wanted went to air on TEN last Monday.

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wantedPolice have had several breakthroughs since Wanted went to air on TEN last Monday.

There will be updates to several stories in this Monday night’s episode.

Bethany Nevelle
Police have had 15 substantial calls. Det Sgt Paul Connery says they are “a lot more confident she’s still alive.” We will have Det Sgt Connery and Bethany’s mum Tracy Mahoney in the studio on Monday night (July 15).

Shane Barler
Tasmanian police have had a number of calls with at least two solid leads. We believe that both leads relate to sightings of the Toyota hi-lux.

WA Bandit
Police in WA are “closing-in” on the Macdonalds and Bank West bandit featured in Last Monday’s story.

Episode 2 Rundown also includes:
Wanted Crime Reporter Neil Mercer reports on a serial bank robber in Adelaide Hills who has left behind some distinctive clues: a discarded push bike, a CCTV shot of half his face and most important – one CCTV also recorded his voice. He robbed 10 banks over a 4 year period. In early days, his getaway vehicle was a push bike. Wanted’s call to action: Do you recognise his voice? Plus Wanted will deliver new clues in an interview with SA police.

Wanted Forensic Anthropologist Xanthe Mallett will report on Katie Page, a NSW cold case. In 1971 an 82 year old spinster – Katie Page was bludgeoned to death in her home in Coonamble. Ballistics at the time were able to identify her Murder weapon as a distinctive Spanish rifle but that gun has never been found. The case went cold until cold case detectives reopened the case in 2010. Xanthe Mallett investigates a new lead which may link Katie with her killer. Wanted will reveal this new evidence tonight on the program and appeal for viewers to identify the evidence.

Wanted’s Former Detective Superintendent Terry Dalton has exclusive CCTV of some unusual serial robbers. 13 break-ins in three months across Sydney since March. On one night they hit four post offices in two hours! Artarmon, Annandale, St Peters, Drummoyne. In total they have stolen stamps and commemorative coins to the value of $150,000 to use them as currency and probably selling them at a reduced rate to shop owners. Terry reports on the story and was also a former postal investigator in the cops: “hasn’t come across a crime like this where stamps are targeted.” Crims break in the back door at night and trash the post offices. Tune in to Wanted to see this Amazing CCTV footage…they may have slipped up!

8:30pm Monday on TEN.

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  2. Good to see the show giving police some fresh leads. I watched this last week purely because of Sandra Sully. Pleased to see Ten putting her back where she belongs, front and centre after fobbing her off for 18 months while they shoved younger presenters down our throats. There’s certainly some areas in regards to the live aspect of the show that need to be ironed out eg Terry Dalton was terrible presenting to camera and whoever wrote his lines should be fired immediately. Cringe worthy.

    Even though the show didn’t rate brilliantly, it rated twice as better than anything Ten has scheduled in the time slot for months.

    The show really could make an impact on solving cases. In reality that’s more important than ratings so I hope Ten stick with it.

  3. I watched this on Monday, it’s not my sort of show. However, I want it to do well, because it’s raising awareness for injustices that have occurred.

  4. Well that media copy doesn’t fill me with confidence – it’s riddled with spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, unusual capitalisation, and non sequiturs.

    Some of it just doesn’t make sense – Katie Page was bludgeoned to death but “ballistics” determines that a particular gun was used?

    And some of it is just poorly written; eg “The case went cold until cold case detectives reopened the case in 2010.”

    Apparently, “crim” is an acceptable word. I obviously haven’t watched commercial TV current affairs programs for a while.

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