‘War is lovely’: an Australian truck driver’s last message to his family from Ukraine. 

And, the cold-case deaths of teenage cousins Cindy and Mona Lisa Smith, and why their mothers have new hope for answers.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and Hareem Khan, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music composed by Jasper Leak.