When Janine disappeared, one man in Bathurst stepped up to tell a chilling story of having raped her at White Rock and cut her throat. 
 

When Janine disappeared there was no crime scene or body.
One man in Bathurst stepped up to tell a chilling story of having raped her at White Rock and cut her throat. Denis Briggs called himself ‘Bad Denis’ when a reckless side of his bipolar personality came out. His friends and his longtime partner were horrified by his claims. They were also plausible - because Denis had a matching car and an inflation with Janine at her menswear store. He changed his appearance and got rid of the car soon after Janine vanished. Briggs has long denied his own confessions to murder which he made when he was off his medication. But some of those he told still think he did it. 
 

The Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist behind The Teacher's Pet, Hedley Thomas, is back with a new podcast, The Night Driver.

Janine Vaughan’s disappearance 19 years ago is at the heart of a mysterious case that has split a close-knit community left wondering if a murderer walks among them.

The Night Driver

When Janine disappeared there was no crime scene or body.
One man in Bathurst stepped up to tell a chilling story of having raped her at White Rock and cut her throat. Denis Briggs called himself ‘Bad Denis’ when a reckless side of his bipolar personal...

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