Lyn Dawson had been missing for three years when her worried friend Sue wrote to the Office of the Ombudsman - an independent government watchdog - about the lack of police action in the case. We go looking and recover a long-forgotten file after decades in storage, and the contents highlight the hopeless responses of police to a probable murder - and raise more questions, as public anger grows.

Hedley Thomas’ new podcast: Sick To Death
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Listen to Episode 1 of The Gangster's Ghost: Dead Man Talking
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From The Front: Roger Rogerson’s first kill? The mystery of ‘Shotgun Johnny’ Regan
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