| Description |
1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Series |
Australian story (Television program)
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| Summary |
Raw emotion is on display in Australian Story this week when officers investigating the disappearance of teenager Daniel Morcombe reveal how the case has affected them and their determination to solve it. "Into Thin Air" looks at the huge police and community operation dovetailing to help find Daniel, who disappeared from the highway near his Sunshine Coast hinterland home, north of Brisbane, last December. Police have few clues to what happened to the 13-year-old schoolboy ... a dark blue sedan parked near where he was last seen, two men seen standing near it and talking to him. He disappeared in the space of a few minutes after the bus he was waiting for to take him to the Sunshine Coast, broke down. Police have allowed Australian Story exclusive access to their major incident room, the hub of the investigation and police officers have spoken frankly and emotionally about how they have bonded with the Morcombes and how painful the thought of never "bringing Daniel home" is to them. Queensland Police also took the unusual of step of appointing a special police media liaison officer, Senior Sergeant Julie Elliott, exclusively to the distraught Morcombe family, to assist with the huge media attention the case has attracted |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of Australian story broadcast on the ABC April 19, 2004. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Performer |
Presented by Caroline Jones |
| Notes |
Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Missing children -- Queensland
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| Author |
Jones, Caroline
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ABC-TV (Australia)
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