Australia Australia - Janine Vaughan, 31, Bathurst, NSW, 7 Dec 2001

[drsleuth]

Quirindi is one that always trips people up too, & people that call Scone ( scone as in jam & cream scones )

 

[TootsieFootsie]

One that I used to get wrong is Albany in Western Australia.
I'm probably not the only one who just assumed it would be pronounced like All Bany, while these days everyone on the radio says Al Bany.
I'm also guilty of saying Scon and not Scone to rhyme with cone.

Now I've confused myself.

And I hate it when people say Wagga, and not Wagga Wagga. I hear locals hate it too but I could be wrong about that as well

 

[Seriallyaddicted]

Just listened to the first two episodes. If anyone can help to bring fresh evidence to the case it’s Hedley Thomas! Fingers crossed justice can prevail.
Does anyone have any links to the coroners report from the inquest? Would love to do some serious reading on the case. There seems to not be much evidence around on the case....

 

[Seriallyaddicted]

Deleted. Sorry posted twice.

 

[drsleuth]

NoCookies | The Australian

The Night Driver podcast: I put Janine Vaughan’s lost handbag away, says bouncer

 

[Seriallyaddicted]

From unsolvedtruecrime.com
“At the time of her disappearance Vaughan was the Manager of Ed Harry’s menswear store. Statements made by people close to Vaughan indicated that she had told them of various types of contact with Hosemans in the months leading up to her disappearance. Witnesses state that the officer had expressed an in interest in Vaughan and had enquired about her relationship status.

Vaughan’s employer described conversations with her about a ‘policeman who was also on the local council’ that she had planned to go out with a month prior to the disappearance. A couple of weeks later she said that this was not the man for her as he had been harassing her. The man reportedly brought her flowers on several occasions, made strange and inappropriate phone calls to her, and kept walking past the store to see her. The employer had told Vaughan to log the strange behaviour in the store’s diary. Despite the employer being ‘100% certain’ about telling the police, this the incriminating statement was never documented. The diary, which is believed to have contained handwritten statements by Vaughan alleging that she was being stalked by Hosemans, was supposedly collected by police at this point in the investigation, however this evidence was not documented and the diary was never located.

Not only was there information indicating that Hosemans may have had contact with Vaughan prior to her disappearance – in the form of telephone calls, visits to her shop and request for a date, it also appears that police were omitting or altering information collected by witnesses – with one officer’s notes showing that ‘statement takers left out issues with Hosemans’”

This is damning evidence if it is in fact true, especially when you consider Hoseman originally claimed he wasn’t in Bathurst at the time and was caught out on it. And you combine that with the sexual assault claim on him just a few weeks before Janine’s disappearance.

I think the big questions are:
Did Hoseman have access to a small red car at the time?

The girl who claimed someone in a small red car was after her just shortly before Janine went missing, did that girl get a good look at the driver and if so, has she said whether the person looked like Hoseman?

 

[drsleuth]

From unsolvedtruecrime.com
“At the time of her disappearance Vaughan was the Manager of Ed Harry’s menswear store. Statements made by people close to Vaughan indicated that she had told them of various types of contact with Hosemans in the months leading up to her disappearance. Witnesses state that the officer had expressed an in interest in Vaughan and had enquired about her relationship status.

Vaughan’s employer described conversations with her about a ‘policeman who was also on the local council’ that she had planned to go out with a month prior to the disappearance. A couple of weeks later she said that this was not the man for her as he had been harassing her. The man reportedly brought her flowers on several occasions, made strange and inappropriate phone calls to her, and kept walking past the store to see her. The employer had told Vaughan to log the strange behaviour in the store’s diary. Despite the employer being ‘100% certain’ about telling the police, this the incriminating statement was never documented. The diary, which is believed to have contained handwritten statements by Vaughan alleging that she was being stalked by Hosemans, was supposedly collected by police at this point in the investigation, however this evidence was not documented and the diary was never located.

Not only was there information indicating that Hosemans may have had contact with Vaughan prior to her disappearance – in the form of telephone calls, visits to her shop and request for a date, it also appears that police were omitting or altering information collected by witnesses – with one officer’s notes showing that ‘statement takers left out issues with Hosemans’”

This is damning evidence if it is in fact true, especially when you consider Hoseman originally claimed he wasn’t in Bathurst at the time and was caught out on it. And you combine that with the sexual assault claim on him just a few weeks before Janine’s disappearance.

I think the big questions are:
Did Hoseman have access to a small red car at the time?

The girl who claimed someone in a small red car was after her just shortly before Janine went missing, did that girl get a good look at the driver and if so, has she said whether the person looked like Hoseman?

BBM

As far a s I know Hoseman didn't have access to a small red car. It was rumored for a long time that his mother had a small red car, but that has come out in the podcast as being untrue ( Hedley spoke to his mother )

Episode 3 Innuendo approx 10 mins 30 seconds in NoCookies | The Australian

Episode 4: The Dirty Tav

Lynette Boreland ran terrified and hid in the pre-dawn darkness as the mystery driver of a small red car stalked her. In the minutes before Janine took her fateful last steps, Lynette feared for her life. She saw the driver and the interior of the car. She wrote down the number plate. On the other side of Bathurst’s Machattie Park, Janine left The Metro Tavern, dubbed The Dirty Tav. A young student bar attendant reveals being stalked after her shift there, narrowly avoiding rape or worse. Years later, homicide cops looked into whether her stalker was the night driver who had tried to get Lynette and then lured Janine ten minutes later.



NoCookies | The Australian

The women was put under hypnosis & gave a good description which didn't really match Hoseman, She described him as ..........

“He had both his hands on the steering wheel and I remember him looking up at me. I remember he was a big sort of fellow. He had hairy arms, right down to the first knuckle,” she said.

He was big, about six feet tall (183cm), with dark hair and fair skin. He had hairy arms and a square jaw.

“I couldn’t tell you what colour eyes he had but I remember he had a bumpy nose, like pimples. And that stood out to me,” she said. Something about his car’s number plate also troubled her. It looked as though the registration number had been painted on as it was now washing away slightly in the rain.

Lynette has since died

 

[drsleuth]

Episode 5 came out today

Episode 5: Bad Denis

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.

Hard one to listen to0

 

[Seriallyaddicted]

BBM

As far a s I know Hoseman didn't have access to a small red car. It was rumored for a long time that his mother had a small red car, but that has come out in the podcast as being untrue ( Hedley spoke to his mother )

Episode 3 Innuendo approx 10 mins 30 seconds in NoCookies | The Australian

Episode 4: The Dirty Tav

Lynette Boreland ran terrified and hid in the pre-dawn darkness as the mystery driver of a small red car stalked her. In the minutes before Janine took her fateful last steps, Lynette feared for her life. She saw the driver and the interior of the car. She wrote down the number plate. On the other side of Bathurst’s Machattie Park, Janine left The Metro Tavern, dubbed The Dirty Tav. A young student bar attendant reveals being stalked after her shift there, narrowly avoiding rape or worse. Years later, homicide cops looked into whether her stalker was the night driver who had tried to get Lynette and then lured Janine ten minutes later.



NoCookies | The Australian

The women was put under hypnosis & gave a good description which didn't really match Hoseman, She described him as ..........

“He had both his hands on the steering wheel and I remember him looking up at me. I remember he was a big sort of fellow. He had hairy arms, right down to the first knuckle,” she said.

He was big, about six feet tall (183cm), with dark hair and fair skin. He had hairy arms and a square jaw.

“I couldn’t tell you what colour eyes he had but I remember he had a bumpy nose, like pimples. And that stood out to me,” she said. Something about his car’s number plate also troubled her. It looked as though the registration number had been painted on as it was now washing away slightly in the rain.

Lynette has since died

Thanks for this, much appreciated.

 

[Seriallyaddicted]

Episode 5 came out today

Episode 5: Bad Denis

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.

Hard one to listen to0

Have you seen a photo of Denis? His nose seems similar to how Lynette described it.
What are the odds of someone confessing to multiple people and that confession being consistent and that person driving a small red car? Not many people would drive a small red car. And how would he know about her missing handbag, I wonder if that was known information when he said it. Very suspicious to me.

 

[drsleuth]

Have you seen a photo of Denis? His nose seems similar to how Lynette described it.
What are the odds of someone confessing to multiple people and that confession being consistent and that person driving a small red car? Not many people would drive a small red car. And how would he know about her missing handbag, I wonder if that was known information when he said it. Very suspicious to me.

NoCookies | The Australian

NoCookies | The Australian

Denis Briggs


Denis Briggs.
An aged care home wardsman who showed an infatuation with Janine in the weeks before she went missing. Briggs told his partner and several friends that he picked Janine up in his car, drove her out of town, tried to rape her, stabbed her to death, then disposed of her body near a place called White Rock, south of Bathurst. He got rid of his small reddish-coloured car soon afterwards and also changed his appearance, getting his head shaved and having the image of a rat tattooed on one side of his face. Briggs later said he had given a false confession as he was off his medication at the time and he said that caused him to have delusions of grandeur. Police were unable to find any evidence linking him to Janine.

NoCookies | The Australian

 

[drsleuth]

The Night Driver: Man brags about raping, murdering missing woman Janine Vaughan

Interview with Hedley about episode 5

“He was an odd fellow who was apparently infatuated with Janine, in her men’s wear store all the time buying shirts that he didn’t need,” he said.

“He then told friends very soon after she disappeared that he had picked her up in his car which matched the description of the car she was seen getting in to, that he drove her out to a place called White Rock where he said he raped her, stabbed her to death and then when she wouldn’t die, cut her throat.”

“He changed his appearance soon afterwards, he got rid of his car soon afterwards and he maintained this story with his partner and friends.

 

[drsleuth]

The Night Driver: 'Terrifying' stalking at time of Janine Vaughan's disappearance revealed | Sky News Australia

Talks about episode 4

The Night Driver: 'Terrifying' stalking at time of Janine Vaughan's disappearance revealed
28/08/2020

 

[TootsieFootsie]

The third episode Innuendo has gone up on the Podbean site.

Podbean - PodcastVisitLimit

 

[k-mac]

I don't think this is paying off for the Australian.
The hype isn't coming because of the way the information is trickling out.
Thanks Doc for keeping us up to speed.

False confessions are such a thorn in an investigations side.

Looking forward to more episodes

moo

 

[cocomonkey]

Just listened to episode 3- Innuendo. My instinct is probably the same as many others that Brad Hoseman is not the man we are looking for. For different reasons people will always be willing to jump to conclusions to "solve" an issue in their mind. It is so disappointing that pure gossip can cause such turmoil for all involved. Thank god Hedley has attempted to reveal the root source of the insinuations and we can hear for ourselves the reliability of rumours. People seem motivated out of love and desperation but also out of animosity to repeat these stories with ever growing conviction and added detail. Maybe Hoseman did do it but it appears there is no supporting concrete evidence.

 

[Seriallyaddicted]

Just listened to episode 3- Innuendo. My instinct is probably the same as many others that Brad Hoseman is not the man we are looking for. For different reasons people will always be willing to jump to conclusions to "solve" an issue in their mind. It is so disappointing that pure gossip can cause such turmoil for all involved. Thank god Hedley has attempted to reveal the root source of the insinuations and we can hear for ourselves the reliability of rumours. People seem motivated out of love and desperation but also out of animosity to repeat these stories with ever growing conviction and added detail. Maybe Hoseman did do it but it appears there is no supporting concrete evidence.

I just listened too and agree with you. Incredible what town gossip can do. Seems to me that Hoseman did like Janine (probably as he liked many women in town) but nothing came of it, that he just mentioned he liked her to others.

I’m looking forward to the next episode on Dennis Briggs as he sounds very suspicious to me!

 

[Itsapuzzle]

Just discovered the Night Driver podcast thanks to all you sleuths here, while scrolling through the missing person's list .... fascinating case and info here. Sounds like it should have been solved long ago ...... good on ya Hedley .... not a subscriber, so got the 3 eps to work through so far.

 

[Itsapuzzle]

Still catching up on reading all the interesting posts here .... if I could just ask, do we know what number in Rocket Street Janine was living? Was just having a look, it's a pretty long street, a big park on one side I notice.
Been wondering about the notes found in her bag, the one that said "I've missed you" ... "missed you", from where/from what? Did she go on a holiday, and is being watched by a neighbour/was a neighbour her stalker? Missed from a relationship? So many possibilities, but "I've missed you" is really interesting.
PS: As an aside, I follow Chaldean numerology, so I'm always looking to find the house number too.

 

[Loxoli]

Still catching up on reading all the interesting posts here .... if I could just ask, do we know what number in Rocket Street Janine was living? Was just having a look, it's a pretty long street, a big park on one side I notice.
Been wondering about the notes found in her bag, the one that said "I've missed you" ... "missed you", from where/from what? Did she go on a holiday, and is being watched by a neighbour/was a neighbour her stalker? Missed from a relationship? So many possibilities, but "I've missed you" is really interesting.
PS: As an aside, I follow Chaldean numerology, so I'm always looking to find the house number too.
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I don’t know the answer to your question, sorry. I was wondering though, have these notes ever been analysed for comparison with any of the suspect’s handwriting? It looks like a very distinct handwriting style to me.