S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 7: Staged As An Accident
In today’s episode, Staged As An Accident, Karen Smith details timelines, distances, witness statements and the 111 call, and explains how she reached her conclusion that Lachie’s death was staged to ...
27 Aug 202428min
S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 6: Totality Of Circumstances
Karen Smith lays out the system failures, biases and exactly what went wrong with the investigation into Lachie’s death - and questions why the NZ police are so obstinate in this case.Sign up to DELVE...
25 Aug 202432min
S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 5: The Americans
A forensic pathologist and a retired forensic detective, both Americans, give evidence in the Invercargill courtroom and fiercely defend their views – one emphatic Lachie drowned, the other who says h...
21 Aug 202435min
S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 3: Balance Of Probabilities
Speculation and hypothetical scenarios are thrown around the courtroom, as the absence of a forensic autopsy limits options.Sign up to DELVE+ to get early access to new episodes and receive exclusive ...
15 Aug 202436min
S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 2: The Forensic Pathologist
Dr Martin Sage, the man who says he could have and should have done the forensic autopsy on Lachie, takes the stand. He gives a rare window into the reality of forensic autopsies and we find out what ...
12 Aug 202436min
S3 | The Boy in the Water Ep 1: Scent Or No Scent
Melanie Reid and her team make their way south for the second phase of the inquest, and on the first day a police dog expert is asked that if Lachie walked out to the ponds, why did the police dog not...
9 Aug 202425min
S3 | The Boy in the Water Breaking Episode: The Facebook Messages
Following a tip-off, Melanie Reid heads south and gets the Facebook messages, the phone and the explosive interview.The Boy in the Water is now part of our new investigative podcast channel, DELVE. Me...
4 Aug 202426min
