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Dad, Oscar's waiting for you.

You nervous?

Yeah, a little.

Nah, you'll be fine. You just show him how we do it, country stuff, okay? Hey,

happy Australia Day.

Hey, champ. Same to you, mate.

Hey. Hello.

Coming out, old-timer? Hey, I'm on duty.

It's a mess out there.

It's a bit more nasty.

I'm still unpacking those boxes.

It's a nightmare.

Killer rips out there today.

Yeah, he's got to learn how to handle himself.

No one better than Oscar.

Other than you, Dad.

All right.

Here we go.

Oh, look at him. He's a natural, that young fella.

He's a ballad. Good.

Like Shane.

I'm going to have to go, Dad. Sorry. Can you take care of Will?

And just make sure he eats something, yeah?

I will.

Murder victim's name is Mr Harris Rexhart.

Beaten to death around midnight.

Who called it in?

Anonymous, 5am.

Hello, Jill.

Victoria, she's new.

Detective Constable Lustigman.

No signs of breaking into.

Welcome to Paradise, kids.

Hi, Brenda.

Oh, yeah.

So, judging by the injuries, the killer restrained the victim, battled him to

death. Weapon? A blunt object, possibly curved.

No indent to the flesh.

But injuries to the skull indicate the assailant was right-handed.

Have you found any restraints?

No. There's more.

Unusual, but he's got cuts to test these.

Jealous lover?

Possibly premeditated.

The killers brought the knife with him.

Unless there's one missing from the kitchen.

No.

Hey, Harris, it's me. Pick up the phone.

I know you're there. I can see the lights.

What are you doing?

Marska here, darling.

Call me.

This is crazy.

I love you. You love me.

That's more important than what your family thinks.

Tend to want it for domestic.

Don't want to take your money again, Nick.

Be your own.

Darling, it's Mashka again. Where are you?

It's late and your uncle is complaining.

Can you call me?

I came through 20 minutes ago.

Guess you've done your fair share of death knocks in Melbourne.

Just deliver the news.

Try not to get emotionally involved.

You're telling yourself that or me?

Shh.

Oh,

no,

no, no, no, no, no.

My brother's been killed.

Why?

We don't know yet.

Was there anyone threatening him?

No. Do you have any idea why someone would have done this?

Any long-term lovers?

Lovers?

With Harris, there's always work, work, work.

He doesn't have time for girlfriends.

What about any boyfriends?

What?

No, no, no, no. You don't understand. My son is not a homosexual.

No.

Was Harris wearing a watch?

No.

Our father's watch isn't a thing. It's a PJ.

His black leather jacket isn't here either.

He loved it. He would never let me wear it.

Could you tell me who is this with Harris in this photograph?

His name is Rohan.

Oh.

Is he a boyfriend?

Do you recognise his voice?

This is crazy.

I love you. You love me.

That's more important than what your family think.

Would Rohan have a key?

Do you know his address?

It should be in Harris' phone.

Yeah, we haven't found his phone yet.

If that freaky person killed my brother... Nick?

Excuse me?

Still no phone, but thought you might want to take a look at that. Thanks.

I want that back downstairs.

Thruster.

Did your brother use Thruster to meet men?

We didn't talk about sex life much.

But he did meet random men for sex.

He might have.

Well, come on, mate. I'll drive you home.

Try canvassing the neighbours to see if anybody heard anything.

And don't try so hard.

Did you see or hear anything unusual last night, mister?

Look.

Eddie Mack.

I didn't see nothing.

Heard banging on me ceiling.

I thought it was horseplay.

Two stallions kind of horseplay.

I had to yell at him to stop the frigging noise.

What time was that?

About midnight.

Did you get up to deal with it?

He was beaten. He didn't call out for help.

Well, if he did, I didn't hear any squealing.

Have you ever been inside?

Harris's? No.

And... Do you have a prison record, Mr Mack?

Hell no.

Right.

Oi.

Got some questions for you.

About?

Do you know about this Thruster app?

You want to know about Thruster?

Yeah. And you think I know?

Users upload a picture, a short description, the kind of guy you're

looking for.

The GPS on your phone shows the location of a user.

Users can send messages to one another and they don't show on phone records.

You don't look impressed.

Well, it's the perfect tool for our killer to lure his victim.

Hey, are there any 70-year-old boxes on there?

Honey, you'd be surprised who's on here.

Is that right?

This is nice.

Will be.

Eddie Mack was sentenced to six months in 1983 for assault.

He worked at a local club. He's a bouncer.

He hit a client.

Are you going to make more reasons?

Yes. He had a fight with our victim over what he refers to as his parking spot.

What about the family?

They seem like a close unit. Genuinely shocked to hear the news.

His brother was the only one who knew about his sexuality. The twin did not

like the ex.

Yeah, according to the brother, the ex was the needy type and his needs weren't

being met.

Now, I didn't know about the ex-boyfriend. I might wonder if theft

was a motive. So do we have any violent burglaries in the area?

Not like this.

Could it be that we're dealing with a hate crime?

The victim's gay, the neighbour downstairs has a history with assault

and a homophobic attitude.

So you think the neighbour might be a good fit for it?

The ligature marks indicate to me that the killer's into control and

domination. The cuts to the testes indicate anger. My intuition is that

we're dealing with somebody... Hang on. Intuition.

We need evidence.

MMO. Motive means opportunity. Motive we're not too sure about means we know

that he was beaten to death by a right-handed man with a blunt instrument

we don't have yet.

Opportunity? Well, victim's gay, used thruster, and he had a gel effect.

This is the X.

Surname and address unknown as yet.

Well, we might get a break with the CCTV.

The victim's flat is here. It's right next to Cardinal Park. There's a good

escape route to the ocean path.

It's lit in parts. I'm not sure about CCTV.

We'll find out.

Right, well, I'll get the uniforms knocking on doors. The rest of you, get

out there, find me the weapon.

What are you doing here?

Waiting for you.

In our new happy home.

And I got school tomorrow.

Your granddad's supposed to be looking after you.

I decided to walk.

Will, you shouldn't be alone.

I can take care of myself.

Can you?

Been searching the news.

No homicides.

What happened?

A young man was killed while he was home alone in a flat.

I can go back to Goulburn.

Live with Dad.

No.

No.

You're staying here with me because I'm greedy and I want you all to myself.

And I want to know that you're safe.

No. Hey!

Did you boys bring that with you?

The club?

Nah, we found it. Where?

Okay, I need you to show me exactly where you found it.

We found it over here.

Right.

Do you have a phone?

Yeah.

The club was found in salt water.

It's been through five total changes, lodged beneath a rock and in the hands

of two kids, but it did test positive for blood.

It'll take some time to get a match, but we also retrieved tissue and fibre.

Eddie Mack watched me recover the weapon from the rock.

He's got a record. Can we see if it's Prince Matt?

I doubt we'll get Prince off the weapon.

However, we did get prints from the apartment.

None so far have come as a criminal, but we'll keep trying.

Fragments of the hair found on the victim's torso, about a 16th millimetre

long. Shaving.

Bingo.

Also, fur fibre. They don't know yet what animal.

Good news is they found similar fibre wedged into the grain of the club.

Forensics also found semen on the sheets.

Fragments of crystal meth on the body, but none in Harris's blood.

So, angry, iced-up, sleep-deprived boxer or jealous lover. I'm going to go with

jealous lover.

Could be a jealous lover. Could be the victim was into consensual BDSM role

-play and it just went really wrong.

Worst-case scenario, we're dealing with a psychologically disturbed killer and

an organised one.

That might not be his first. Look into it, see if you can find any murders of a

similar amount.

We need a room so that Ismael and Amir can wash.

Harith.

I'm afraid that's not possible. They haven't done the post-mortem yet.

Harith needs to be cleaned to enter paradise.

You'll have to wait until the body's released.

He is ours, not yours.

God have mercy, you'll never find yourself in my place.

Now, can I just be alone with my son for a moment, please?

Of course.

Have you found him yet?

No. A surname would help.

When he met Harris, he was attached to a university.

Okay. Do you remember which one?

I don't, but he was a scientist.

That's helpful. Thank you.

His hand!

He was... He was tied!

Why is his hand tied?

Sir, there was a prior murder at Cardinal Park.

Thanks, Victoria.

Start with when?

January 1990.

Oh, that's too far back.

Well, it was right outside Mac's place. Yeah, was Mac convicted?

No, but that doesn't mean he wasn't involved.

1990,

Canberra beat Penrith. It was Canberra's second premiership. That was a good

game. And I was a junior officer here, so it was a bit... Greg Mills. Mills, I

remember. Some poor Polish prick got charged. And frankly, I was a bit

surprised he got done with murder.

What? Why was that?

Well, it was just a stupid fight. A bit of push, a bit of shove, a bit of bad

luck.

I've read the notes. The investigation seemed... Yeah, careful.

Well, tied around the statement of a kid who could barely speak English.

Well, if I remember, the kid confessed.

Now, is there one shred of evidence tied to the current case?

No. Stop wasting my time. I asked for similar MOs.

It's the same location and the victim profile's the same. They're both gay

men. 26 years apart.

Just find me the rejected lover. Sir, for a rejected lover...

The killing is brutal. It doesn't gel.

Every day, Tori, you come to work prepared to give up your life to protect

others.

But you've got a son.

Why would you do that?

I... I love my job.

And I'm the breadwinner now.

You take care you survive.

Merry Christmas.

Your park ranger came through.

CCTV from the coastal walk.

Cheers.

3.10 in the morning. What the hell's she doing out at that hour?

Animal has fur.

Beast it is.

Yeah, but forensics confirmed it's not dog or cat fur.

Is that Rohan?

Thanks.

The university just coughed up a surname.

Assad.

Rohan was living at the college, but had left several months ago after a blab

with his supervisor.

Nothing like social media to do our job for us.

Oh, you said you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The lab has semen on the sheets, so if you bring up a suspect...

Looks like he works at Bronte Beach Kiosk.

What do you want?

Just want to talk, mate.

Just want to talk.

You want to take me back to my dad? No, no, no, no, no.

I'm just going to go down to Bondi Station for a question.

Just relax.

Don't let them do this to me. Settle down.

Rohan, you and Harris were lovers.

For one year, nothing but love.

When I visit Harris to meet his family, we fight.

And that is the end.

When was the last time you saw him?

The day before he was killed.

We twin.

Talk love.

After I am out for a walk, I see him at the green room, dancing.

My heart is stoned.

Harris, you thrusted to meet men.

Did that upset you?

He did not love them.

I've been betrayed.

It made me angry.

When you face that unexpectedly...

There's no telling how you respond.

Harris said that he was a free man and that I should go.

So I leave.

Were you inside or outside Harris' apartment on the night of the 25th of

January?

Well, then we have a bit of a problem here because you made a phone call to

Harris' apartment at 11.28pm and we have CCTV footage of you at

5.10am.

So I need you to help me understand what happened in between those hours.

Did you have sex with Harris the night he was killed?

I want everything to end.

So I swim far into black water.

But I am a coward.

I turn back and police come, throw me into van and take

me to hospital where I'm in prison.

It was night time.

I got to see Harris.

I want to apologize.

So that we can love again.

I go inside and...

What

did you see?

Blood.

I want to hold him.

But... He's... He's dead.

I got to call police, but I hear a door slam, so I flee.

Outside, I phone emergency, and then I talk to police.

We're going to need to take some blood and hair samples from you.

Student visa ran a month ago. The feds are on their way.

current visa.

I have applied for a bridging visa.

I am a immunologist.

When I get a visa, I will get a job.

By and aside, you are an unlawful citizen under Section 48 of the

Migration Act. As a result, you will be taken to a detention center. No, no,

please, please, please don't let them take me back. Please, please, please

don't.

The uniforms took a man who gave his name as Rumi to St Jude just after

midnight. Well, that's the time of death. Does that leave him off the hook?

Wriggling. But Harris' phone records show that he took a call right at the

time that Rohan said.

You think that's enough to exonerate him, do you?

They are a very cute couple.

Yeah. Well, it didn't stop him looking for company.

Jesus.

Prosecution would have a field day with this.

Comes across as a stalker.

Okay, we've got a single key, possibly to Harris'. We've got a passport, money,

not much. No leather jacket, no watch, no wallet, no phone.

No bloodied shoes or garment.

Lithium carbonate. Maybe he's bipolar.

Well, I'll need his medication.

Discharge sheets in Jude's Hospital.

310.

Maybe he's telling the truth.

Ah.

All right.

We got some blood here.

Get on the ground right now. This is a crime scene.

Relax, guys. Put the gun down. Relax, guys.

We're Bondi detectives, all right?

Up against the wall. Oi, you hurt my partner. Just get out of our crime

scene. Where's your badge?

Inside pocket.

You happy?

All right, see you by night, detective.

This is ours.

What are you doing here?

Well, we're searching the premises of the murder suspect.

What are you doing here?

Rowan Assad.

Escape in custody.

Oh, please tell me you had him in handcuffs.

You... You can't even hang on to a frightened student, and then you come in

here, you trample all over the evidence. Why don't you piss off?

Hey, hey, that's ours, mate.

Yeah, in your dreams, mate. You can have it when we're done, all right?

You shouldn't have pulled that on the feds, Tori.

I don't know, the arse ended up a gun. You're bloody lucky you didn't get shot.

Your attitude didn't really help. Thanks for the backup, by the way.

Yeah, only cowboys are quick to draw their gun.

If you can't talk, you ain't of good results. You're no detective.

Are you calling me a cowboy?

Well, there were a lot of cows where you worked last.

Hilarious. Listen, I don't think Rohan's our man.

The bloodstains on his jeans, it's consistent with his story.

What, that's your famous intuition again, is it?

You haven't been straight with us, Eddie.

And for a coach with wannabe champions, that's a bit of a problem.

What do you want?

You tell us what you heard and what you saw, and this time don't leave anything

out. I've got nothing that's going to help you.

You've got a good rep as a coach, Eddie.

It would be a shame to have to revoke your licence.

You can't be a coach if you've been inside.

Come on.

I was a stupid hothead back in those days.

I want to guarantee this isn't going to cost me my licence.

I can't give you that until I know what you have.

It was a bad night.

Hot. They was fighting upstairs.

I'd just get to sleep and I could hear this yelling and moaning.

I went out to tell the inconsiderate prick to shut the fuck up.

Couldn't see anyone.

Coming back inside, I found this.

When I found out about the murder, I thought it looked bad, so I shut up.

See who dropped it?

Told you I didn't see nothing.

Yeah, you keep it. It's been burning away at me.

Were you here in 1990?

Yeah. I've always been here. I've never moved.

You were aware there was a murder out there on the rock?

He got what he deserved.

Some local kids got the jack of it and took the faggots on. I can't say I blame

them.

Do you know what happened to those kids where they are now?

It was a long time ago.

They're probably all grown up.

Moved away, I don't know.

Mum always used to give us the same gifts.

What?

We found a receipt in there for two drinks.

From the green room the night your brother was killed.

Harris doesn't drink alcohol.

Oh, his would be the Lime Soda, then.

Any idea who'd drink Helles Lager?

No.

You caught the Persian prick yet?

We've spoken to him.

My uncle wants to kill him.

Yeah, well, tell your uncle that's a very bad idea.

Just be patient and we'll get whoever did this, OK?

What do you mean, we'll get him?

I thought you already had him.

You had him and you let him go.

He's just a suspect for now.

Hunter comes in, orders an unusual drink. You tend to remember that.

Monday night, 9pm.

Lime soda, Hillard Drago. Ring any bells?

Lime soda was hot.

He floated so I knew he was interested.

And Hell's Lager turns up.

Can you describe him?

Hell's Lager?

Pump. Dark hair.

Nervous.

They weren't close.

Just made me happy because I quite fancied lime soda.

He's dead.

That's a shame. He was cute.

What about this man? Have you seen him?

Yeah, I've seen him. Not for me.

Liam, back off.

You too.

Mr Hampton, we'd like to have a look at your CCTV footage for Monday night.

Would you?

You got a warrant?

It would be in your interest to help us out.

Don't tell me what my interest is.

Unless it's hot sex and you're willing.

Oh, righto, righto.

Don't fucking touch me.

Is that entirely necessary, Tori? Yeah, it was.

Yeah, well, you just blew any chance we had of getting the CCTV footage.

By the time we get a warrant, any CCTV footage he has will be wiped, if he has

any, which I doubt.

Rowan Assad has a prison record in Iran.

He's arrested January 2003 for sodomy.

He's in prison for two years, transferred to hospital, released on

bail somehow.

Old Rowan escapes and he finds his way here.

After all he's been through, it doesn't make sense that he'd kill someone and

risk being sent back to that kind of persecution.

Yeah, but if it's a crime of passion, then he wasn't thinking at all.

Sir... The bloodstains on Rohan's jeans, they are consistent with him kneeling

down. There is no other blood splatter. He has a strong alibi for the time of

death. I know you don't think Rohan had anything to do with this, Lustigland,

but everything points to it.

Okay, sir, but this past murder at Cardinal Park, it bothers me. I can't

find any trace of the man who went down for it.

Adamski? Yeah.

What if there's a link with him and Eddie Mack?

I'd like to follow up with the investigating officer, um, Chalmers.

Chalmers. You'll get nothing from him.

He left the job under a cloud.

Is it odd that Adamski's just disappeared?

No, no, no, Tori.

Tori, Tori, don't.

He's just going to antagonise him.

It's been a while since someone in the job came asking for help.

Since the Royal Commission.

You nailed Adamski for the murder of Greg Mills back in 1990.

We got lucky. Someone had a conscience.

Do you have any idea where Adamski is now?

Feed him the daisies.

I had a deal with his silk.

He had information about other deaths, but I didn't get to close the books

before they found him hanging off a shower.

Now, I can't find any records of him deceased or alive.

He had a sex change while he was inside.

What? Yeah, he got the chop.

If you go looking, you'll find him under a different name.

Hmm.

There was an underage who went down with him,

a Brett O'Donoghue.

They were the two I nailed.

But the thugs, who I believe were responsible, said they weren't there.

Well, sometimes you get what you can and call it a good day.

How old were you in 89?

Primary school.

Off to bashing was a sport back then.

A blood sport.

Gangs of youths up and down the coast.

Hunting for prey.

Don't make the mistake of thinking all these lads were underclass. Some of them

were from decent families.

There was a gay beat at Cardinal Park and one of these gangs, the Pointers,

chart point, white pointers, who knows, took to the sport with a vengeance.

Led by a vicious kid called Kyle Hampton, a.k.a. Hammers.

You're kidding.

He runs the green room. That's where our victim had his last drink.

Hammers was a charismatic prick.

He should have been locked away 25 years ago.

He thinks he's invincible.

My God, there's so many.

Nearly 70.

Disappearances, assaults, suicides.

After a while you see the pattern.

Why weren't these acted on?

Well, you tell me.

These men were assaulted and killed and no one was ever charged?

That's right.

Are you saying there was a cover-up?

I don't know.

There was a climate of fear around AIDS back then.

The Grim Reaper ads had everyone terrified.

this be in archives?

Back then, it was a weapon used in a suspected assault, so it didn't end up

in the evidence lock-up.

I had my suspicions, so I hung on to it.

These leather bindings, they're on the club that we found.

Where did you get this?

Hannah's and his future footy star mate, Toohey, drunk on Bondi Beach.

But Toohey's a Friday game show guy.

Who else?

Is this blood?

It is.

No victim came forward. Then they often didn't.

That's why that never made it to court.

December 24, 1989.

I will.

Once I wrestled the console from him, fine.

Sleeping like a baby.

Hey, do you remember the Grim Reaper ad?

At first, only gays

and IV drug users were being killed by AIDS.

But now we know every one of us could be devastated by it.

If not stopped, it could kill more Australians than World War II.

How old were you in 1989?

Nineteen. Yeah.

And Dad?

You know, my dad sent me to a shrink to try and fix the problem.

Hey, here I am gay and a happier man than he ever was.

Who's that?

So you're 19, out, in Bondi. Yeah.

Were you ever attacked?

By whom?

Gang.

Maybe the police.

You want to see how it was?

Mardi Gras.

The first one.

1978.

10 years later, it was better.

But we were still fighting.

Is that Shane?

He's so young.

What happened to him?

He drowned.

We searched Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and then a lifesaver found him.

Were there any signs of violence?

You know what happens to a body that's been in the water for two days?

Your father just protected you from those details.

But what did the coroner's report say?

You have to have done.

Always the good swimmers who drown.

But there was an investigation.

Yeah, of course there was a bloody investigation.

He went swimming, he drowned.

Where did he go in?

Why does it matter where he went in?

Did anyone mention Cardinal Park or Shark Point?

Shane was a happy boy.

I caught the bastard rip.

He opened it.

This is a recorded interview for Police Records.

Can you state your name for the camera?

Yeah. Roger Ian O'Donoghue.

Martin Adamski.

We saw the guy walking down, spoke to him, told him I'd give him a blowie. So

he came with me.

The poof got his pants down and rang his ankles.

He was heaps stiff, and he grabbed my cock, and Adamski came from behind him

and smacked him over the head.

What with?

I let him fight.

How many times did you hit Mr Mills?

Nah, I told you before.

Adamski laid into him.

Show me how many times you hit him.

Bit of a push, bit of a shove.

What were you doing, Brett, while this was happening?

Pulled my pants up and I started kicking him in the face.

He stood up.

He started backing away from us, straight over the cliff.

I'm 14.

He grabbed my clock.

He's in the wrong, right?

A lead pipe with leather binding.

Similar weapon found in the same location that we found the club that

killed Harris.

So we've got Cardinal Park, Shark Point, three bodies, here, here and here.

We've got Greg Mill, found on the rocks.

killed by Adamski and O'Donoghue.

There's Dr Peter Levy, who's also found on the rocks, reported as suicide, but

forensics have him with defensive wounds and under his nails, skin, pre-DNA.

Yeah, well, that'd be useful if we ever find it.

Yeah, it wouldn't hold your breath. Then you have Ned Davies. He went for a walk

in Cardinal Park, disappeared December 17, 1989.

We do not have a body for him.

Nick, the numbers are growing.

We've got one murder 26 years later.

Well, I don't know who was released from silver water a year ago.

Well, let's find out where he is now.

Rohan Assad's blood sample is a DNA match for the semen found on the victim.

Slow down. It's not a bloody race.

Rohan.

Are you there?

Rohan, listen.

I have your medication and I think you need it. So why don't you tell me where

you are and I can come and pick you up, okay?

and I know what you've suffered in Iran.

99 lessons.

Imprisonment.

My own father betrayed me.

I understand why you might fear the police, but I'm going to ask you to

trust me, okay?

Just tell her to keep talking.

Everything that you tell us, it helps us put the picture together.

Rohan, did you have sex with Harris the night he was killed?

We swim in the day.

I go with you.

Have sex.

But after he say never, he will never tell his family that he is homosexual.

What kind of life is this?

A life of secret.

That's good, Rohan. Thank you for telling me those details.

But I'm going to need you to come into the police station.

So you can lock me up, shave my head, torture me.

Rohan, where are you exactly?

I want your word.

You will let me walk free.

Rohan, can we at least talk?

Face to face.

I can see the police on the beach.

Okay.

Rohan, listen.

I need you to come out with your hands up and I can promise you that no one's

going to hurt you, okay?

Nicky's left-handed.

Left-handed.

Rohan!

Put that knife down now!

Rohan!

Drop that knife!

Rohan, it's Tori!

Drop the fucking knife!

I know.

Back away, Tori. I know you didn't.

Don't shoot him. We just want to talk to you, okay?

But I'm going to need you to put the knife down, alright?

Put the fucking knife down now!

You're okay. Look at me. Look at me. It's all right. Fuck.

You put the knife down now, Rowan, and you let her go.

It's all right. It's all right.

Rowan, I know that you don't want to hurt me. Let her go, Rowan. You talk to

me, and I can protect you, okay? I can keep you safe.

I know this man.

He needs medication.

Hold your fire. I will not go back to hell. I won't. Listen to me, okay?

Now, we can have a conversation, can't we?

Yeah? And I can keep you safe. Yeah?

I can protect you.

That's right. You're doing a really good job.

I'm going to slowly, slowly turn around.

You're okay.

You're okay. You look at me.

It's all right. Eyes to me.

You're okay.

You're okay.

We're going to keep you safe.

But to do that, I need to get the knife out of your hand.