The Day Police Swooped In

Published: Feb. 25, 2020, 11:27 a.m.

December 22, 2016. The day police had hoped for, for more than 20 years.That was the day they arrested the man they thought was Claremont serial killer. Bradley Robert Edwards.As he was arrested in the early morning raid and taken for questioning, police spent 2 days sifting through every item in his house.What they found was a handwritten notebook with copies of bank statements inside.  The court has previously been told that notebook belong to Bradley Edwards' second wife. She said she copied the bank statements because she was sick of the lies and she feared for her life. It was also revealed on day 52 of the Claremont serial killings trial that police sifted through every copy of the Mandurah Mail between 1995 and 1996 to see if there were any fireworks in the area the night Sarah Spiers disappeared. Join Natalie Bonjolo, Tim Clarke and Alison Fan as they discuss that moment which  changed Australia's most expensive and longest running investigation.