Gerard Ross

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Gerard Ross, left, who was abducted and murdered and, right, Ben Robbins aged 8.
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Gerard Ross
Kristin Shorten

Two boys, two abduction ordeals. Is there a cold case link?

In one case, the victim escaped. The second ended in a schoolboy’s murder and an enduring cold case. Both are unsolved. Could they be connected?

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The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Trauma.
Gerard Ross
Kristin Shorten

The Boy in the Blue Cap part eight: The Trauma

From as early as she can remember, Rebecca Ross knew that she had another sibling – a beautiful big brother who she never got to meet.

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The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Cold Case.
Gerard Ross
Kristin Shorten

The Boy in the Blue Cap part seven: The Cold Case

The police investigation into the Gerard Ross case has become one of the largest in the state’s history, second only to the Macro investigation into the Claremont serial killings.

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The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Plea
Gerard Ross
Kristin Shorten

The Boy in the Blue Cap part six: The Plea

Gerard Ross is the other Daniel Morcombe – snatched off the street in broad daylight, murdered and dumped in a nearby pine forest – but his killer remains free.

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The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Pines
Gerard Ross
Kristin Shorten

The Boy in the Blue Cap part four: The Investigation

When Gerard Ross’s body was found, dozens of police – including the TRG – combed the Karnup pine plantation on hands and knees looking for clues that might lead to a killer.

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The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Evidence.
Gerard Ross
Kristin Shorten

The Boy in the Blue Cap part five: The Evidence

CCTV footage from the Gull service station in Rockingham indicates that Gerard Ross was abducted from Kent Street before reaching the service station 800m away.

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The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Pines
Gerard Ross
Kristin Shorten

The Boy in the Blue Cap part three: The Pines

Horse trainer Mick Miller can’t forget how he felt the morning he came across a body in the Karnup pine forest.

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The Boy in the Blue Cap: Episode 1
Gerard Ross
Kristin Shorten

The Boy in the Blue Cap part one: Gone

It was warm and sunny the morning that Gerard Ross vanished from a deserted street in Rockingham, Western Australia.

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The Boy in the Blue Cap episode two.
Gerard Ross
Kristin Shorten

The Boy in the Blue Cap part two: The Nightmare

By nightfall on that eerie spring day in 1997 the gravity of Gerard Ross’ disappearance was clear. More than 90 police and SES volunteers had scoured Rockingham’s bushland and beaches in vain.

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