Returns Wednesday 7 February 9:00 pm
The Snake and the Shotgun
While searching for a snake in her garage, a devoted mother is fatally shot in the back by her husband. Liz Hayes and her team of experts examine the events surrounding that fateful night.
MYSTERIES, COLD CASES AND COVER-UPS EXPOSED
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, AT 9.00PM ON CHANNEL 9 AND 9NOW
Australia’s ultimate investigative program returns in a riveting new season of Under Investigation with Liz Hayes, featuring fresh mysteries, cold cases and cover-ups, from Wednesday, February 7, at 9.00pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
For the program’s 2024 season, acclaimed journalist Liz Hayes takes the UI investigations to a compelling new level. Hayes travels to crime scene locations, joins forensic scientists in their laboratories and interviews witnesses and victims. Formidable teams of experts in every criminal and scientific field analyse the cases at Under Investigation’s signature War Table.
Launching the new series of UI, there is a dramatic reinvestigation into the fatal shooting of Queensland mother Leanne Sleba. Killed by her husband Geoffrey, while searching for a snake on their rural property, Leanne’s death was ruled an accident. But UI’s experts have questions, and Hayes takes to the road seeking answers. At a ballistics range, the details of Leanne’s shooting in the back are tested with live fire, and snake experts recreate the conditions similar to those on that fateful night, to shed more light on the usual habits of these reptiles.
After a most unusual request, UI will also test the innocence of a man accused of murder. Graham Stafford - who police believe killed 12-year-old Leanne Holland. Stafford willingly submits himself to Liz Hayes and UI’s team of experts in an attempt to clear his name. Charged and convicted of the brutal 1991 murder, then acquitted after 15 years in prison, Stafford has maintained his innocence, despite Queensland Police publicly declaring there was powerful new evidence to prove his guilt. To try to resolve the case once and for all, Hayes works with a team of independent forensic scientists. Their dramatic results punctuate a powerful program.
UI also probes the mysterious disappearance of Queensland woman Sandrine Jourdan, who vanished without trace in a matter of minutes. Computer analysis of Sandrine’s laptops reveals startling evidence that casts new light on the case. UI has also employed a handwriting expert, and in a specially created Evidence Room, Hayes and veteran detective Damian Marrett sift through personal items found near the place where Sandrine was last seen alive.
Also on UI’s case file: the suspicious death of a young man under witness protection. No one should have known his new identity or location. Then Hayes tracks the terrible crimes of one of Western Australia’s most brutal serial rapists – a predator in police uniform. Internationally, UI takes on the “Spy Nation” and reveals how China is targeting the personal data of all Australians. And when beautiful, high-achieving teenager Eden Westbrook is found dead in an idyllic Tasmanian fishing village, it would have the whole world asking questions.
Liz Hayes said: “Our program is about shining a light on difficult and sometimes very dark stories. But it’s always about uncovering the truth, and importantly, offering the families and friends of victims a chance at finding out what happened to someone they love.
“This season I’m venturing out of the studio to meet witnesses, and see for myself some of the crime scenes. I’ll also join our experts in their laboratories and out in the field as they test key pieces of evidence. It’s all about bringing as much information as possible to the War Table.
“This season, Under Investigation is offering our viewers what I hope will be an intriguing and immersive experience.”
Under Investigation with Liz Hayes is produced by the 9Network.
Sounds like they’re going to make Under Investigation more tabloid and over the top.
What is a “dramatic reinvestigation”? Why are they playing judge and juror with Graham Stafford?
The story on China could just be a 60 Minutes report.
“This season I’m venturing out of the studio to meet witnesses, and see for myself some of the crime scenes. I’ll also join our experts in their laboratories and out in the field as they test key pieces of evidence. It’s all about bringing as much information as possible to the War Table.
What were you doing before then Liz? Not investigating anything? Just sitting at a table with people who know more about the case and just re-hashing evidence trying to make it look like you’re adding something of value to the case?
At least Steve Liebman actually went on location on CIA and he didn’t claim to have done an investigation.
If this is the kind of thing Nine is looking to get Liz to do for the foreseeable future I kind of wish they’d just put her back on 60 minutes.
The Leanne Holland murder episode will be shown tonight (February 14).
Wednesday 21 February 9:00pm
Sandrine Jourdan was a vivacious mother of three living in the small town of Caboolture until she mysteriously vanished in 2012. Liz Hayes and her team of experts raise serious doubts about the official narrative. Computer analysis of Sandrine’s laptops reveals startling evidence that casts new light on the case. UI has also employed a handwriting expert, and in a specially created Evidence Room, Hayes and veteran detective Damian Marrett sift through personal items found near the place where Sandrine was last seen alive.
Wednesday 28 February 9:00pm
China’s authoritarian government is quietly developing artificial intelligence designed to conquer and control its
citizens. Now, the world’s most powerful authoritarian state is directing its AI capability squarely at the West - and our living rooms. Liz Hayes and her tea
Wednesday 6 March 9:10 pm
Former WA cop Adrian Moore exploited his authority and the trust vested in police to manipulate, rape, and abuse thirteen women over a decade before being convicted on 87 charges in 2022. Liz Hayes and her team of experts ask how Moore got away with it for so long and examines whether a growing litany of police misconduct cases are isolated horrors, or emblematic of a nationwide crisis amongst those we should trust the most.
Update: This week’s original story has been pre-empted to the contemporary case of the missing Victorian woman Samantha Murphy.
WTF. I’m pretty sure the Police had already come out and said please stop speculating about what happened and here comes Tara doing her own “investigation”.
How Liz and her “experts” are going to uncover anything from active crime scenes that the police don’t already know about is anyone guess.
And please not have one of the “experts” be a psychic.
This is a terrible idea.
THE SEARCH FOR SAMANTHA MURPHY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, AT 9.00PM ON CHANNEL 9 & 9NOW
It is every family’s nightmare. A mother goes out on her regular morning jog, and never returns. In a special edition of Under Investigation on Wednesday night, Liz Hayes and a team of experts travel to the Victorian regional city of Ballarat to delve into the mysterious disappearance of 51-year-old Samantha Murphy.
The team, which includes veteran missing persons specialist Valentine Smith, former Victorian detective Damian Marrett and mineshaft explorer Raymond Shaw, will examine bush trails and retrace Samantha Murphy’s steps when she set out from her home on her early morning run on February 4.
The team will also hear from Sissy Austin, who survived a brutal attack while also jogging in the bushland a year before Samantha Murphy’s disappearance. Her exclusive presence at the Under Investigation War Table offers the team invaluable insights and local knowledge.
Under Investigation will also analyse the critical evidence that may ultimately solve this mystery. Technology specialist Nigel Phair will follow Samantha’s digital footsteps and the vital data collected from the phone she was carrying and the watch she was wearing – extraordinary digital clues to her last movements.
As the pressing question lingers – Where is Samantha Murphy? – Liz Hayes and her team of experts embark on a quest to uncover the answer in this special edition of Under Investigation, Wednesday at 9.00pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
Just vile.
“… to uncover the answer?”
What? Are you going to find her are you?
Fuck off Nine. You disgust me.
What’s the bet that Nine will turn their attention to the next ‘investigation’ involving the tragedy that occurred in the last week or so.
Just absolutely pathetic.
Like what? Have I missed something?
Post deleted, sorry, misread some details.
Tara? You mean Liz?
I don’t think that’s Nine’s best choice of wording, sounds like she’s ‘done a runner’ (which was one of the early theories before Police ruled it out). Of course, they’re referring to her being a daily jogger near her home.
My mistake.
Similar to last year when the topic was the “mystery mushroom lunch”.
It was featured on Media Watch that concluded “Nine’s Under Investigation fails to provide any new evidence about the ‘fatal mushroom feast’”
