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Darcy Te Hira died in 1985 after being bashed in Mt Eden Prison. Fellow inmate Ross Appelgren was convicted of the crime. But was the evidence dodgy? After all, it was supplied by narks.
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Solving a murder with no hard evidence, and a dead suspect
3 Dec 2025No forensic clues meant police relied on a bunch of criminals - many with dishonesty convictions and muzzled by a code of silence.
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Nark was pressured to testify at murder retrial, documents suggest
1 Dec 2025The key witness to a deadly prison beating was told by police they would "play dirty" if he didn't cooperate.
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Nark: Confession puts guilty verdict back in question
28 Nov 2025Two former guards say a prisoner confessed to them that Ross Appelgren wasn't guilty of a deadly prison beating - because he had ordered the attack himself.
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Ex-top cop denies authorising prisoner's motel stay
12 Nov 2025A former police commissioner claims he's never seen the letter supposedly sent by him in 1985.
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Nark told he'd be 'well looked after' in exchange for evidence
10 Nov 2025"You don't say, 'hey, look, if you give the evidence, you're going to be released at the earliest opportunity'. That's fairytale stuff," says one former detective.
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'Was it you?': Nark denies account was to save own skin
7 Nov 2025The key witness to a deadly prison beating was told in his first meeting with the lead detective that he was considered either a witness or a suspect.
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Police admit losing murder investigation file
3 Nov 2025"It can't just slip behind a desk or a cabinet somewhere," says investigator Tim McKinnel. "Somebody has moved it." Audio
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How and why we used AI to recreate a dead man's voice
29 Oct 2025One of journalism's most repeated purposes is to give voice to the voiceless. But what if the person speaking up has died while waiting to tell their story?
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Ambulance officer at odds with key murder witness
29 Oct 2025When Robert Ogier reached Darcy Te Hira's body, one thing stood out to him, and he's never forgotten it.
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Widow wants answers about husband's deadly beating
28 Oct 2025Suzanne Young believes Ross Appelgren murdered her husband, but doesn't think she's had the whole story:
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Widow of convicted murderer wants to clear his name
28 Oct 2025Ross Appelgren was accused of beating a fellow prisoner to death in 1985 - but his wife and legal team say fresh evidence will prove he was innocent. Audio
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