Breakthrough: Body Found In Search for Jayden Penno-Tompsett

About this episode

The episode discusses the mysterious disappearance of Jayden Penno-Tompsett and a recent breakthrough in the case.

In December 2017, two young men took off on a drug-fuelled roadtrip to spend New Year's Eve in Cairns. One made it to the party - the other was never seen again. Now a shocking development could see this case finally solved. In the final episode of this special series for  Outback Murder Highway, investigative journalist Amelia Oberhardt dissects the mysterious disappearance of 22-year-old Jayden Penno-Tompsett who vanished in a tiny town off the Flinders Highway. The coroner ruled out foul play - but Jayden’s mum isn’t convinced and hired a private investigator to find new evidence.  You can watch the Outback Murder Highway TV documentary series 8.30pm Wednesday on Channel 9  from April 22 to May 13. Or watch anytime here - on 9Now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Xanthe Mallett, Tim Watson-Munro

Guest: Amelia Oberhardt

Topics covered

• disappearance
• investigation
• true crime
• private investigator
• coroner's ruling
• drug-fuelled roadtrip

Keywords

• Jayden Penno-Tompsett
• disappearance
• investigative journalism
• private investigator
• Cairns
• Outback Murder Highway
• coroner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Channel 9, 9Now

Places: Cairns, Flinders Highway, tiny town

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