A Model Daughter: The Story of Caroline Byrne
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Commissioned by Network Ten. In the early hours of June 8th, 1995, model Caroline Byrne’s body is recovered from the rocky shore below the sheer cliffs of the notorious Gap, Sydney’s preferred suicide location. Did she jump or was she pushed?
Caroline’s father Tony Byrne doesn’t buy suicide for a second. Yes, his wife died by her own hand but Caroline has always been a well-adjusted person. He totally rejects Gordon’s claim she was unhappy with her job – hadn’t she told him how excited she was about her career only 48 hours before?
It takes the police an age to a) accept the possibility of murder, and b) allocate sufficient resources to mount an effective investigation. And even then, since no-one bothered to call the Homicide Squad the night Caroline died, there is a distinct lack of evidence to work with. If not for the persistence of several journalists the investigation would die on the vine again and again.
2nd November 2011
A Model Daughter nominated for AFI Award for Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series
