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for hours at a time.
Just so that I didn't
have to go to bed...
...close my eyes
and go to sleep.
Sometimes, I'd actually
go into people's houses.
I didn't feel like I was
doing anything wrong.
in someone else's life.
Do you remember
how Russell was doing?
Yeah, Russell was
working a lot.
At that point, I think
it might've helped him...
...with his grief.
Russell and I met
on a project in '98.
We worked together.
You've known each
other for years?
Yeah, a good few years.
Do you remember him
after Alice's death?
-What changed?
-It was work as normal.
It was troubling, I didn't
know what to say.
Did you notice a breakdown?
Not really. Everyone grieves
in their own way.
lt wasn't really my place
to tell him how to feel...
...but l certainly
was concerned.
I was really grateful
that I had my work.
l felt really guilty
about that at the time...
...but l just wanted
to get on with it.
One night in late February,
I came home from work...
...and I was sitting
in the kitchen.
from Allie's room.
So I went into Allie's room.
I don't really know why...
...but l found myself
sitting down on the chair...
...in front of the dresser.
Before l could work out
what l was doing...
...Allie walked in.
She went over to her desk,
sharpened a pencil...
...and looked like
she was checking...
...for text messages
on her phone.
l was completely
freaked out.
She was completely
oblivious to my presence.
l don't know
what happened...
...l must've moved the bed
or squeaked my shoes...
...but she went
completely rigid.
l knew then that she knew
that l was there.
looked me right in the eye...
...fully for what felt
like forever...
...and then she just
came at me.
Stood up and said:
''Get out! Get out!''
l got up and ran out
as fast as l could.
He was here in the kitchen...
...Mathew and l
found him in here.
He was sobbing.
He was absolutely
inconsolable.
Did you believe Russell
when he said he saw a ghost?
Yeah, l do. l believe
he saw what he saw.
He's not the kind of man
to make something up.
So, l believe he saw something.
Whether it's a real ghost
or not, l don't really know...
...but l'm sure
he saw something.
I remember trying
to talk to members...
...of the church about
how to help June...
...and how to help
the Palmers.
There didn't seem to be
anything we could do.
I think part
of the reason was...
...because they weren't
church-goers...
...and didn't know how
to offer them comfort.
I don't even know
what June believes in.
concerned about Mathew.
were always so close.
I was worried
how he would cope.
I remember he was
spending more time alone.
Mathew came in with some
unusual bruises on his body.
Unusual in terms
of distribution and depth.
We obviously took a history
trying to exclude trauma...
...but there was no history
he was able to give us.
We tested him for vasculitis,
excluded poisoning...
...or toxins in his system.
We were unable to turn up
anything conclusive...
...and several weeks
after the bruises...
...resolved spontaneously,
...to establish a cause
for them.
My name is Steve Wilkie.
I'm Mathew's best friend.
l usually stay at Mathew's
We started a band together.
We normally play music
at my house.
Mathew seems
to be quieter...
...but he was always
very quiet.
going into people's houses...
to talk about any of that.
about any of it.
I know that he was always
interested in photography.
At this time he was
starting to pursue it...
...with more passion.
Mathew was very keen
...so I was more
than willing to help out.
That's what I do.
He was picking my brains
about anything...
...from equipment,
to techniques, lighting.
He was a great learner
and employee.
Mathew, can you talk
to me about...
...the photographs
of the backyard...
...that you've been taking?
Yeah, basically l've taken
that same photo...
...with that composition
every three months...
...for the past four years.
It's just a photograph
of the backyard...
...looking out,
you can see the hills.
It's like a little project
that I set up...
...for myself
when we got here.
What was in the April 28th
photo that was different?
Well, it was basically
the same shot...
...but it would appear...
...that Alice is standing
against the fence.
Remember what the reaction
was at the house?
I wouldn't say
the mood was good...
...but it was better
than before.
lt was like it gave us
something to focus on.
All of this.
The photographs were
taken on the 3rd of April...
...they were developed
on the fourth...
...l looked at them
on the fifth...
...and looked at the dams
and water levels.
l was quite happy
but the following night...
...it was pointed out
to me by my wife...
...that there was
something in the background.
This image came up.
When I first looked
at the photograph...
...I didn't know
what to make of it.
The image was quite unsettling
because it certainly...
...looked like Alice.
It was an incredibly
discomforting image.
l became convinced
I didn't have any
rational explanation...
...for who was
in those photos.
But l did notice something
about Alice that June didn't.
l'd seen Alice's body.
l didn't think
she was alive.
l knew she wasn't.
Russell made a mistake.
He himself said it didn't
look like anybody anymore.
June was so convinced
that l'd made a mistake...
...that l actually started
having doubts myself.
...l'd made up in my mind
it was Alice's body...
...before l looked.
The circumstances were
so compelling to me...
...that l decided it was her.
More than 3 months
after the funeral...
...of Ararat teenager
Alice Palmer...
...her grieving parents
formally requested...
...her body be exhumed
from the cemetery.
Has been
some contention...
...from the Palmer family
about the accuracy...
...of the original
body identification.
June and Russell Palmer
were adamant...
...that DNA testing
be carried out.
They couldn't be sure
the body they identified...
...was indeed Alice.
Alice's body was exhumed
in the presence...
...of the funeral director,
Dr. Slatter.
There was a representative
from the coroner's office.
It was transported
to Ararat's hospital...
...where they took
DNA samples...
...and she stayed there
till the results came back.
A few days later,
we received a copy...
...of the coroner's full
preliminary report...
...and Alice's identity
was confirmed...
...by the DNA sample.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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