
The Boy in the Water
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A community on edge. A debacle of a police investigation. And a father who won’t give up.The Boy in the Water is a podcast series about a small town in the deep south of New Zealan...
Episode list
20
July 13, 2025
38 min
S8 | Season 4 | Ep 10: The Boy in the Water | The Coroner’s Conclusions
In a season finale that pulls no punches, Coroner Ho delivers his final conclusions. With serious questions about supervision, the post mortem, the police investigations and the ru...
moreJuly 9, 2025
38 min
S8 | Season 4 | Ep 9: The Boy in the Water | The Message Controversy
What does the Coroner say about those Facebook messages? And did police uncover all the cellphone location data? Coroner Ho examines the circumstantial evidence surrounding the key...
moreJuly 6, 2025
44 min
S8 | Season 4 | Ep 8: The Boy in the Water | The Pathology
Accident or foul play? A flawed post mortem leaves Lachie’s cause of death uncertain, as the coroner weighs drowning, head trauma or both, and investigates how Lachie’s body ended ...
moreJuly 2, 2025
52 min
S8 | Season 4 | Ep 7: The Boy in the Water | The Lachie Walked Theory
How did a 3-year-old make it 1.2km across rough terrain, over a gate, at night in a full nappy, without leaving a scent trail? The Coroner assesses whether Lachie could have reache...
moreJune 29, 2025
47 min
S8 | Season 4 | Ep 6: The Boy in the Water | The Escapes and the 111 Call
When was Lachie last seen alive? Coroner Ho retraces the timeline, starting with the kitchen door the three-year-old reportedly escaped through, his purported time at neighbour Deb...
moreJune 25, 2025
37 min
S8 | Season 4 | Ep 5: The Boy in the Water | That Afternoon
The courier depot, the pineapple sprinkler and the pizza order form part of a tangled timeline, as conflicting accounts come under scrutiny while the Coroner considers whether Lach...
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