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The 44-Gallon Drum: A Friend's Fight for Justice | Tracey Franze
In 2008, Melbourne man Fred Boyle was convicted of murdering his wife Edwina in October 1983 — then keeping her body sealed inside a 44-gallon drum for 23 years, moving it with him from house to house as he raised their two daughters.
Tracey Franze knew Edwina through a shared love of horses in the late 1970s. She watched Fred's cruelty up close — towards animals, towards the truth and ultimately towards the woman who devoted her life to her family. When Edwina vanished, Tracey and her friend Lee went to Dandenong Police Station. They were dismissed.
Now, almost 40 years on…
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