2023-03-05 17:30
Return to Gore: If Little Lachie Didn't Drown, How Did He Die?
First published MAR 6, 2023 Updated 44 minutes ago Newsroom Special Inquiry Did a little Southland boy really fall into a pond and drown? In this Newsroom Investigates exclusive, 'drowning as a cause of death' has now been thrown into real doubt by a forensic team engaged to review the original post mortem. In an investigation spanning three years, Newsroom has uncovered new evidence in the case of the death of a Gore toddler that calls into question two police investigations, a pathologist's post mortem and a Worksafe case against the local council.

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