ABC today announces the new investigative crime series, The Family Court Murders premieres Tuesday, 10 May at 8.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.
In this compelling four-part series, Walkley award-winning crime journalist and author, Debi Marshall turns her investigative blowtorch to the shocking series of bombings and shootings in the 1980’s that became known in the national psyche as the Family Court Murders.
Four murders. Five bombs. Two shootings. A relentless campaign of terror by one man – Leonard Warwick – who outwitted police for decades in acts of domestic terrorism so extreme that 30 years later, victims still shudder at his name. But while most of the attacks hit at the very heart of the newly established Family Court, there were other victims, too, far removed from the judicial system.
These audacious attacks, fueled by a bitter custody dispute rocked the nation and remained unsolved for more than 30 years.
Enter Debi Marshall.
Featuring exclusive interviews with victims and their families, at the heart of this story is Marshall’s tireless investigation in the lead up to Warwick’s 2020 conviction on all charges – but one.
Follow her live investigation into these chilling events as she takes us into the mind of a psychopathic serial killer and continues to seek answers to questions that haunt the cases.
Is there a connection between Leonard Warwick, the murder of his brother-in-law, and the mysterious disappearance of his sister?
Decades on, this story is far from over.
Production Credits: A Media Stockade and Said & Done Production. Series Director Chris Thorburn. Producers Madeleine Hetherton-Miau, Rebecca Barry and Debi Marshall. Executive Producer Mark Morrissey. ABC Commissioning Editor Stephen Oliver. International Distribution Flame Distribution.
