Episode 40 | The Murder of Jamie Gao | Dead On: A True Crime Podcast

The downfall of Roger Rogerson

On May 26 2014, a couple of fishermen were gearing up for a big day out on the water. As they steered their boat near the shores of Shelly Beach, they spotted something floating in the water. When they drifted closer, they realised it was a body.

This horrific discovery kicked off a quick-smart police investigation. And finally confirmed the cloud of suspicion that had long surrounded disgraced former detective Roger Rogerson.

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Source material for the case

Timeline of Jamie Gao murder case

Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara: How they bungled the murder of Jamie Gao

Roger Rogerson guilty: Timeline of how Jamie Gao was murdered

Wrapped body found floating near Shelly Beach, Cronulla may be missing student Jamie Gao

Body found wrapped in blue tarpaulin off Cronulla coast ‘fits’ with Jamie Gao disappearance

‘Kidnapped’ student Jamie Gao, 20, feared dead

Sydney student Jamie Gao feared kidnapped and may have been killed: police

Jamie Gao, murdered by Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara, ‘wanted to be a gangster’

Jamie Gao playing guitar shortly before his murder

Jamie Gao: The shocking discovery that left cops shaken

‘I feel more angry than you’: 60 Minutes reporter Liz Hayes in tears

Former cops Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara lose appeals over Jamie Gao murder

Who is detective Roger Rogerson, wanted for questioning over the murder of Jamie Gao?

Former detective charged with murdering missing student Jamie Gao

Kidnapping and assault: Gao’s murky past revealed

Value of methylamphetamine Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara found guilty of murdering Sydney student Jamie Gao

Former cops Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara lose appeals over Jamie Gao murder

Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara lose appeal over Jamie Gao’s murder

Drug dealer Jamie Gao ‘dead within minutes of being shot’

How CCTV helped solve this crime

Keen to see the entire timeline of CCTV footage that ultimately brought Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara into custody? Check out this article by Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop and Jeanavive McGregor for the ABC. They created a chronological timeline that’s incredibly helpful. And shows the brazen and callous nature of this terrible crime.