My Life Is Murder

No, I already had dinner.

Pizza.

How's the pizza in Napoli?

Oh, really?

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OK. Hey, Massi, where are you?

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OK, Massi, one more time.

No, it's not late.

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Police call this a cold case.

On May 30 last year, a young man was found dead

in Melbourne, Australia.

The voice you're about to hear is Detective Inspector Kieran Hussey

two weeks after Zac Morgan was bashed and left to die

in an alley.

Today, we're asking the media to help us

and to encourage the public to come forward with any information

that will help us find who committed this crime.

A year later, Zac Morgan's murder remains unsolved.

This is his story.

What evidence have the police missed?

Who was the podcaster?

Anonymous.

- Have you traced him? - I'm working on it.

Podcast only went up last night.

- Ah, well, first of many. - (PHONE BUZZES)

You know, getting on, get sponsored, get rich.

I think that's the way it's supposed to go.

The media units all love me like a fat kid on a cupcake.

Got any leads?

Nothing new.

What about the old ones?

Yeah, a couple.

Victim's name was Zac Morgan.

He was his brother's best man, smart, funny, loved by his family.

There comes a day in every man's life

where he finds his soul mate...

...and has to get a proper haircut.

On the day of the wedding, everything was going smoothly,

bride and groom happy,

Zac made a great speech.

Then his boyfriend showed up, uninvited, off his face,

made a stir.

Why wasn't the boyfriend invited?

Groom didn't like him,

and the rest of the family didn't know Zac was gay.

Oh, until the boyfriend showed up.

- Oh, he made sure everyone knew. - Woo!

Went to town on Zac, the bride, groom, everyone...

You're all arseholes!

...pushed Zac out of the closet with a bulldozer,

in front of his family.

Oh, yeah, yeah, here we go.

Zac and his boyfriend fought.

Zac!

Then they took off.

The neighbour said they were still fighting in their house

when they got home.

An hour later, Zac was dead in the alley behind their house.

Hit in the head with some kind of with weapon, we think.

But it was actually the fall that killed him,

subdural haematoma.

Ugh. Who found him?

The same neighbour who heard the fight.

The body was still warm.

So I'm guessing the boyfriend had a good story.

Well, he said he went for a walk. He can't remember where.

Oh, that's a crap story.

We can't place him at the crime scene.

Oh, yet.

Alright. Come on, show me what you've got.

I know you brought something.

How's the insomnia going?

Oh, it's going like a train.

Go to the doctor, get some sleeping-pills.

No. I don't like those things. They're addictive.

Just take one. It might help you to break the cycle.

Do you know what? I don't think my bloody doctor would give me any.

Just tell him you're going on a long-haul flight somewhere.

It's hard to sleep on those seats.

Are you telling me to lie to my doctor, Kieran?

Why is he so special?

OK, this is weird.

The head wound looks like a cult symbol. What is it?

Don't know.

- Huh. - (PHONE RINGS)

You wanna get that?

No, it's OK.

Kieran, it's Pippa. Take the call.

It's just about the kids. I've got them on the weekend.

How are your kids?

Yeah, they're great.

Keep me bloody sane.

Thank you for this.

Sure.

Did you listen to the podcast?

Yeah, I did.

I want you to track down that podcaster.

So we're doing this one?

I love it.

If this podcaster guy has got some new evidence,

I want to know what it is.

Oh, and what about some background on Zac Morgan's boyfriend,

what's his name?

- Uh, Tony Ryles. - Yeah.

Hey, I sent you some crime scene photos.

- Got them up? - Uh, yep.

There's a mark on the dead guy's forehead.

What is it?

It looks like a cross with a circle around it.

No. I mean what does it mean.

Oh, that's not what you said.

Hey, Sam. Hi.

Alexa Crowe. Thanks for making time, hey.

Podcast just said that there was new evidence.

I was hoping you could tell me what that would be.

Well, if I knew, I wouldn't give it to a podcaster.

Yeah.

Well, if he contacts you, can you call me?

Sure.

That's my number.

This is going to go on and on, isn't it?

The investigation.

It's a murder. It won't be closed until it's solved.

That's what you want, isn't it?

Mmm.

Tell me about your brother.

He was funny...

...trusting,

too trusting.

He trusted you to keep his secret that he was gay.

Well, I never wanted that secret.

I pleaded with him to come out.

He needed to live his life properly, not in hiding.

The only thing he didn't trust...

...was how much we all loved him.

- Are you OK? - No.

I walk around reliving it...

...the inquest,

the photos, the effect on my family,

and now you.

I need to move on and I can't.

Yeah, I know how that feels.

I have to go.

Sam, what do you think happened to your brother?

I think Tony killed him.

Everything OK?

Yeah.

Here.

This will cheer you up.

The boyfriend, Tony Ryles, had online relationships

while he was with Zac Morgan.

Yes. I think that's here in the case file.

Yeah, but one sticks out. This guy, Andre.

They met on a dating site.

Tony's last conversation with him happened the day before Zac died.

Thing is Andre never spoke to anyone else, only Tony Ryles.

- Curiouser and curiouser. - Yeah, it's weird, right?

I mean, you know what internet dating's like.

No.

Oh, you should really give it a try.

Well, your advice is noted. Now, tell me what you mean.

Well, I mean it can be pretty good when it works out.

No, I mean tell you what you mean

in terms of its relevance to this case.

Oh, right. Well, um...

...as a general rule,

internet dating's about meeting as many people as possible, right?

You know, keeping your options open.

But Andre only ever had eyes for one option, Tony.

Oh, I want a hard copy of a photo of that guy.

Oh, it's in the cloud.

I don't want it in the cloud. I want it in my hand.

Yeah, but if it's in the cloud,

then you can just look it up on your phone.

Madison, there is no cloud.

It is just a fluffy name for a bunch of warehouses full of hardware,

which you can hack.

I do like real clouds, however, 'cause they're nice.

Did you find our podcaster?

Yeah, I'm still trying. I'll get back to it tomorrow.

What's wrong with today?

What? Apart from the fact that it's almost midnight?

I have to do that back at the office.

Well...

You're doing a selfie now?

Got to remember life's important moments,

even if it's the moment you realise you have no life.

Smile!

Tony, is it? Hi.

I wonder if I can talk to you about Zac.

I'm investigating what happened to him.

I used to be a cop, can't help it. Alexa Crowe.

I just want to talk.

Promise.