In May 1986, 33-year-old Cheryl Renwick vanished from Como, Western Australia. Days later, her car was found parked at Perth Airport — but there was no record of her boarding a flight.

Nearly four decades on, Cheryl remains missing. Was she the victim of foul play? Could her disappearance be linked to the Birnie murders, domestic proximity, or other unsolved crimes in Perth’s history? And why was her vehicle left in long-term parking?

In this episode of Vanished West, we examine the timeline, the investigation, the public speculation, and the unanswered questions that still haunt Cheryl’s family.

If you have information about Cheryl Renwick’s disappearance, contact Crime Stoppers WA.

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A diamond deal.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A man who vanished without a trace.

In April 2003, Wayne Dennis George Drewett disappeared in Perth, Western Australia. What remains is a coronial finding — and a silence that has never been resolved.

In June 2017, Jorn Jesper Jensen vanished from his Ocean Reef home.

He left behind blood on the floor.

A broken internal door.

And days later, his car was found more than an hour away in Lancelin — parked neatly, keys still in the ignition.

No body has ever been found.

An inquest determined Jesper is deceased, but how he died remains officially unascertained. Within his own family, two very different narratives endure.

This episode walks carefully through what is known, what is alleged, and what still refuses to settle.

Because sometimes, it isn’t the blood you see that matters —

it’s the blood that didn’t follow.

Beneath Fairfield Street is a resolved missing person case.

In August 1974, twelve-year-old James Patrick Taylor disappeared from the Kimberley town of Derby after being sent on a simple errand. He never came home.

This episode examines how a known predator was able to operate freely, how police failures shaped the response to a missing child, and why it is very likely Jimmy was taken by someone who should have been stopped.

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In January 1968, Kate Campbell Haythornthwaite began a familiar walk home in Boulder, Western Australia — and never arrived.

Independent and routine-driven, Kate did not leave by choice. Decades later, a coroner would conclude she died that night, and that her body was concealed.

For years, this case was viewed through a single lens.

A man disappears. Assumptions are made.

But when you examine the timeline closely — the distance travelled, the missing vehicle, and evidence that surfaced years later — the story no longer fits as neatly as it once did.

In this episode of Vanished West, we revisit the disappearance of Peter James Guidera and ask whether the original explanation overlooked something crucial.

This is not about rewriting history.

It’s about questioning what we thought we understood.

In May 1992, fourteen-year-old Radina Marie Djukich disappeared from North Beach in Perth’s northern suburbs.

At first, her absence didn’t feel alarming. It felt temporary.

This episode explores Radina’s life before she went missing, the assumptions that shaped the early response, and how vulnerability can be quietly misread. It reflects on a cycle that continues today, as children and teenagers are still reported missing across Perth, some returning home, others never doing so.

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