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The Standard journalists Monique Patterson and Jessica Howard launch their investigation Answers for Allison. Over the coming weeks they will delve into the cold case murder in the hope of finding closure for her family.

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00:00It's obvious, it's Warrnambool, you sort of think you're immune to it, that's what it's

00:07like.

00:08You could imagine it to be pretty, you know, think horrified to think, I mean, anybody

00:12in this street could have been a victim.

00:13It could have been, could have been any of us.

00:15Were you shocked?

00:16Oh yeah, I couldn't believe it.

00:20Two decades ago, Warrnambool was rocked by the murder of a young woman.

00:24Alison Seely was found dead in her bed, bludgeoned to death by an unknown assailant in the sea

00:29side city located three hours west of Melbourne, Victoria.

00:34Alison went to a friend's house the night before, heading home about 8pm because she

00:38had a sore throat.

00:39When she didn't attend work the next morning and phone calls went unanswered, a concerned

00:45friend went to check on her at her Wandstead Street unit.

00:48With a key to the front door, she let herself in and was shocked to find her friend was

00:52dead inside.

00:54Alison Seely, a sociable and popular woman who was close to her friends and family, had

00:59been smashed over the head with a blunt object.

01:02In the 21 years since her death, an inquest has been held, a $100,000 reward for information

01:07offered, and a suspect charged but later cleared of any wrongdoing.

01:11Still to this day, justice has not been achieved.

01:14Today The Standard launches our podcast Answers for Alison.

01:19We hope to talk to anyone who knew Alison or has information about the murder, to uncover

01:23answers and give the family some sort of closure after all these years.

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