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WATCH NOWThe Boy in the Blue Cap: The Gerard Ross Story

The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Gerard Ross Story is an eight-part documentary directed and produced by award-winning journalist Kristin Shorten, forensically documenting one of WA’s most enduring and heartbreaking mysteries.

Health crisisMinister open to meeting with family of Geraldton grandma

WA’s Health Minister has not met with loved ones of the Geraldton woman who died while waiting for an ambulance last month, but said she would be open to speaking with the family on their request. 

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New detailsPremiumGerard Ross: Dead suspect’s car may still provide clues

A model plane enthusiast and ‘red hot’ suspect in the murder of Gerard Ross is dead, but detectives still have the car he drove at the time of the schoolboy’s abduction more than 23 years ago.

Kristin Shorten

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‘Prime suspect’ in Gerard Ross murder mystery speaks

The key suspect in the murder of Gerard Ross admits he saw the schoolboy moments before his abduction. In an extraordinary interview, he reveals why reporting it was the ‘worst idea I’ve ever had’.

Kristin Shorten

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Award-winning Gerard Ross docu-series in full

The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Gerard Ross Story is an eight-part award-winning documentary about one of WA’s most enduring and heartbreaking mysteries. Watch the full series here.

Kristin Shorten

Crucial roleVideoPremiumPolice seek all of Seven West’s Gerard Ross material

In an extraordinary move, police investigating the unsolved murder of Gerard Ross have asked Seven West Media to produce copies of all interviews, footage, reports and articles related to the case.

Kristin Shorten

ExclusivePremiumWife killer denies link to Gerard Ross’ murder

A convicted killer who dumped his ex-wife’s body just metres from the gravesite of the murdered schoolboy is under renewed scrutiny after fresh allegations he may have abused a boy in the 1970s.

Kristin Shorten and Mark Gibson

ExclusiveVideoPremium‘I know who did it’: Patient’s Gerard Ross confession

A chilling confession to a Perth registered nurse two decades ago is one of the lines of inquiry now being re-investigated in relation to the 1997 unsolved murder of Gerard Ross.

Kristin Shorten

ExclusivePremiumGerard Ross’ body dumped within days of death

Blowflies and beetles found on the body of Gerard Ross indicated that the schoolboy’s body had been dumped in a pine forest within days of his death.

Kristin Shorten

Watch the seriesVideoPremiumPolice chasing ‘active leads’ in Gerard Ross case

Crime Stoppers have received a flurry of calls following the release of a groundbreaking documentary, The Boy in the Blue Cap, about the 1997 unsolved abduction and murder of schoolboy Gerard Ross.

Kristin Shorten

Part OneVideoThe Boy in the Blue Cap: Gone

It was warm and sunny the morning that Gerard Ross vanished from a deserted street in Rockingham, Western Australia. Gerard’s family had only arrived at the beachside suburb a few days earlier.

Kristin Shorten

Part TwoVideoPremiumThe Boy in the Blue Cap: The Nightmare

By nightfall on that eerie spring day in 1997 the gravity of Gerard Ross’ disappearance was clear. More than 90 police and SES volunteers had scoured Rockingham’s bushland and beaches in vain.

Kristin Shorten

Part ThreeVideoPremiumThe Boy in The Blue Cap: The Pines

Horse trainer Mick Miller can’t forget how he felt the morning he came across Gerard Ross’ body in the Karnup pine forest.

Kristin Shorten

Part FourVideoPremiumThe Boy in the Blue Cap: The Investigation

When Gerard Ross’s body was found, dozens of police – including the TRG – combed the Karnup pine plantation on hands and knees looking for clues that might lead to a killer.

Kristin Shorten

Part FiveVideoPremiumThe Boy in the Blue Cap: The Evidence

CCTV footage from the Gull Rockingham indicates that Gerard Ross was abducted from Kent St before reaching the service station 800m away.

Kristin Shorten

Part SixVideoPremiumThe Boy in the Blue Cap: The Plea

Gerard Ross is the other Daniel Morcombe – snatched off the street in broad daylight, murdered and dumped in a nearby pine forest – but his killer remains free.

Kristin Shorten

Part SevenVideoPremiumThe Boy in the Blue Cap: The Cold Case

The police investigation into the Gerard Ross case has become one of the largest in the state’s history, second only to the Macro investigation into the Claremont serial killings.

Kristin Shorten

Part EightVideoPremiumThe Boy in the Blue Cap: The Trauma

From as early as she can remember, Rebecca Ross knew that she had another sibling – a beautiful big brother who she never got to meet.

Kristin Shorten