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investigating serious crime. In 2012, he headed up the Cold Case
Homicide Division. The same year, he was involved in solving the 1983 cold case murder of 16-year old Shepparton resident, Michelle Buckingham. He left Homicide Division in 2014 and became the Secretary of the Police Union, where he was instrumental in raising awareness of mental health issues for serving police officers.
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Homicide Division where he was involved in
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Ron Iddles was born in 1954 in central
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in 2017–2021). During the 1980s, he was seconded to the National Crime Authority.
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series based on the book, which won a Silver Logie for the TV show (
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