Answers for Allison - Episode six: Parents' worst nightmare
Allison Sealey's father John spent years searching for clues in the hope of finding out who murdered his daughter in her Warrnambool home in 2003. The Portland man, who died just days before the 19th anniversary of her death, wrote about the tragedy in a self-published memoir obtained by The Standard.
Voiced by Monique Patterson and Jessica Howard
Produced by Sophia Baker
Voiced by Monique Patterson and Jessica Howard
Produced by Sophia Baker
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00:00John Seeley was woken by a 3am phone call that is every parent's worst nightmare.
00:09His daughter had been found murdered in her bed.
00:13The Standard has been looking into the cold case death of Alison Seeley who was murdered
00:17in her Wandsed Street unit in 2003.
00:21Police believe the 35 year old woman was bludgeoned to death in the middle of the night.
00:27Her killer, to this day, has never been found.
00:34Alison's father, John, was woken by a phone call about 3am on August 1, 2003.
00:41It was his son, Graham, who was working the police night shift, saying he needed to tell
00:45him something.
00:47In a self-published memoir, Mr Seeley said his son came out and gave him the news that
00:52Alison was dead.
00:54She had been found in her Warnable unit.
00:58She had been murdered.
00:59Alison's father spent years searching for clues until he died just days before the 19th
01:04anniversary of her death on July 25, 2022.
01:09Mr Seeley was aged 86.
01:12His granddaughter, Triona Glare, who spoke about her mother's murder publicly for the
01:16first time in August, said she wished her poppy could have received the closure he needed
01:21before his death.
01:23I wish my poppy, Alison's dad, could have received the closure he needed for his daughter
01:28before he sadly passed away, but I know that there are other family, and myself, that always
01:33hope we will receive some form of closure.
01:36Since the launch of Answers for Alison in July, The Standard has heard from a number
01:40of members of the public with information they believe is relevant to the case.
01:45In his memoir, John said his daughter's death was the most purposeless tragedy inflicted
01:50on his family.
01:52It enormously affected all of us and continued to do so, but the police never give up on
01:57such murders, and this case is not closed.
02:01We hope to hear from anyone who knew Alison or remembered something from that time.
02:05You never know, your tip could save a two-decade-old cold case.
02:13Thank you for listening.
02:14That was Answers for Alison.
02:16Make sure you're subscribed to The Warnable Standard to keep up to date with the investigation.
02:21The Standard is available online or through our newsletters and app.
02:25If you have information about the case, please email answersforalison at gmail.com.
02:32That's Alison with two L's.
02:34A-L-L-I-S-O-N.
02:39Thank you again for listening, and we'll see you in the next episode.