Mike Lane

It's also directly south from Parakawai.

Now, if you'll recall, when I spoke to David Turner, the one time he would actually engage with me about this case, he told me that David Tamahere went north with her, with the female, he said.

Consider, if you were involved in a murder, would you point someone in the right direction or would you do the exact opposite?

Now, more importantly, Matota Bay.

The large block of seaside land connected to the Tamahiti family, and apparently the Turner family, is literally right next to Whitetoa.

If you want to take out a ruler and measure, it'll read about 800 meters from Whitetoa to Matota Bay.

So the Whitetoa dunes, meaning sand dunes, could be just a slight misdirection.

When I asked Frankie whether he was being honest with her, I mean, why would he tell her?

She told me that despite their frankly fucked up relationship, they were oftentimes brutally honest with each other.

She believes 100% he was telling her the truth.

Remember, Frankie has lived a tough life herself.

And while she is a good soul, she's come from a world where you don't narc.

He knows she's not about to run to the police with this information.

So with that in mind, to now be told that Sam, out at Matilda Bay, allegedly witnessed David Turner dragging that blonde down the beach, and that Sam has been telling others for years, like Jane, that Heidi is buried in the sand dunes in that location, and to then discover from him myself in person that there is indeed a skeleton buried in those dunes.

Jane also told me that those that live and frequent the area are told that the particular area is considered tapu or sacred, and no one is supposed to go to that end of the beach.

But she said that even her friend at the time, who had literally grown up there, had no idea why.

Some time ago, and I'm annoyed to say I don't have this recorded, I received a call from a man who had told me an interesting story.

Now, this was before I knew any of this, any of this about the dunes or Matoda Bay.

He told me he had met a man who had apparently been in prison with David Tamahiri.

And when this man had asked about Heidi and the man's thoughts on where she might be, he replied, Oh, she'll never be found.