

Who Killed
Dave Davan


November 18th, 2021, a woman sits next to a bed in New Zealand’s Whangarei Hospital.
In her hands she has a pen and paper, and with tears in her eyes diligently records the dying wishes of 67 year old Dave Davan. Who is suffering respiratory and kidney failure.
On the end of his hospital bed his patient hospital diary says that he’s a farmer and likes fishing, story telling, experimenting, incubating birds, baking for kids and animals.
And he likes to be called David, Dave or Grandpa.
Dave is dying, and he knows it, but before he does he’s doing something that no person should ever have to do.
Solve his own murder.
Because there’s one thing that Dave has been repeating for the last 48 hours.
They’ve got me, I’ve been poisoned.
One week earlier Dave found two bottles of Dave’s favourite wine had been left in his rural Herekino mailbox, a gift he thought? Common enough for this part of the world.
However this gift was deadly, one of these bottles had a broken seal and had been intentionally laced with a deadly poison - Paraquat.
As Dave prepared his dinner at home alone, he poured a glass and took a sip. And within moments he was on the floor.
Incredibly, Dave survived through the night. And thankfully long enough to say, check that wine, I’ve been poisoned.
On the 9th December 2021, tragically Dave lost this fight, but all those that held Dave dear to their hearts are vowing not to give up until justice is served and his killer or killers are behind bars.
And the wildest thing of all, before Dave died, he gave friends and Police the most important piece to the puzzle.
The name of the person he believed to be his killer.
Three years have passed and Dave Davan’s murderer walks free.
In Season Five of GUILT, Ryan is on the ground in the far North of New Zealand, leaving no stone unturned, working hard to unite a community to ensure that while Dave may have lost the battle.
He’ll win the war.
If you have any information related to the murder of Dave Davan, you can contact me anonymously via email at brevitystudiosnz@gmail.com
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