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January 1982 - Lynette 'Lyn' Dawson, 33, disappears from her home at Bayview on Sydney's northern beaches, leaving behind two young daughters. The family's babysitter, a schoolgirl who can only be identified as JC, moves into the home within days.
February - Chris Dawson, a teacher and former Newtown Jets rugby league player, reports his wife missing some six weeks after he says she disappeared.
2001 - An inquest recommended a 'known person' be charged with Mrs Dawson's murder, but the Director of Public Prosecutions later says the evidence was not tested because no witnesses were called.
2003 - A second inquest calls witnesses and recommends a known person be charged with murder, referring the matter to the DPP. Again, no charges are laid.
2010 - NSW Police announce a $100,000 reward for any information leading to a conviction.
2014 - The reward is doubled to $200,000.
2015 - Strikeforce Scriven is established and the Dawsons' entire Bayview block is mapped.
April 2018 - Scriven detectives request the DPP review their brief of evidence.
May - The Australian newspaper releases The Teacher's Pet podcast about Mrs Dawson's disappearance. It is eventually downloaded 60 million times worldwide.
July - NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller admits police 'dropped the ball' in the 1980s investigation.
September - Police dig up the
