Shadows of the Badge: The Murder of Jamie Gao

In May 2014, Jamie Gao, a 20-year-old university student and triad member, was murdered in a Padstow storage unit after being lured there for a high-stakes drug transaction. Former police detectives Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara orchestrated the killing to seize nearly three kilograms of methamphetamine valued at approximately $700,000. The pair attempted to conceal the crime by dumping Gao’s body at sea in a surfboard bag, but they were captured on surveillance footage and eventually sentenced to life in prison.