{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/688c30446bbbf6afc795b741/691d51b8d712ac48f4987f27?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"beaumont abduction: Who is Les Davis?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/688c30446bbbf6afc795b741/1763528639300-ac52901b-9c0f-4e4c-87a2-d9a1316c046a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this milestone episode, <em>Sleepers</em> uncovers the most confronting revelations yet about <em>Les Davis</em>, a man whose name has sat on the edge of South Australia’s darkest stories for sixty years.</p><p>Through the voice of <em>Kane Davis,</em> Les’s own grand-nephew, we hear the first-ever family account of a figure long hidden from the public record. His movements, his crimes, his aliases, and his presence at Glenelg during the Beaumont Investigations all begin to form a pattern that can no longer be dismissed.</p><p>Then Bryan and Brad break down the details that have never seen daylight:</p><ul><li>Confirmed multiple identities</li><li>Direct overlap with known offenders</li><li>New locations, timelines and witness confirmations</li><li>A behaviour profile that matches historical suspects</li><li>Evidence and photographs that disappeared from public view</li></ul><p>Episode 10 also brings a significant breakthrough:</p><p><em>The first known arrest photographs of Les Davis were</em> taken in 1952 at just nineteen years old. These images, presented alongside the Beaumont identikit, reveal a likeness too strong to ignore.</p><p>They are available on our <a href=\"https://open.substack.com/pub/sleepersfightlikejo/p/the-face-that-never-left?r=6vtq5w&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Substack page.</a></p><p>What emerges in this episode is not a coincidence.</p><p>It is a network.</p><p>And it is one South Australia has avoided confronting for decades.</p><p>And this story is far from over.</p><p>In Episode 11, we speak to <em>Hannah</em>, who lived under Les Davis’s control.</p><p>What she reveals will change everything.</p><p><br></p><p>#SleepersPodcast #TrueCrimeAustralia #BeaumontChildren #AdelaideOvalAbductions #LesDavis #SouthAustraliaCrime #ColdCaseInvestigation #ChildProtection #AustralianTrueCrime</p>","author_name":"Bryan Littlely & Max Marten"}