On New Year’s Eve 1997, Ben Smart and Olivia Hope boarded a yacht in New Zealand’s Marlborough Sounds after missing their ride back to shore. By morning, they had vanished—launching one of the country’s most debated murder cases.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Ben_Smart_and_Olivia_Hope
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ben-smart-and-olivia-hope-timeline-of-events/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/ben-smart-and-olivia-hope-case
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/ben-smart-and-olivia-hope-case
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/scott-watson-parole-hearing-decision/
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gerald-mcneilly-testimony-scott-watson-trial/
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/scott-watson-denies-confession-to-inmate/

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374. MURDER: The Deaths of Ben and Olivia