Author(s): Emma Partridge

True Crime

The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story that involves a mysterious death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Walcha. In 2017 locals were rocked by the mysterious death of a wealthy and much-loved sheep farmer, Mathew Dunbar, who signed over his multimillion-dollar property to his new partner, Natasha Darcy, just months after meeting her. Natasha adopted a false name to source animal sedatives and blended them with a cocktail of other drugs in a Nutribullet before gassing him with a party balloon helium canister. Police later uncovered hundreds of Google searches made in the lead-up to Mathew's death, including: 11 toxic wild plants that look like food; how to commit murder; and can police see past web history;