It’s every parent’s nightmare. They wave their grown-up children off on an overseas adventure of a lifetime and never see them again. Lost Abroad – The Parents’ Story is the story of two families whose children died abroad and the families’ quest to uncover the truth behind their deaths.

Erica Duggan heard her terrified son crying down the phone and hours later learnt that he had been hit by cars while running down a motorway in Germany. Bill Hawker received a call in the early hours of the morning to say his daughter Lindsay had been found murdered – buried in a bath of sand on a balcony in Tokyo.

For the Hawkers, in 2009, came an unexpected conclusion. When the search seemed hopeless, the prime suspect in their daughter’s murder was arrested and charged. In an emotional and uplifting conclusion to the film, the family celebrate the news they have fought so hard for.

CHANNEL 4 (2010)

Director: Louise Osmond
Associate Producer: Uli Hesse
Executive Producer: Angus Macqueen