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Documentary on teen's cold case disappearance while hitch-hiking from Hamilton sparks new leads

July 30, 2018

Police say there were two hours of constant calls following the episode of TVNZ1’s Cold Case.

A TVNZ1 documentary on the 1975 disappearance of Mona Blades has sparked new leads.

Mona Blades vanished while hitch-hiking from Hamilton to Hastings on Queen's Birthday weekend 43-years-ago.

Police say there were at least two hours of constant calls from the public following the episode of Cold Case as well as a large number of messages.

Last night's programme revealed that Ms Blades had gang connections and that a number of gang members could've been travelling south that same weekend too.

Watch the episode at TVNZ OnDemand.

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