Sep 15, 2026 · 19 min · 8 segments
Reported handprints and finger marks were seen inside the storm drain near where Noah Donohoe was found. But why weren’t they specifically photographed and measured? In Episode 2 of our investigation…
Donald McIntyreHost
Jason Payne-JamesHostWell, I think the main thing is that we're reliant on the evidence of one person's verbal evidence.
Whose handprints they are, well, they were attributed to Noah, but just because Noah's body is there and there are reported handprints or fingerprints, I think it's a big leap of faith to immediately assume that they are his handprints.
So Officer Chris Wiley, who was part of the team that recovered Noah's body, he states that he's the first person to identify them.
From memory, he says, having entered the storm drain and on my first approach to what was later confirmed to be Noah's remains, I noted on either side of the tunnel approximately half a dozen marks, approximately two thirds up each side.
It looked to me that someone had perhaps extended their hand out to steady themselves as they made their way through the tunnel, the tunnel itself being only about four feet or one metre or so in diameter.
The marks proceeded for about 15 to 20 feet, five or six metres, and then stopped about 15 feet or five metres short of Noah's remains.
that strike you well it strikes me that there's quite a lot of speculation there um The officer refers to possible fingerprints.
Unfortunately, there's no documentation that others can, in effect, peer review and look at and say, yes, well, I agree, those are fingerprints.
And if they are fingerprints or handprints, might they be Noah's? Might they be somebody else's?
When I first saw and heard these reports and looked at all the statements, I suddenly said, well, you know...
They're evidence that may relate to the deceased body, knows that's been found there.
Well, I think the main thing is that we're reliant on the evidence of one person's verbal evidence.
Whose handprints they are, well, they were attributed to Noah, but just because Noah's body is there and there are reported handprints or fingerprints, I think it's a big leap of faith to immediately assume that they are his handprints.
So Officer Chris Wiley, who was part of the team that recovered Noah's body, he states that he's the first person to identify them.
From memory, he says, having entered the storm drain and on my first approach to what was later confirmed to be Noah's remains, I noted on either side of the tunnel approximately half a dozen marks, approximately two thirds up each side.
It looked to me that someone had perhaps extended their hand out to steady themselves as they made their way through the tunnel, the tunnel itself being only about four feet or one metre or so in diameter.
The marks proceeded for about 15 to 20 feet, five or six metres, and then stopped about 15 feet or five metres short of Noah's remains.
that strike you well it strikes me that there's quite a lot of speculation there um The officer refers to possible fingerprints.
Unfortunately, there's no documentation that others can, in effect, peer review and look at and say, yes, well, I agree, those are fingerprints.
And if they are fingerprints or handprints, might they be Noah's? Might they be somebody else's?
When I first saw and heard these reports and looked at all the statements, I suddenly said, well, you know...
They're evidence that may relate to the deceased body, knows that's been found there.
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