GUILT

Season 7 | Searching For Sara | TRAILER

August 31, 2026·3 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In March 2003, Sara Niethe drove out to a property at Kaihere, on the Hauraki Plains, and was never seen again. She was 32 years old, a mother of three. Neither she nor her car has ever been found.Twenty three years later, the man at the centre of it has told four different versions of that day, has served his sentence, and has never said where she is.In season seven of Guilt, Ryan Wolf takes up the search for Sara Niethe. New episodes coming very soon.WE NEED YOUR HELPThis season is an active search, and the people who can end it are almost certainly reading this.We want to hear from you if:You knew Sara Niethe, or knew Mark Pakenham, or knew anyone around him in 2003You lived, worked, farmed or hunted around Kaihere, Ngatea, Patetonga or the wider Hauraki and Thames districts in 2003You saw a light green 1987 Honda Civic hatchback, registration NH4050, in 2003 or at any time sinceYou know of ground that was dug, filled, drained or built over around that time, or of a digger being used somewhere it had no reason to beSomebody once told you something about this, and you have carried it sinceHow to reach usWebsite: www.theguiltpodcast.comEmail: brevitystudiosnz@gmail.comYou do not have to give us your name.THE CASE, IN BRIEFSara Niethe was last seen on Sunday 30 March 2003, having driven to a property at Kaihere in the Hauraki district. Her light green 1987 Honda Civic hatchback, registration NH4050, disappeared with her and has never been located.In 2011, Mark Pakenham was charged with her murder. In February 2013 he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter, on the basis that he administered methamphetamine to Sara and that she died. He was sentenced in August 2013 to six years and seven months, and released on parole in 2016. He has never disclosed the location of her body or her car.Please note: Mark Pakenham was convicted of manslaughter, not murder.CREDITSWritten and presented by Ryan Wolf and the Brevity Studios Team.A Brevity Studios production.Guilt, season seven: Searching for Sara.Contains references to drug use and the death of a woman. Please take care while listening.Guilt is a 100% Independent Podcast. Support the Podcast by becoming a Brevity+ subscriber. For a small monthly or annual fee you can both support the show and get a ton of amazing features, including Early Episode Release, Bonus Episodes, Ad Free Listening and exclusive access to the Guilt Podcast 'War Room' on www.theguiltpodcast.com where you'll find timelines, maps, case files, exclusive episode video content and more!Subscribe today on Apple or Spotify (Supporting Cast). For details on how to subscribe please visit our website www.theguiltpodcast.com/how-to-subscribeIf you have information about any of our cases or you would like to suggest a case or a story, please visit our website www.theguiltpodcast.com and use our contact form to contact us.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/guilt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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