4338.214 · August 2, 2018 AD
Three Witnesses and an Empty Shed
On August 2nd, 2018, Detective Karl Jenkins entered a shed at Jeffries Manor to confront Luke Smith. Minutes later, both men had vanished—no bodies, no witnesses, just an empty shed and conflicting accounts. Through emergency call transcripts, witness statements from Louise and Thelma Jeffries, and Detective Sergeant Claiborne's scene notes documenting Sarah Lahey's traumatised account, piece together the official version of what Tasmania Police believe happened that afternoon. This is the investigation that turned a disturbance call into one of the state's most baffling disappearances.
On August 2nd, 2018, Detective Karl Jenkins and his partner Sarah Lahey responded to an emergency call at Jeffries Manor in Granton, Tasmania. Louise Jeffries reported that Luke Smith—a suspect in multiple missing persons cases including her own son—was trapped in a shed on the property.
Karl entered the shed to confront Luke. He never came out.
What remains is the official record: the frantic 000 call, formal witness statements, and scene documentation. Louise Jeffries describes how she cornered Luke after he took her son's fiancée Brianne, then watched them both vanish. Thelma Jeffries, confined to her upstairs room, recalls the commotion and a strange encounter with a detective who looked like someone from her past. Detective Sergeant Charlie Claiborne documents finding Sarah Lahey collapsed in shock, barely able to explain how she'd heard a motorbike engine and found both men gone from an empty shed.
These documents capture what Tasmania Police believe happened that afternoon. The timeline. The evidence. The search. The investigation that followed when both Karl Jenkins and Luke Smith vanished without explanation from a secure property.
This is the official version of events at Jeffries Manor—told through emergency transcripts, witness statements, and scene notes. What it reveals, and what it conceals, depends on how carefully you read between the lines.
