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EXCLUSIVE NEWS360 PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENTNO NEWS.COM, NO SKY, NO WEST AUSTRALIAN, NO AUSTRALIAN**ONLINE EMBARGO UNTIL FRIDAY 2ND, AUGUST 2019** Desmond Carr was working on a steam roller on what would become Australia's longest highway in WA on August 2, 1979 but mysteriously disappeared, the engine on his machine still running. There were theories of UFOs but new clues are starting to emerge. Picture: Supplied

UFO sightings on outback highway as man disappears

A road worker is seemingly plucked off his steam roller in an isolated spot known for strange lights in the sky. The engine is still running. There are no tracks in the red dust. Forty years to the day, can this mystery finally be solved?

Who killed Melbourne granny stuffed in barrel?

Who killed Melbourne granny stuffed in barrel?

It’s Melbourne’s body in the barrel case — 70-year-old grandmother Lucia Amenta found curled in a foetal position in a barrel dumped in a Coburg lake. Ten years on, the case remains tantalisingly close to being solved.

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