A woman murdered in a brutal home invasion, another attacked on a sunny beach and a mild mannered man who walked from his home and was never seen alive again. Police say the killers in these Victorian cold cases can still be brought to justice.
A businessman killed by a sniper’s bullet, a young man betrayed by those he thought were friends and women murdered in the most brutal fashion. They are cold case murders where police are tantalisingly close to bringing their killers to justice.
From a mum gunned down in her Niddrie driveway to a mechanic blown up in a suspected Mafia car bomb, these are the crimes that rocked Melbourne’s northwest. And in all cases the killer remains on the loose.
From Boronia schoolgirl Bung Siriboon to former owner of the Cuckoo Wilhelm “Willi” Koeppen, there has been no shortage of high-profile disappearances in the east over the years. We take a look at some of the most baffling cases.
A tourist who may have seen the person responsible for the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has close links to the royal family.
The notorious Raymond ‘Mr Stinky’ Edmunds has admitted to a string of horrific attacks on women across Melbourne, from Greensborough to Clayton.
A $1 million reward is on offer to catch the brutal killer of a St Kilda sex worker, whose badly beaten body was found inside a white van in 2013. And with their DNA on file, police say it’s only a matter of time.
Questions remain about the 1934 murder that became known as the “Pyjama Girl” case, even though her husband confessed, writes Grantlee Kieza.
The sister of missing Henley Beach woman Stella Farrugia lives in hope she is still alive — but Major Crime detectives believe she was murdered and have two persons of interest in the case.
Twenty years ago, Treasa Steinhardt dropped her nine-year-old daughter off at school. It was the last time she would ever see her. Her murder, at the hands of Queensland’s first convicted serial killer, shook the Rockhampton community. LISTEN TO THE NEW TRUE CRIME PODCAST >>
This crime rocked a small community, but it’s just the first horrifying discovery about the man who became Queensland’s first convicted serial killer.
Our State Coroner wants unsolved cases of murder and missing persons re-examined by fresh eyes. Patrick Billings selects 10 cases potentially ripe for review.
Major Crime detectives believe the body of missing Clare mother Annabel Strzelecki lies in bushland north of Port Augusta — where her husband buried her.
A former unit commander from Australia’s hardest supermax prison has been charged with three counts of murder in connection to the Spear Creek killings of three friends on an outback road trip.
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