A young boy found the woman’s head. The torso was nearby, but police found little else to solve the case. The killer could easily have eluded them, but for a bizarre and blatant act involving the rest of the body. WARNING: Graphic content
It was a brutal murder in an outback town, paid for by the victim’s partner and organised by her son. But it was the jail sentence for a man who wasn’t even at the crime scene that kept the NT’s first contract killing in the news.
A mummified headless corpse found near Stawell led police to Robert Francis Burns. But a shocking confession as the hangman’s noose was placed around his neck begs the question: Was he our first serial killer?
Three desperate children run to a neighbour with horrific news: “Mammy and Daddy are dead.” It’s 1904 and an all-too-common case of murder-suicide, but there’s a wider family story, raising stark questions about criminality and the notion of nature versus nurture. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
MUSLIM terrorist Abdul Benbrika planned to bomb Australian targets such as the MCG, Crown Casino and the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor. New book Mugshots3 reveals how police stopped him.
THEY were the tasks no parents should ever have to perform: Confront the man suspected of killing their son as they mounted a desperate search for his body. This is the reality Mark and Faye Leveson faced after their son Matt disappeared.
‘AHHH!’ screamed Senior Constable Moran, the third shot tearing into his testicle. ‘Jesus save me! My balls — he hit me in the bloody balls!’ It was 1862 and buckshot was flying in Australia’s biggest-ever gold heist.
THEY were two rookie cops making their first big bust and determined that the police ‘Glory Boys’ wouldn’t edge them out — but in 1980s’ policing there was so much more to worry about.
MOST killers are men, but these two women showed that it’s possible for women to commit acts of true evil, writes Tim Watson-Munro in an extract from his new book.
TIM Watson-Munro has spent much of his career with murderers, sexual predators, hit men and those who kill in fits of rage, and the criminal psychologist admits he knows more than is good for him when it comes to the dark side of human nature.
FROM sadistic initiation rites to the gang rape of women psychologist Tim Watson-Munro has heard it all from jailed bikies.
FOR the past year, The Courier-Mail has tracked down witnesses, statements and documents relating to the death of young scientist Jeffrey Brooks. These are the pictures that tell the story.
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