The mystery man was supposed to take Gaye Baker to an ‘end-of-stocktake’ pool party. But all the details he gave – including the existence of the party itself – were later discovered to be false. Can you help crack this horrifying cold case?
Officers say they are getting closer to solving the murder of wealthy 89-year-old Hugo Benscher, found bound, gagged and bashed in his Gold Coast canalfront home in 1992.
For 70 years, the report by the pathologist who examined the body of the Somerton Man – an unidentified man found dead on an Adelaide beach – lay hidden in a library. Now it’s been found.
Nikola Novakovich, who was acquitted of an Outback schoolgirl murder despite a judge finding he had “some involvement in the death”, has been freed from jail under supervision.
A DNA bungle has put a paedophile priest and other suspects back in the frame over the 1980 murder of Thornbury bookshop owner Maria James. Take a look at the evidence and possible killers in a case that’s haunted our top detective for decades.
Fresh information has convinced police that Queensland man Jay Brogden was murdered more than a decade ago, with detectives “very confident” of now solving the case.
Detectives are zeroing in on a suspect in the slaying of gangland figure Willie Thompson — a lifelong friend of Tony Mokbel who was connected with a who’s who of Melbourne’s crime fraternity — at Chadstone 15 years ago, releasing a police image of the man.
Police have relaunched an investigation into the death of schoolgirl Rachel Antonio, which may determine whether her secret boyfriend Robert Hytch could be charged.
Fifty years after Lucille Butterworth disappeared from a Claremont bus stop, her brother has dived into the River Derwent and is “confident of finding something.”
A young woman was found dead lying on a makeshift bench press with a barbel over her neck in the garage of her Preston home in 2010. Police have now revealed a possible reason behind her murder.
Decorated former soldier Jeffrey Tun Tin and wife Julie pleaded with their son James to stop growing cannabis in his garden shed. They feared not only for his health, but also that the illegal practice would place him in danger. Tragically, they were right.
Two Australian women — both much-loved mothers — gunned down at their own homes, just weeks apart. If that wasn’t shocking enough, neither was the intended victim.
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