Twisted tale of elusive family annihilator
Elmer Crawford eerily asked his father-in-law if he believed in the afterlife a week before he annihilated his family – and got away with it.
Cold Cases
Slain in hail of bullets: Inside the downfall of bikie boss Shane Bowden
Shane Bowden was a powerful bikie until he was executed in a hail of 21 bullets – allegedly at the hands of his gang mates. Now an exclusive new doco lifts the lid on the crime. WATCH
Face of a murder suspect: Hi-tech breakthrough in 40-year cold case
Groundbreaking new technology never before used in Australia could be the key to solving the murder mystery of a Brisbane father and bringing closure to his family.
15 Qld cold cases: Chilling list of unsolved crimes
Murders, kidnappings, arsons, and assaults. We take a look at the cold cases haunting investigators — and the rewards on offer to help solve the crimes — some even decades on.
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Secrets in mafia hit buried with cunning gun dealer
Like a doctor or priest, George Joseph knew a lot of secrets. And to the end, he feared that one of them might get him killed.
‘30 theories’: FBI reveals why man ‘betrayed’ Anne Frank
The prime suspect in Anne Frank’s betrayal may have been driven by one tragic reason, a new book reveals. READ EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT
The story behind Patricia Galea’s grotesquely brutal murder
Like the police file on her LA murder, Patricia Galea’s memory was wiped clean from her husband’s funeral in Queensland last week, but the former escort was done away with long before that.
Were druggie thugs trying to hide their murders?
Hundreds of fatal drug overdoses in Adelaide are being reviewed by detectives to check if they were actually murders by drug dealers over unpaid debts.
Do you know this man?: 142 unidentified Vic bodies a mystery
Victoria has 142 unidentified human remains. One of them is an infant. They are just some of the bodies and bones piling up at police, mortuary and forensic facilities.
Do you know this man?: Tatts, shoes hold Qld DNA clue
Qld police have released images of tattoos and other evidence to identify a man whose body was found in Nambour. It’s one of many remains piling up at police, mortuary and forensic facilities.
Do you know him?: Man’s chilling new note holds DNA clue
A chilling note from a man found at Echo Point may be the clue police need to identify his body, which is one of hundreds of remains piling up at police, mortuary and forensic facilities.
Jury discharged in cold case murder trial
The jury in the Suzanne Poll cold-case murder trial has been discharged on the second day of hearings following a legal error.
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