Justice delayed for murder victims
The reopening of a 55-year-old cold case raises questions over other Queensland murders, and whether they were investigated as thoroughly as they should have been, writes Matthew Condon.
Cold Cases
George Webel: ‘My wife’s murder will never be solved’
He was acquitted of murdering his wife Eva 34 years ago but George Webel has never before spoken publicly about it — until now. The 76-year-old pensioner spoke for the first time to The Sunday Telegraph’s Yoni Bashan about his wife’s unsolved murder and its impact on his life. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
How amateur sleuths caught a killer Nazi
Convicted killer Robert James Wagner loved Hitler. This is the story of two men who befriended the Queensland man in order to elicit his confession to the grisly murder of his uncle.
Did Angel of Death make police witness disappear?
Vincent Allen was last seen alive around Warwick in April 1964. In 1980, a coroner declared his disappearance a murder, despite extensive police investigations failing to find a body. Now the State Government has taken another step in the search for answers.
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New Year’s scream haunts me: I know it was Daniel
AN Adelaide nurse is haunted by what she is convinced were the desperate screams of Daniel Sheppard being abducted outside her home — and bewildered by the lack of interest shown by police officers investigating his 1995 disappearance.
Little girl slain and lost forever
EXCLUSIVE: Karen Stilwell’s sister was seven when she was abducted and killed by notorious child serial killer Derek Percy.
Could this finally solve the 23-year mystery of missing teen?
MISSING Adelaide teenager Daniel Sheppard yelled “I don’t want a lift” as he was abducted by three men early on New Year’s Day 1995, his family believes, in a startling twist in the cold case.
The $100k jewellery heist no one noticed
IT WAS the Geelong jewellery theft pulled off in broad daylight that the Ocean’s 11 crew would have admired for its audacity and execution — and the brazen perpetrators have never been found.
Mystery of the body on the cross
EARLY-MORNING fishermen made a gruesome discovery at the bottom of the Hawkesbury River. The mystery of who he was remains.
Serial killer linked to four teenager abductions
THE cold case of abducted teen Gordana Kotevski has baffled police for decades. Now, it can be revealed she may have fallen victim to a serial killer who has never been caught.
Missing persons: 30 faces Australia must find
MORE people are being reported missing across Australia every year — and some leave their loved ones with no clues to find them. HAVE YOU SEEN THESE PEOPLE?
A family that kills together …
FOR nearly a decade, a father and son team flew under the radar, trafficking drugs, thieving and dealing in stolen property. But they’ve been keeping a more sinister secret. They are suspected of five ruthless murders.
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