Conviction that changed the rules on cold cases
A 55-year murder mystery is once again in the spotlight — and it’s another triple murder conviction that breathed new life into the investigation, writes Matthew Condon.
Cold Cases
The conversation that could solve cold case murder
A witness claims a triple murderer dubbed the Angel of Death once declared a missing man “wouldn’t be talking to anybody any more” after he vanished – and police say one conversation in a footy dressing room could be key to putting the killer away.
Alleged killer was living quiet life in Bundaberg
Rex Keen’s alleged killer loved opera, rubbed shoulders with high profile politicians and donated to the local hospital.
Man charged over 1976 Brisbane CBD murder
Detectives may have cracked a 43-year-old cold case with a man arrested and charged over the 1976 Lennon’s Plaza murder of Rex Kable Keen.
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Gangster link to Maryborough murders
MORE than 40 years on, police are still investigating the slayings of Bill and Edith Moffat. Could there have been a southern crime connection?
70 years later still nobody knows who he is
THE man sat against a wall on a city beach. He was clean-shaven and wearing a shirt and tie. And he was dead. When police searched the body for identification, the mystery only deepened.
Who murdered the mild-mannered Moffats?
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Why Kaye King’s death remains an unsolved mystery
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Mystery: Left to die alone on roadside
IT’S one of the most enduring unsolved crime mysteries in Townsville. How was this woman left to die on a roadside and who caused her death?
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