Cold case murder brought back from the dead
A 43-year fight for clues to solve a brutal Brisbane murder has had a major breakthrough thanks to modern technology, leading to the arrest of a 69-year-old Queensland man who can now be identified.
Cold Cases
‘This was a terrible crime’
A Bannockburn grandfather found guilty of the 1986 rape of a woman on a Lorne beach has been sentenced at County Court.
Wealthy uncle’s ‘skin and guts’ thrown in river, court told
A Queensland man accused of killing his wealthy uncle with a hammer 20 years ago “enjoyed” recounting the grisly details of the alleged murder, a court has heard.
Family’s tears for suspected murder victim
The family of a missing man remains hopeful as the search continues for the “loving dad” two months after his disappearance. But police do not share their optimism for the suspected murder victim.
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In pictures: What really happened to Jeffrey Brooks?
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.
Grieving dad tells of top cop’s spray
A CONTROVERSIAL police officer who would go on to become one of the state’s top cops threatened the father of a shooting victim who was critical of the investigation, an inquest was told.
Australia’s most brazen art robbery
PABLO Picasso’s Weeping Woman was the most expensive painting ever bought by an Australian art gallery. Then it was stolen, sparking a frenzied search. The thieves were never caught.
Private eye uncovers shock new evidence
A TOP cop turned private investigator uncovered a trail of unauthorised cash sales and deceit at the Queensland crayfish farm where a young scientist died in mysterious circumstances. LATEST PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW
Co-worker fears he was set-up over bloody death
THE farmhand at the centre of the Jeffrey Brooks investigation has revealed he now believes the young scientist could have been murdered and thinks it’s possible he was “set up” as the likely suspect by whoever shot the 24-year-old.
True crime podcast: The valley of guns and threats
SOMEWHERE in the hinterland hides the answers to a dark secret. Now new evidence reveals that the manager of a farm where a worker died of a gunshot wound had earlier threatened to shoot a neighbour. EPISODE 3 AVAILABLE NOW
Frankston arrest linked to Cheryl Grimmer cold case
LITTLE Cheryl Grimmer vanished from a NSW beach in 1970 at just three-years-old. For five decades her loss has haunted her surviving family and taunted cold case detectives — until the arrest of a man in Frankston in February last year.
Suspect in hit on mafia lawyer says ‘I didn’t do it’
A KEY suspect in the murder of mafia lawyer Joe “Pino’’ Acquaro says there is “no way’’ he pulled the trigger on the marked man, as detectives say an arrest is near.
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