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Vince (Vincent) O'Dempsey 25/2/1983
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Did pair end up in O’Dempsey’s graveyard?

Convicted killer Vincent O’Dempsey has been linked to a series of unsolved murders in the ’60s and ’70s, none more infamous than the disappearances of a criminal associate and a young prostitute.EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXTRACT

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Headshot of murder victim  Betty Thomson Shanks whose body was found at Thomas St. Grange  1952.

The day a city lost its innocence

BRISBANE can pinpoint the day it lost its innocence. When the dark shadow of evil darkened the door of every household. When one innocent woman’s name came to signify terror.

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Tapp murder victims Margaret Seana

Why have these murders been forgotten?

IT should be one of Melbourne’s most infamous unsolved cases: a mum murdered and her little girl raped and strangled in her bed. So why have we forgotten the Tapp murders? Andrew Rule investigates.

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Son still searching for answers in callous killing

BRODIE Bailey was just six years old when his mother Tamara Smith was slain in regional Queensland in 2002. With her ex-boyfriend acquitted of the killing on appeal, Brodie now wants a coronial inquiry to finally know the truth, writes Chris Clarke.

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