Commodore key to solving petrol bomb killing of teen
A white Commodore could be the missing piece in the tragic puzzle of a 13-year-old’s firebombing death, which has left devastated mum Julie Szabo still waiting for justice 24 years later.
Cold Cases
Details of footballer’s cold case execution revealed
Police are one step closer to solving the 1984 murder of a casanova footy player, but are still on the hunt for another suspect.
Untangling fact from fiction in Mafia’s brutal past
Al Capone didn’t wake up one day with a machine gun and barrels full of prohibition whisky. So where does the story of the Mafia begin?
But what really happened to Mario?
The mystery of Mario Della Torre’s final resting place has been solved. But his case continues to baffle.
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Newcastle couple’s murder still unsolved 51 years on
Fifty-one years ago today young couple Ray Hill and Alex Rees were shot dead in a ‘lovers’ lane’ in South Newcastle Beach. Their murder remains NSW’s oldest cold case.
Major Crime to review ‘Baby Deaths’ cold cases
SA Police has confirmed Major Crime detectives will review their files into the infamous deaths of three babies in the 1990s.
Still desperate for clues to bikie dad’s death
Fifteen years after the disappearance of her dad, notorious bikie Steve Williams, Blayze Williams speaks about the pain of still not knowing and how she’s helping other families of missing persons.
Mum charged with son’s murder in 1960s
An elderly Brisbane mother of 11 has been charged over the death of her young son in the 1960s, who police say was never reported missing.
![09/1974. Damian McKenzie, 10, (Centre) school boy who is missing in the Mt Kitchener area since Wednesday. He was with a group of other boys on a hike to the Steavenson Falls, near Marysville.[Herald 6/9/1974]](https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/5c4db145ade0eda659a0c735c5a98d3a?width=650)
Case of vanishing boy in bush still haunts brother
Almost 300,000 reports flooded into Crime Stoppers during the four years Det-Sgt Stephen McKenzie was there. Sadly, none provided the information he desperately wanted to hear — what happened to his brother Damian who vanished without a trace in 1974.
Mystery over ‘sudden and violent’ murder
Mark Russell was found dead inside his Sydney home more than two years ago. A coroner has now ruled on the circumstances behind his death.
‘Someone knows what happened’
The family of murdered boy Gerard Ross believe “someone somewhere knows what happened” to him and hope a $1 million reward will help solve the 23-year-old Perth mystery.
Man killed with Virgin Mary statue
An ex-detective has been quizzed about a “shocking” revelation in his police diary about a widower bashed to death with a statue of the Virgin Mary.
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