New DNA program may solve SA’s lost girls mystery
On the 47th anniversary of the abduction of girls Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon from Adelaide Oval, a new DNA-matching program may hold the answer for their long-suffering families.
Cold Cases
How police got accused killer to crack
More than 45 years after he killed his wife and buried her in their backyard, Geoffrey Adams finally confessed after cops cleverly trapped him.
Husband not guilty of 1973 cold case murder
Nearly 47 years after he killed his wife and buried her body in the backyard of their Maitland home, a jury has found Geoffrey Adams not guilty of her murder.
Brothel madam’s murder stays a mystery
An inquest into the death of Perth brothel madam Shirley Finn in 1975 has failed to solve the mystery.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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