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Who is hiding this brutal assassin?

An extraordinary new photo has emerged of a killer who is still out on the streets after he assassinated a diplomat in Australia. Police have moved to question sources in Sydney and Melbourne.

Police and emergency services on the Eastern freeway investigate a white van which is possibly involved in a shooting. Saturday, November 9, 2019. Picture: David Crosling Eastlink shooting victim Paul Virgona
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The questions remaining over EastLink shooting

The execution-style killing of Croydon man Paul Virgona on the EastLink freeway shook Victoria. More than a month has passed since the shock shooting, but these are the questions that still need answering, Charlie Bezzina says.

Melbourne's most mystifying cold cases of the decade.
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Most mystifying cold cases of the decade

Gangster Carl Williams was bludgeoned to death by Matthew Johnson in a brutal jailhouse killing — but was it organised by someone else? This case is among Victoria’s most mystifying unsolved crimes of the decade.

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Mother’s hope for killer to be found

Lesley’s naked body was found lying in a pool of blood on her bed. She had been bludgeoned several times in the head. Now, for the first time, her grieving mother feels she’s close to getting answers over this Queensland cold case.

Mystery of Stacey’s strip club death lingers

Mystery of Stacey’s strip club death lingers

Stacey Tierney lay dead in a room at Melbourne’s Dreams strip club for more than a day before help was called. The place had a “clean up” before police arrived. But now the case has been closed, despite so many unanswered questions about her death.

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Lesley Patricia Larkin – who was 31-years-old at the time – was found at 12:30am on Thursday, November 9 1984 in her Kareela Court unit at Noosa Heads.

New lead sparks cold case murder appeal

Police are relaunching their appeal for information on the 34-year anniversary of a Noosa woman’s murder after being provided with fresh information about the cold case, and there’s a six-figure reward on offer.

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Mystery of Baby Doe deepens

A child’s remains were found on a hiking trail 14 years ago. But it hasn’t stopped detectives from searching for clues to break this cold case.

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21/07/2008 NEWS: Seana Tapp - found murdered, after being sexually assulted in her home in Fern Tree Gully, in August, 1984.

Twist in the Tapp strangling cold case

A NEW development in the investigation of the unsolved 1984 murders of nurse Margaret Tapp and her nine-year-old daughter Seana has ended the chances of a key suspect ever facing charges over the crimes.

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**This picture has a scanned reverse - see associated content at the bottom of the details window**Norma Joan Ginn aka Norma Ginn, murder victim. 11 year old girl whose body was found in Camperdown cemetery 11/06/1946. The case has never been solved.

How hoaxers hindered search for child killer

A YOUNG girl running an errand for her mum is strangled with her own clothing and brutally abused in a cemetery. With a monster at large, terror strikes a city, but that doesn’t stop hoaxers playing their own sick games.

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’One of your own killed him’

AT the inquest into Nathan Garriock’s death, a young man yells out to his mother Joan that it was one of Nathan’s friends who killed her son. This, and an open finding from the coroner, compound the rumours and speculation that someone is hiding a dark secret. LISTEN TO PART THREE OF THE PODCAST.

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