It was the murder that stunned Melbourne, and has had police stumped for 21 years. The investigation into the death of John Furlan in a large-scale car-bomb explosion still remains unsolved, despite the severity of the explosion.
Ivan Milat took to his grave the true number of people he killed with two top former detectives — retired chief superintendent Wayne Gordon and retired Assistant Commissioner Clive Small — estimating the toll to be at least 13, and likely far higher.
A knife-wielding rapist who attacked an Adelaide Hills woman as she slept has finally been found and convicted of the crime more than a decade after he fled into the night.
The case for exhuming the mysterious Somerton Man — a case that has baffled the state for decades — is at a critical point, where leaving it too much longer risks losing crucial DNA.
MAJOR crime detectives and forensic officers have started excavating a property on Yorke Peninsula, searching for the remains of missing mother Colleen Adams, who vanished 45 years ago.
A PERSON of interest in the Marilyn Wallman investigation has responded to questions after being asked what he knew about the harrowing cold case.
THE shocking disappearance and death of Australian backpacker Britt Lapthorne stunned the world. A decade later, the mystery of her last steps remains infamous in a seaside tourist town.
EVERY suspect, including an innocent Home and Away actress, has been ruled out in the mystery death of lingerie widow Jeanette Moss. So who killed the glamorous Middle Park grandmother?
POLICE have revealed for the first time a “local man” is in the frame for one of Queensland’s most enduring cold case mysteries – the 1972 murder of schoolgirl Marilyn Wallman.
SHE was a belle of Melbourne society, held some of the best parties, travelled the world and was even invited to Buckingham Palace. But its still a mystery how stinking rich ‘Swamp Lady’ socialite Margaret Clement died.
WHEN eight-year-old Rex Wallman found his big sister’s bike, he thought she’d fallen, hit her head and wandered, dazed, into the cane fields. The reality was far more sinister.
WHEN Rhianna Barreau left her South Australia home to buy a card for an overseas penpal 26 years ago, it would be the last time her mother ever saw her.
COLD case detectives are closing in on the killer of Italian extortion victim and concrete company boss Salvatore “Sam” Rotiroti and hope a $1 million reward will lead to the charging of the prime suspect in the 1988 murder.
DETECTIVES are ramping up their investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a man last seen by his landlord 21 years ago.
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