‘He was taken by an act of pure evil’
The family of murdered man Samuel Hunter Thompson have shared heartbreaking victim impact statements after his killer was sentenced to life behind bars.
Crime In Focus
How Janelle Patton’s killer tried to trick police
FBI-trained criminal profilers like Kris Illingsworth look for the ritualised behaviour of serial killers to work out the signature aspects of a crime. This is how she caught Janelle Patton’s killer.
Husband takes secret of missing wife to the grave
To most, Ruth Ridley was a bubbly, doting grandmother in a happy marriage. But for almost 40 years she was manipulated and abused by a man who refused to let her go. Now police are searching for her body.
Aussie questioned over Frenchman’s disappearance
French Police have arrested an Australian woman for questioning over the disappearance of her younger boyfriend three years ago following a hiking trip in Andorra.
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Underbelly boss in bid for freedom
A CAGED alleged crime boss suspected to have united Australia’s criminal underbelly has launched a fresh bail bid to prove his innocence.
‘Five reasons Milat is innocent’
A KEY supporter of Ivan Milat has challenged the top cop in the case to a TV test of the evidence as he vows to keep fighting for the backpacker killer’s freedom, despite a damning DNA result.
How Australia’s most famous fugitives were caught
THE fugitive life — with its isolation and constant fear of arrest — can be a tough existence, but Australia has a long list of high-profile runaways who made headlines for their elusiveness. Here are some of the most famous.
Who murdered the mild-mannered Moffats?
FOR over 40 years, the deaths of Alan and Edith Moffat have remained a mystery, but the Maryborough community still wants answers
Ex-private school music teacher’s freedom bid
AUSTRALIAN cops in three states and News Corp helped put this man behind bars a decade ago, but Gary Maxwell Featherstone was paroled. Now, he’s been arrested again.
How killer bugs cracked gruesome mystery
AFTER 10 months with no breakthrough, police investigating the horrific discovery of a burning headless torso on the side of a rural Queensland road finally got a break. Kate Kyriacou reveals the “unorthodox” methods used to solve George Gerbic’s murder.
Mongrel Mob’s Coast clubhouse
THE clubhouse of notorious New Zealand gang — the Mongrel Mob — has popped up in a quiet Gold Coast suburb and the violent street gang is on a membership drive recruiting young, disenfranchised youth.
In pictures: What really happened to Jeffrey Brooks?
FOR the past year, The Courier-Mail has tracked down witnesses, statements and documents relating to the death of young scientist Jeffrey Brooks. These are the pictures that tell the story.
Where are the hitmen of Melbourne’s gangland war today?
IT’S hard to put a figure on the number of scalps claimed by Melbourne’s underworld hitmen. Some are dead, others in jail — this is where they are today.
When Japanese death cult tested nerve gas in outback
A REMOTE Australian outback station provided the perfect cover for the Japanese Supreme Truth cult leader, executed this month, to plan the Tokyo subway attack that killed 12 people. But did the cult also detonate a nuclear bomb in the desert?
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