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.
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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.
American jailed over Aussie ‘killing machine’ plan
A US gun manufacturer who faced 20 years jail for a sophisticated firearm export plan hatched with a Victorian man will spend just two years behind bars.
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Russian mafia after conman who duped $15m from families
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Dead Wrong: The explosive fifth episode
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Melbourne brothers who turned their family to IS
EZZIT and Ahmed Raad grew up in a stable, happy house in Brunswick where they wanted for nothing and had drifted away from the Islamic religion. Which is why the leap from docile Melbourne schoolboys to homegrown terrorists was so frightening.
Gangster link to Maryborough murders
MORE than 40 years on, police are still investigating the slayings of Bill and Edith Moffat. Could there have been a southern crime connection?
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’
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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.
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