Body recovered from Gippsland waterway
THE body of a man who went missing on yesterday night has been recovered from water in East Gippsland.
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Reason mum didn’t recognise her own son
AS THE hunt for Jonathan Dick goes on across three states, his family are grappling with the fact he is wanted over the murder of his brother.
Brother ‘out of touch with reality’
A TROUBLED man being hunted across three states had become increasingly erratic before the brutal Westfield murder.
Family had ‘no idea’ murder suspect was their son
AS SHE wept through a press conference about her son’s murder, this distraught mum failed to realise the suspect on the big screen was her other son.
CCTV clue in brutal ‘sword’ murder
THE horrific murder of a man at a Westfield shopping centre car park was captured on CCTV, police have confirmed.
‘It’s a calculated, vicious attack’
POLICE do not know why David Dick was viciously slashed without warning as he got out of a car park lift at a major Melbourne shopping centre.
Bullets fly in Elsternwick alley
THE moment a bandit unleashed a spray of bullets in an alleyway in Melbourne’s southeast has been captured on CCTV, before he fled with another man.
‘The people at the party s*** themselves’
GUESTS at a wild party in an Airbnb rental were jumping fences and hiding in backyards to get away from a weapon-yielding gang that gatecrashed.
Police hunt killer after ‘horrific’ mall death
POLICE are hunting a killer after a man with “horrific” head injuries was found dead at a shopping centre carpark in Doncaster.
Body found at major shopping mall
BREAKING: A group doing personal training in a carpark in Melbourne has made a grisly discovery this morning.
Killer boyfriend’s chilling last act
A YOUNG mother left her abusive partner and was trying to move on with her life when he stabbed her to death. He then left her something bizarre.
‘You were a brave heart’
THE sixth victim of the Bourke St car rampage was a finance consultant at Deloitte whose death has shattered her family and friends.
‘Screaming’ after bodies found
NEIGHBOURS heard loud screaming coming from a north Melbourne home on Sunday. Police found a grim scene inside.
Brother: ‘No one could have predicted it’
THE brother of the man who allegedly killed five in the Melbourne rampage says “no one could have predicted” what would happen.
Inside our worst detention centre
GANGS from a youth detention centre have been accused of turning Melbourne into “Melbronx” and the city has been compared to Johannesburg.
‘Police officers are too scared to act’
A FORMER senior police officer says a culture of fear within the force is paralysing Australian cops, leading to “horrible and tragic” results.
Cops nab last of teen jail fugitives
LATEST: POLICE have arrested the last two teen fugitives on the run in Melbourne, 24 hours after a mass breakout which sparked a violent crime wave.
Strip club death hinges on post-mortem
STACEY Tierney’s body is finally home in Britain, but back in Australia, police are awaiting the post-mortem results her case hinges on.
Mum just learned ‘angel’ was dead
THALIA Hakin, the 10-year-old victim of the Melbourne car rampage, has been farewelled at an emotional funeral.
Leaked police email warned officers
UPDATED: A leaked police email reveals that senior police officers told staff not to rush to intercept stolen or suspect cars just months before the Bourke St massacre.
$1 million twist in mysterious cold case
THE mystery around these missing teenage lovers sounds like a movie. Some say she was pregnant and the pair ran away. Others say they were killed.
Dad ‘called me an Aussie sl*t’
EXCLUSIVE: AN old friend of the accused Melbourne killer Dimitrious Gargasoulas has revealed his father’s interaction with her.
Young victim ‘perfect little baby’
THE youngest person to die after Melbourne’s Bourke St rampage has been remembered as a “beautiful, loving, happy” boy.
Rampage victim, 10, doted on sister
THALIA Hakin was killed in Friday’s Bourke St massacre, and now Maggie Hakin will be left to go through life without her caring big sister.
Dad ‘running between hospitals’
WITH one daughter dead, another in hospital and his wife clinging to life, Tony Hakin is trapped in an impossible nightmare.
Thief takes memorial flowers
A HEARTLESS thief was caught taking flowers from a makeshift memorial in Melbourne honouring victims of the Bourke St car rampage.
‘We should have done more’
ONE of the men filmed trying to stop Dimitrious Gargasoulas as he did burnouts outside Flinders St Station wishes he’d done more.
CBD accused to face murder charges
LATEST: THE alleged CBD killer who mowed down pedestrians through the centre of Melbourne, with the fifth death a baby boy, is set to face a string of murder charges, police have said..
‘Go to hell and die in hell’
THE mother of ‘Jimmy’ Gargasoulas has expressed the disgust she feels for his shocking rampage through Melbourne’s CBD on Friday.
‘Obvious he was going to kill’
A HEAVILY pregnant mother caught up in the Melbourne car ramming attack that left four people dead had an unwanted front seat to the tragic event.
Question police can’t answer
IN the aftermath of yesterday’s atrocity in Melbourne, everyone has the same question: Could the horror have been prevented?
‘I’ll take you all out just me’
THE man who allegedly drove a car through a Melbourne crowd claimed to be “god in a human form” in a series of disturbing Facebook rants.
Brace for more deaths: police
THE driver of the car that ploughed into a Melbourne crowd should have been in court that very day — and the heartache may not be over.
How a Melbourne horror story unfolded
POLICE today are piecing together the horrific events that sent shockwaves around Melbourne and left four dead, including a 10-year-old. This is what is known so far.
Carpark shooting: ‘It was chaos’
A SHOOTING at a Melbourne shopping centre carpark overnight has left a man in his 20s with multiple gunshot wounds.
20 overdose on bad batch of MDMA
AN accused drug dealer remains behind bars after 20 people overdosed on a suspected bad batch of ecstasy along a popular Melbourne party strip.
‘What is going on in Victoria?’
MELBOURNE is in the grip of an out-of-control crime wave, with a brazen jewellery store heist the latest suspected Apex attack.
Human remains found in bushland
HUMAN remains have been found in bushland near a beach town on Victoria’s coast and homicide detectives are investigating.
Strip club death ‘on cameras’
SHE worked at the same club where Brit Stacey Tierney died — and this ex-dancer thinks her final moments may be on CCTV.
Cops probe suspected arson attack
POLICE say a fire that burnt through a garage and destroyed two cars at a woman’s home in Melbourne’s outer east may have been lit on purpose.
Ice ingredient hidden in washing powder
UP TO 300kg of pure pseudoephedrine, used to make the drug ice, that was hidden in washing powder was seized in Melbourne.
Gang bashes man with pole outside gym
A MAN has been hit with a metal pole by a gang of thugs in a terrifying attack outside a suburban Melbourne gym early this morning.
Inmates riot at youth detention centre
RIOT police stormed a Melbourne youth justice centre overnight as up to 20 prisoners broke out of a secure area into a roof cavity.
Thugs on the run after Westfield ram raid
UPDATE: Criminals are on the run after they crashed a car through the front of a suburban shopping centre in Melbourne’s north. WATCH THE VIDEO
Stacey kept a shocking secret
STACEY Tierney, the woman who was found dead in a Melbourne strip club, kept a shocking secret from her family.
Strip club breaks silence on death
PEOPLE have taken aim at the strip club where Stacey Tierney died, demanding the establishment break its silence.
‘Words can’t describe my devastation’
SHE was partying with men in an empty Melbourne strip club and then Stacey Tierney somehow died. Her body was found 12 hours later.
Intruder sleeps in victim’s loungeroom
POLICE are hunting a gutsy intruder who apparently decided to take a nap in his victim’s loungeroom. He was later woken and held a knife to a woman’s throat.
Unsolved murder linked to drug syndicate
AN ORGANISED drug syndicate has been linked to unsolved murder in Melbourne’s west, where a man was gunned down at home in front of his pregnant wife and young son.
Suicide bombing link to CBD terror plot
A FOURTH man has been charged over the alleged Melbourne terror plot as it emerges suicide bombing was allegedly part of a planned attack aimed at Melbourne’s CBD landmarks.
Police search area with sinister past
POLICE have searched the area where murdered woman Jill Meagher was found in the search for missing woman Karen Ristevski.
Woman punched in head during carjacking
A WOMAN has been assaulted as she fought off three youths during an attempted carjacking in Melbourne’s south this morning.
Death cold case reopened after 55 years
A COLD case involving a mystery man with webbed toes has been reopened more than 50 years after his body was found in Melbourne’s outer east.
‘Most significant search yet’ for Karen
LATEST: POLICE are confident they will find out what happened to missing mother Karen Ristevski, as dozens of officers search rural properties northwest of Melbourne in a major development in the case.
Pair assault woman after kicking in door
TWO men kicked in the front door of a Norlane home before assaulting a woman inside.
Two held after cop car rammed, carjack bid
TWO MEN have been arrested after allegedly ramming a police vehicle and attempting a carjacking in Dandenong in Melbourne’s southern suburbs.
Police arrest man over jewellery store heist
DETECTIVES have swooped to arrest a man over an alleged robbery at an Ormond jewellery store last month.
Homeless man murdered girlfriend
MATAIO Aleluis flew into a jealous rage and bashed his girlfriend Brittany Harvie to death in a Melbourne car park, a murder trial jury accepted.
Man whipped in St Kilda beach attack
A MAN was bashed and whipped with a belt during a vicious brawl on St Kilda beach, in Melbourne’s southeast.
Remains may belong to missing Karen Rae
A YEAR-LONG cold case has been solved, with human remains found near a Melbourne highway and a man charged with murder.
Drunken brawl erupts at train station
A VIOLENT brawl erupted at Flinders Street Station in Melbourne on Saturday night, which disrupted train services while 80 police officers broke it up.
School locked down by man with machete
A VICTORIAN school went into lockdown after a machete-wielding man entered school grounds after robbing a nearby bottle shop.
Man dies after Warrnambool assault
A MAN has died and two people have been arrested after an assault in the state’s south west.
Postie punched in daylight attack
A POSTMAN was punched and knocked off his bike before his phone and other items were stolen during a daylight attack in Melbourne’s inner west.
Man critical after Melbourne shooting
A MAN in his 20s is fighting for life after a shooting early this morning in Melbourne. The man was found in a pool of blood on a nature strip.
Man on the run over stolen Porsche
TWO men have been charged over the theft of a Porsche from a Hawthorn player’s home during an aggravated burglary. A third is still on the run.
New unit’s blitz on family violence
POLICE have assessed and managed almost 3000 incidents in the first six months of the new family violence unit in Melbourne’s southeast.
Doorknocking gang prompts police warning
A GANG of thieves is doorknocking homes in Melbourne’s east, looking to target empty houses.
How this graffiti could solve a crime
THIS graffiti could be the key to finding a person who strangled and bashed a woman in a toilet block.
Bumbling bandits botch robberies
BUMBLING bandits who botched two armed robberies have been left almost empty-handed — and with police on their tails. WATCH THE VIDEO
Elderly woman strangled, robbed in toilet
AN elderly woman was strangled and bashed in a terrifying toilet block assault, with two men setting upon her in Melbourne’s inner north.
Is Uganda safer than Melbourne?
COULD Melbourne really be more unsafe than African countries? Some parents are sending their children to Uganda to get them away from crime.
Police jump for lives as car ‘driven at them’
A TEENAGE driver has allegedly driven directly at police and led officers on a wild car chase through Melbourne’s south east overnight.
Child rapist on run after daring escape
POLICE are on the hunt for an escaped child rapist, after the “high risk” prisoner leapt from the roof of a facility for dangerous sex offenders.
Man dies in knife attack murder
HOMICIDE detectives are investigating the death of a man after a stabbing in Swan Hill, Victoria, yesterday evening.
‘I don’t know who did it to my little girl’
NICK Coslovich is haunted he can’t properly explain what happened to his precious little girl. But he says there were warning signs which were ignored.
Zoe’s killer: ‘I wanted her all for myself’
FAMILY of murdered 11-year-old Zoe Buttigieg speak out about their devastation as Bowe Maddigan is sentenced.
Gang ‘proud of what they’ve been doing’
A BRAZEN gang left an Officeworks store cheering after raiding shelves while terrified staff members watched on.
Psychopath priest tore town apart
FIVE paedophile priests were sent to Doveton, but it was the fifth, Peter Searson, that locals begged the church to remove.
Aussie child sex predator jailed in US
A MELBOURNE rugby player who pleaded guilty to organising to rape a six-year-old boy at a paedophile party has been sentenced to 12 years’ jail in the US.
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