New lead in Cheryl’s haunting 51-year cold case
Retired detective Frank Sanvitale is tortured by the abduction of little Cheryl Grimmer 51 years ago, but now believes he has fresh evidence that could finally bring peace to her shattered family.
Cold Cases
After 73 years, Somerton Man is finally exhumed
The unknown Somerton Man has been exhumed and placed into a new coffin to be transported for forensic testing. Police say his remains are in “reasonable” condition for DNA extraction.
New footage reveals how ‘life went out’ of Floyd’s body
A doctor revealed how a new video of George Floyd showed him dying as he tried to get air into his lungs. WARNING: Graphic
Prime suspect’s son: ‘My father killed Sharron Phillips’
The son of the prime suspect in the 1986 disappearance of Sharron Phillips called a retired detective in 2016 to confess his father’s guilt, an inquest has been told.
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New clue in teen runaway slayings
SOMEBODY stabbed two teenagers to death and left their bodies at a Victorian rest stop. But does a new witness raise the awful possiblity there was a third victim of this horrific crime? ANDREW RULE PODCAST
Was Jane Thurgood-Dove murdered by mistake?
JANE Thurgood-Dove was a suburban mother gunned down in her driveway in front of her three children. Her brutal murder remains unsolved, but police and others linked to the case believe she could have been killed in a fatal case of mistaken identity. LISTEN NOW.
Why Kaye King’s death remains an unsolved mystery
GRIEF flowed after Kaye King died in a dirty pit on her family farm. It was only later, when her children compared stories on exactly what happened that day, that clues came together to suggest foul play, possibly at the hands of their father.
Suspect in hit on mafia lawyer says ‘I didn’t do it’
A KEY suspect in the murder of mafia lawyer Joe “Pino’’ Acquaro says there is “no way’’ he pulled the trigger on the marked man, as detectives say an arrest is near.
Pay phone call may be key to cold case enigma
MISSING Brunswick man Nick Falos — whose torched Porsche was found in the Yarra Ranges 15 years ago — may have been alive for two days after receiving a mystery call from a pay phone as police launch a fresh push to find his killers.
Little John Landos lost, but not forgotten
JOHN Landos was just 13 when he went missing during a family holiday in Lorne in 1973. It wasn’t until the death of another boy a year later at the hands of a notorious paedophile, that police started to believe John might have suffered a similarly horrendous fate. NEW PODCAST – LISTEN NOW.
The hitman and the housewife
FOR years they said a burglar had killed young mum Angie. But it was an ice-cold execution, hardly the work of a bumbling thief. Now Andrew Rule uncovers the shocking secret that has haunted someone for decades. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
Godfather killer who got away with murder
A PROMINENT Italian mobster with many seemingly legitimate Victorian businesses is suspected of murdering his rival during a fight to be Godfather decades ago.
Why have these murders been forgotten?
IT should be one of Melbourne’s most infamous unsolved cases: a mum murdered and her little girl raped and strangled in her bed. So why have we forgotten the Tapp murders? Andrew Rule investigates.
Did Easey St killer have friends in high places?
A TODDLER cowered in his cot as his mum and her friend were butchered nearby, in a horror kill spree that has baffled police for years. And there’s one suspect who can’t really be ruled out.
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