Fresh appeal after brutal roadside Coast murder
Colin Woodhouse was driving home from his shift as a food and beverage manager at Myer Pacific Fair, when he stopped to help a man standing next to a ‘broken down’ car.
Cold Cases
Baffling Pyjama Girl mystery is case closed – or is it?
In 1944 a man was jailed for the horrific murder of the “Pyjama Girl”. But startling evidence suggests police got it wildly wrong, and now the woman’s identity – and her killer – may never be known.
‘Someone knows’: $1M reward offered over boat shooting
Janita McNaughton was only 23 when she was shot between the eyes while on board a boat with four other people almost three decades ago. Now police are offering a huge reward to solve her mysterious death.
$1m reward to solve brother’s gay-hate murder
A man from the US has stumped up $1 million of his own money in a bid to solve the gay-hate murder of his brother in Sydney 30 years ago. Matched with NSW Police’s own contribution the reward now totals $2 million.
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Underworld breakthrough: Hunt for gang war hitman
Detectives are zeroing in on a suspect in the slaying of gangland figure Willie Thompson — a lifelong friend of Tony Mokbel who was connected with a who’s who of Melbourne’s crime fraternity — at Chadstone 15 years ago, releasing a police image of the man.
Back to square one in Rachel probe
Police have relaunched an investigation into the death of schoolgirl Rachel Antonio, which may determine whether her secret boyfriend Robert Hytch could be charged.
Lucille Butterworth’s brother dives for clues
Fifty years after Lucille Butterworth disappeared from a Claremont bus stop, her brother has dived into the River Derwent and is “confident of finding something.”
Cops reveal possible reason behind ‘weightlifting’ death
A young woman was found dead lying on a makeshift bench press with a barbel over her neck in the garage of her Preston home in 2010. Police have now revealed a possible reason behind her murder.
Our son James was murdered for two cannabis plants
Decorated former soldier Jeffrey Tun Tin and wife Julie pleaded with their son James to stop growing cannabis in his garden shed. They feared not only for his health, but also that the illegal practice would place him in danger. Tragically, they were right.
Two mums slain as hitmen blunder
Two Australian women — both much-loved mothers — gunned down at their own homes, just weeks apart. If that wasn’t shocking enough, neither was the intended victim.
Serial killer’s terrifying victim portraits
The man said to be America’s worst serial killer sketched his victims. Now the FBI has released his drawings to identify them.
Was Franco burned to death for a bag of opals?
Franco Murat was an invalid pensioner who was fatally set on fire by three people who broke into his Adelaide home — they were never caught. However, a cache of opals may be the key to solving his callous murder.
How cunning sting trapped a monster
He’d raped and killed before, but somehow Puffing Billy volunteer Malcolm Clarke escaped suspicion when a little girl was murdered at the house where he’d once lived. It would take a cunning undercover sting to finally catch him.
‘Shocking’ new twist in Rotiroti murder cold case
Murder victim Salvatore “Sam” Rotiroti’s daughter Maria is living with the man accused by Victoria Police of killing her father in what is just the latest twist in the 1988 cold case.
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