‘Gift’ key to hunt for cold case killer
A mysterious “gift” and an anonymous letter could be key to solving one of Queensland’s most enduring cold case murders, the mysterious disappearance of Brisbane air force policewoman Gaye Baker.
Cold Cases
The calls that could crack a cold case
Crime Stoppers SA received hundreds of phone calls in 2019 – including information on the unsolved suspected murders of Rhianna Barreau, Peter Seaford, Corinna Marr and Gail King.
‘We have to find Michelle’s murderer’
It’s the mystery that has haunted a retired detective for years. Now Ann Gumley wants a specialist cold case homicide squad to take up the search for answers, writes Kate Kyriacou.
Old police report behind fresh bid for bail
Lawyers for a man accused of the 1978 Spear Creek triple murders have argued he should be released on bail because of what a police officer wrote in a report 40 years ago.
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Mason family dare to hope for an answer, at long last
It was a crime that robbed a southeast Queensland city of its innocence and left a family searching three decades for answers to the mystery of who bludgeoned a shy 15-year-old to death in her own bed.
Killers appeal infamous cold case convictions
Convicted killers Garry Dubois and Vincent O’Dempsey have applied to have their convictions for the infamous 1974 McCulkin murders overturned. Today, the Queensland Court of Appeal handed down its decision.
No money, no dog, no trace: The disappearance that baffled SA
It is the mystery that has baffled police for 41 years — The young man who simply vanished following a Henley Beach party, leaving behind his pay packet, beloved dog and family. So, what happened to 21-year-old Glen Stewart? His mum talks to the Sunday Mail.
Son finds dad’s body in home after 50yrs
A man found the remains of his father in his childhood home 50 years after he went missing when a psychic claimed he was in the basement.
Man’s wife, best friend ‘planned murder’
The trial of a wife who allegedly plotted the murder of her high school sweetheart with his best friend has revealed a web of affairs, threesomes and greed.
The brutal murder that deserves to be solved
Recent news has shown that just because a case is cold, it’s not necessarily lost. And it’s time investigators turned their attention to this sad one, writes Matthew Condon.
Welcome news for disillusioned family
The family of murder victim Shandee Blackburn has welcomed the latest legal development over her 2013 death.
Murder twist: Trees cut down in search for missing mum
Police have started cutting down trees and overgrown grass as they prepare to dig underneath a Blue Mountains’ home in the grim hope of finding the remains of young mum-of-two Belinda Peisley, who is believed to have been murdered 20 years ago . SIX ‘PERSONS OF INTEREST’ REVEALED.
Dad’s pain over last call from Belinda
Sydney truck driver Mark Wearne will always regret the argument he had with his daughter Belinda Peisley during their final phone conversation when she begged him to sort out an acquaintance who became a person of interest in her disappearance.
Police close in on Moonta mine cold case killer
David Fletcher vanished without trace in 2004, but his body was not found until more than four years later in a disused Yorke Peninsula mine. Major Crime detectives are closing in on his killer.
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