DNA hit solves cold case Hills rape
A knife-wielding rapist who attacked an Adelaide Hills woman as she slept has finally been found and convicted of the crime more than a decade after he fled into the night.
Cold Cases
Somerton Man exhumation reaches critical point
The case for exhuming the mysterious Somerton Man — a case that has baffled the state for decades — is at a critical point, where leaving it too much longer risks losing crucial DNA.
‘Terror for cash’: Fall of Qld’s most notorious bank robbers
They were two of Queensland’s worst bank robbers. These brazen bandits got away with millions in violent armed holdups, until Ross Barnett took them on and cracked the case.
‘He needs to do his time’: Mum’s plea
The mother of murdered Geelong teen Ricky Balcombe wants Karl Hague to serve the rest of his 26-year sentence without appeal after he lost his bid to get his murder conviction overturned on Thursday.
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Massive reward to solve cold case murder
COLD case detectives are closing in on the killer of Italian extortion victim and concrete company boss Salvatore “Sam” Rotiroti and hope a $1 million reward will lead to the charging of the prime suspect in the 1988 murder.
What happened to Greg Armstrong?
DETECTIVES are ramping up their investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a man last seen by his landlord 21 years ago.
‘They reckoned I buried my wife in the backyard’
A BRISBANE man who police once believed may have buried his wife in their backyard, has broken his silence about the disappearance of Rosemary “Cathy” Dodd 35 years ago.
‘Crucified’ body identified
DETECTIVES are reviewing the infamous ‘Rack Man’ case, with the body found lashed to a homemade cross and dumped in the Hawkesbury River identified as a well known Sydney and Gold Coast gambler.
The grandmother who just vanished
PODCAST: A loving grandmother went for a walk to the shops and was never seen again. The only sign of her, a handbag found in the bush. Her family said she fell in with ‘undesirables’ but haven’t given up hope after 15 years. Listen to Lost in Sydney podcast episode IV.
How five words snared a killer
DETECTIVE Sergeant Phil Neagle was about to shut the book on the 2011 murder of Edward “Eddie” Camilleri when a young catwalk model muttered five words that changed it all.
Clues to 70-year puzzle a step closer
ATTORNEY-General Vickie Chapman has opened the door to exhume the Somerton Man and extract DNA that could finally solve the 70-year mystery of his identity.
Bus stop shooting mystery endures
ALMOST 10 years after Omega Ruston was gunned down next to a bus stop in an Australia Day road rage attack, it remains one of the Gold Coast’s few unsolved murder mysteries.
A suspect still in the crosshairs
MAJOR Crime detectives have revealed they plan to submit a key exhibit in the Yasmin Sinodinos murder case to Forensic Science SA, for fresh testing in an effort to gain more evidence against Timo Pasanen, the key suspect in the case.
Son offers new lead in mother-daughter Tapp murders
WHAT sort of man murders a nine-year-old girl and her mother? A man strong enough to subdue and strangle Ferntree Gully mother Margaret Tapp, a fit 35-year-old fighting to save her daughter from a murderous sexual predator. Now a son has come forward with a new shocking revelation — he thinks that man might be his father.
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