Long-form, sourced reporting across seven decades—organized by legal outcome and written without graphic detail.
Solved reflects a criminal conviction or established court outcome. Unsolved includes missing persons, cold cases and counts not proved in court. Every page separates findings from theory and links to sources.
Aiia Maasarwe, a 21-year-old international student, was raped and murdered in Bundoora, Melbourne, in January 2019. Codey Herrmann pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 36 years in prison with a 30-year non-parole period; a Crown appeal was later dismissed.
Open case file →Twenty-year-old Janine Balding was abducted and murdered in Sydney in 1988. Multiple offenders were convicted; later litigation has included life-sentence challenges and ongoing post-conviction DNA review concerning Stephen Jamieson's conviction.
Open case file →Hannah Clarke and her children Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey were killed by Rowan Baxter in Brisbane in 2020. A Queensland coronial inquest established how the deaths occurred and examined the domestic-violence warning signs and institutional response.
Open case file →Nine-year-old Samantha Knight disappeared from Bondi in 1986. Michael Guider pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2002 and received a 17-year sentence; Samantha's remains have never been recovered.
Open case file →Leigh Leigh, 14, was murdered after a party at Stockton near Newcastle in 1989. Matthew Webster confessed and pleaded guilty to murder; years later, an official inquiry examined shortcomings in the police investigation.
Open case file →Twelve-year-old Sian Kingi was abducted and murdered in Queensland in 1987. Barrie Watts and Valmae Beck were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Open case file →A car bomb exploded outside Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters in 1986. Constable Angela Taylor later died, other people were injured, and Craig Minogue and Stanley Taylor were convicted of murder.
Open case file →John Price was murdered in New South Wales in 2000. Katherine Knight pleaded guilty to murder, received life imprisonment with no non-parole period, and lost her sentence appeal in 2006.
Open case file →Twelve-year-old Tiahleigh Palmer was murdered by her foster father in Queensland in 2015. Rick Thorburn pleaded guilty in 2018 and received life imprisonment; he died in custody in 2025.
Open case file →British backpacker Peter Falconio was murdered in the Northern Territory in 2001. Bradley Murdoch was convicted, while the location of Peter's remains is still unknown.
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SolvedMelbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon was murdered while walking home through Princes Park in 2018. Jaymes Todd pleaded guilty and received life imprisonment with a 35-year non-parole period.
Read case file →Perpetrator IdentifiedEighteen people were held hostage in Sydney's Lindt Cafe. Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson died before the siege ended; the gunman also died.
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SolvedFive members of the Lin family were killed in North Epping in 2009. Robert Xie was convicted after a fourth trial and lost his appeal in 2021.
Read case file →SolvedAllison Baden-Clay was killed in Queensland in 2012. The High Court restored Gerard Baden-Clay's murder conviction in 2016 after an intermediate manslaughter ruling.
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SolvedSeven young travelers were murdered in New South Wales; physical evidence led police to Milat.
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SolvedEleven proven murders, multiple offenders and a major South Australian investigation.
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SolvedA victim-centered account of the 1996 attack, court outcome and national firearms reform.
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Partly SolvedTwo murder convictions ended a decades-long inquiry, while Sarah Spiers remains missing.
Read case file →SolvedThirteen-year-old Daniel Morcombe disappeared from a Sunshine Coast bus stop in 2003. Brett Peter Cowan was convicted of his murder in 2014.
Read case file →SolvedSydney nurse Anita Cobby was abducted and murdered in 1986. Five men were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987.
Read case file →SolvedJill Meagher disappeared while walking home in Melbourne in 2012. Adrian Bayley pleaded guilty to rape and murder and received life imprisonment.
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