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A watch and a pair of glasses could be the key to solving Gwenneth Graham’s Balga murder
Police spoke to 3000 people, examined 4000 cars and chased up 220 tips. But it may be an old wristlet watch and a pair of glasses that solves the 50-year-old case of Gwenneth Graham’s murder.
- Hannah Murphy
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Three cars lurked in Balga’s bushland the night a woman was murdered
When the body of Gwenneth Graham was found dumped in bushland, finding those three cars was the main focus of police.
- Hannah Murphy
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- WA
The grim discovery that kicked off a murder investigation in Balga
Norm Ainsworth was intent on spending another idyllic day out in Balga’s backlots when he stumbled across an abandoned fridge in 1974.
- Hannah Murphy
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- WA
Gwenneth went to her local pub for a drink. Police found her body nine days later
The case of a mother-of-two who was found dead in bushland in Balga is now fifty years old, and her family want closure.
- Hannah Murphy
A young girl was abducted and police named a suspect fast. Too fast for some
The abduction of Karmein Chan in 1991 changed Melbourne forever. Veteran crime reporter John Silvester talks to the police officer who was first on the scene, and first to question the “Mr Cruel” theory.
‘You know who you are’: Daughter of missing mum’s message to cold case suspects
Twenty years ago, Katie O’Shea boarded a plane from Melbourne to visit her son, as she eagerly waited to become a grandmother. But days after Christmas, she disappeared.
- Cloe Read
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- Great Ocean Road
The evil secrets of the Great Haunted Ocean Road
Decades ago, Elmer Crawford tried and failed to dispose of the bodies of his murdered family into the depths of a blowhole. Then he went missing – and has never been found.
- Tony Wright
Husband charged with murder in 34-year-old cold case mystery
Melinda Freeman was bashed to death inside her Whittlesea home in 1991 while her husband said he was out playing cards.
- Angus Delaney and Isabel McMillan
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- Crime
Theresa’s family has spent 20 years looking for answers. Now police are offering $1m to find her killer
More than two decades after the 43-year-old mother was murdered, detectives are renewing their efforts to deliver justice.
- Riley Walter
Man had keys to murdered rider’s motorbike 24 hours after his disappearance: court
In an unusual turn, the 69-year-old once charged over the 1978 deaths of three friends, sat in the witness box on Wednesday while the coroner cleared the court.
- Cloe Read