Police say they are close to solving murder of Countdown singer Joanne Howell

Police say they are close to solving murder of Countdown singer Joanne Howell

After a review of the case by homicide squad detectives,police have released a new digital image in the cold case death of a Melbourne singer.

  • byCarolyn Webb andAshleigh McMillan

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Police offer $500k reward in hunt for ‘monster’ behind cold-case rape
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Police offer $500k reward in hunt for ‘monster’ behind cold-case rape

Detectives say the rape and bashing of 69-year-old Elsie in 1985 was a ‘horrible,horrific assault’,and they believe someone out there knows who did it.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Million-dollar reward for information over death of German backpacker

Million-dollar reward for information over death of German backpacker

Authorities hope a million-dollar reward can tempt those withholding vital information about Simone Strobel's death to come forward.

  • byLaura Chung
After 24 years,a murder charge in 1996 Queensland homicide cold case

After 24 years,a murder charge in 1996 Queensland homicide cold case

The efforts of the homicide's cold case investigation team led to the arrest of a 59-year-old man.

  • byToby Crockford andJocelyn Garcia
Prime suspect in 40-year Melbourne murder mystery dies

Prime suspect in 40-year Melbourne murder mystery dies

Harold Janman,88,who was interviewed by police about the murders of six women in Tynong North and Frankston,has died.

  • byJohn Silvester andAshleigh McMillan
Anonymous 1980 call to Sydney newsroom and the unsolved hunt for political assassins

Anonymous 1980 call to Sydney newsroom and the unsolved hunt for political assassins

Police divers have just retrieved barnacled objects from Sydney Harbour in the investigation into the suspected political murder of the Turkish consul-general and his bodyguard in Dover Heights four decades ago.

  • byLucy Cormack
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'Calculated act of terror:'Police divers find clues in 40-year-old assassination mystery

'Calculated act of terror:'Police divers find clues in 40-year-old assassination mystery

Police are forensically examining"barnacled"items retrieved from the bottom of Sydney Harbour as part of the unsolved investigation into the 1980 assassination of a Turkish diplomat and his bodyguard in Sydney’s east.

  • byLucy Cormack
Perth man accused of killing teenager Radina Djukich dies in hospital

Perth man accused of killing teenager Radina Djukich dies in hospital

The man accused of killing a North Beach teenager more than two decades ago has died in hospital,just months before standing trial in Western Australia's Supreme Court.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Police search bushland near Yanchep for clues in Radina Djukich cold case

Police search bushland near Yanchep for clues in Radina Djukich cold case

Police are searching bushland in Perth's north in relation to the disappearance of a North Beach teenager more than two decades ago.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Reward of $1 million to solve Sydney boy's death in arson attack

Reward of $1 million to solve Sydney boy's death in arson attack

The 13-year-old was staying at a friend's house in Waterloo on April 9,1998,when it was set alight.

  • byLaura Chung andMary Ward
Backyard to be dug up as police investigate disappearance of mother 44 years ago

Backyard to be dug up as police investigate disappearance of mother 44 years ago

The backyard of a home in Melbourne's west will be excavated by police as detectives reopen the cold case disappearance of mother Veronica Green.

  • bySimone Fox Koob