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Country Intelligence Summary
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Oct. 25, 2023
Top Motives and Outcomes in Australia
Top Motives
- Jealousy — 19 case(s)
- Control/domination — 13 case(s)
- Revenge — 11 case(s)
- Eliminate spouse — 7 case(s)
- Eliminate romantic partner — 5 case(s)
Top Outcomes
- Arrest made — 25 case(s)
- Legal case ongoing — 16 case(s)
- Homicide during marriage — 16 case(s)
- Investigation still ongoing — 9 case(s)
- Deadbody recovery — 9 case(s)
State / Province Case Counts in Australia
12 case(s)
8 case(s)
2 case(s)
2 case(s)
1 case(s)
Cases in Australia: Motive — Eliminate romantic partner
Lily James, Peter James, and others Allegedly Murdered by Paul Tyson, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lily James, a 21-year-old water polo coach at St Andrews Cathedral School in Sydney, was brutally murdered by her former boyfriend and colleague Paul Tyson. The attack was premeditated, with Tyson following Lily into the …
State/Province: New South Wales, Australia | City/Region: Sydney | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Oct. 25, 2023
View DetailsDee Annear, Caroline, and others Murdered by Rohen James Hanson and Andrew James McGann, Bulga Forest, New South Wales, Australia
In September 2021, Dee Annear was murdered by her long-term partner, Rohen James Hanson, inside an isolated cabin known as the 'Witches Hut' in Bulga Forest, New South Wales, Australia. Hanson initially called emergency services …
State/Province: New South Wales, Australia | City/Region: Bulga Forest | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Sept. 18, 2021
View DetailsJohn Price Allegedly Murdered by Catherine Knight, Aberdeen, New South Wales, Australia
In 2000, Catherine Knight, a butcher from Aberdeen, New South Wales, allegedly murdered her boyfriend John Price in a brutal and premeditated attack. After a history of violent and controlling behavior in her relationships, Catherine …
State/Province: New South Wales, Australia | City/Region: Aberdeen | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 29, 2000
View DetailsCaron Watson Kidnapped by Julian Buchwald, Gibbonsland, Australia
In 2008, Julian Buchwald, a 22-year-old carpenter, staged the kidnapping of his 17-year-old girlfriend Caron Watson to pressure her into marriage and sex. The couple was held captive in the wilderness for six days, enduring …
State/Province: None | City/Region: Gibbonsland | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: None
View DetailsMarilyn Burdon Allegedly Murdered by Charles Bizuchi, Kew, Victoria, Australia
Marilyn Burdon, a 70-year-old mother and criminology expert, was killed in her Kew home in 2017 by her former partner Charles Bizuchi, who then committed suicide. Despite being banned from firearms ownership for over a …
State/Province: Victoria, Australia | City/Region: Kew | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: None
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