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Total Public Cases: 17
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 …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Oct. 25, 2023
View DetailsArnima Hayat, a 19-year-old pregnant woman originally from Bangladesh, was murdered by her husband Meraj Zaf in Sydney, Australia. Their relationship began as a passionate romance but quickly turned abusive and controlling. Despite family disapproval …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 29, 2022
View DetailsIn 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 …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Sept. 18, 2021
View DetailsMeng Michel Leng, a 25-year-old Chinese student living in Sydney, Australia, was last seen on April 21, 2016, before disappearing. Surveillance footage showed her shopping and taking a train to Campsie, where she lived with …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 21, 2016
View DetailsStephanie Scott, a 26-year-old teacher from Leeton, New South Wales, was preparing for her wedding when she disappeared on April 5, 2015. Her fiancé Aaron reported her missing after she failed to return home and …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: April 5, 2015
View DetailsOn August 5, 2013, 20-year-old Y. Marsen in Sydney, Australia, died by suicide by jumping off a cliff after an 18-month online relationship with 'Brayden,' who was actually her friend Camila impersonating him. The relationship …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Suicide | Date: Aug. 5, 2013
View DetailsTwo bodies were found years apart over 1,000 km from each other: Karlie Pearce-Stevenson, a young mother, and her 2-year-old daughter Khandalyce Pearce. Karlie's remains were found in Belanglo State Forest, NSW, in 2010 but …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 1, 2010
View DetailsIn 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 …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 29, 2000
View DetailsKatherine Mary Knight, an abattoir worker from Aberdeen, New South Wales, Australia, was convicted of the brutal murder of her spouse John Charles Thomas Price on February 29, 2000. Their relationship was marked by chronic …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 29, 2000
View DetailsMalcolm Baker, a man with a history of coercive control and domestic violence, was obsessed with controlling his ex-girlfriend Kerryann Gannon. After she left him and obtained an AVO due to his violent behavior, including …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Oct. 27, 1992
View DetailsThomas Keir was investigated for the deaths of his two wives, Jean and Roselina, who were cousins. Jean disappeared around 1988-1989 and was presumed murdered after her remains were found buried under the house. Roselina …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: Jan. 1, 1988
View DetailsMegan Klesich, a 44-year-old mother of two, was murdered in her sleep on January 27, 1986, in Fairlight, New South Wales. Her husband, Andrew Klesich, a wealthy hotelier, was convicted of hiring a hitman to …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 27, 1986
View DetailsPeter Baines, a former crime scene investigator with New South Wales police, recounts a stabbing homicide case where a husband fatally stabbed his pregnant wife on the steps of a building near Chinatown. The incident …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: None
View DetailsA tragic domestic violence case in Campbelltown, Sydney, involved the alleged murder of a 46-year-old mother and her two autistic sons aged 4 and 12 by the husband and father. The accused reportedly called police …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: None
View DetailsSue, wife of a detective named Peter, was stalked and harassed by Robert, a man who had previously delivered landscaping materials to their home. Robert made threatening phone calls to Sue, including threats of rape, …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: None
View DetailsDr. Vince Hurley, a former New South Wales police detective superintendent and current criminology lecturer, recounts his experience responding to a domestic homicide where a father stabbed his 10-year-old child multiple times, resulting in the …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: None
View DetailsJason Semple, a newly graduated New South Wales police officer, was stabbed during a violent street confrontation in Ultimo in 1998 while attempting a routine arrest. Fellow officer Peter Forsyth was fatally stabbed in the …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: None
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