Total Public Cases: 10
Celeste Christomano, a young marketing manager from Melbourne, was stalked and harassed by her colleague Louis Nader Sako after rejecting his romantic advances. Despite multiple police reports and a restraining order, Louis continued stalking her, …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 16, 2020
View DetailsRussell Hill and Carol Clay, longtime secret lovers, vanished during a camping trip in March 2020 in Victoria's Alpine National Park. Their burnt campsite and vehicle were found, but they were missing. Police investigation identified …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 19, 2020
View DetailsNoela Rokundo fled Burundi with her five children to Australia seeking safety. She married Balenga Kalala, a fellow refugee, and they had three children together. In 2015, while attending her stepmother's funeral in Burundi, Noela …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Feb. 22, 2015
View DetailsTracey Connelly, a 40-year-old sex worker living in a van in St Kilda, Melbourne, was brutally murdered in July 2013. Despite a $1 million reward and extensive police investigation including DNA testing, her killer remains …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 21, 2013
View DetailsArthur Freeman, amid a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife Peta Barnes, threw his four-year-old daughter Darcey Freeman off Melbourne's West Gate Bridge on January 29, 2009. The act was reportedly motivated by revenge against …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 29, 2009
View DetailsViola Margaret Kline was murdered by her husband in a brutal arson attack in regional Victoria. Her son Ashton Kline, then 15, and younger brother Grant survived and have managed Grant's complex health needs since. …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Sept. 27, 2000
View DetailsForensic chemist Maggie Barron investigated the suspicious death of John Leonard Moss in Eaglehawk, Victoria, in 1984. Moss had been ill with symptoms consistent with arsenic poisoning. Maggie analyzed evidence from the Moss family home, …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Aug. 9, 1984
View DetailsCarol Clay and Russell Hill were involved in a secret affair and went missing during a camping trip in remote Victorian wilderness. Their burnt-out campsite and abandoned car were discovered, leading to a police investigation. …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: None
View DetailsMarilyn 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 …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: None
View DetailsAaron Patterson was found guilty of murdering her parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson, Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson, and attempting to murder Heather's husband Ian Wilkinson. The trial lasted over 10 weeks in Morwell, Victoria. The …
Country: Australia | Incident Type: Murder | Date: None
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