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Remains found in bushland confirmed to be missing man Corey O’Connell
Corey O’Connell’s sister said the news left her with “profound and complex sadness”.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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WA prospector lost in outback for four days miraculously found 17km from where he vanished
Brian Brady, 72, was prospecting with friends in the state’s Mid West on the weekend when he went for a walk and didn’t return.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Koletti ‘chose not to disclose’ details leading up to Caddick’s disappearance, coroner finds
A coronial inquest has found that while the conwoman is dead, her husband waiting 30 hours to report her missing suggested he withheld information about her disappearance.
- by Kate McClymont
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Caddick disappearance
Melissa Caddick inquest finds fraudster is dead, but coroner can’t determine cause
One of Australia’s most perplexing missing persons cases is set to remain a mystery. The deputy coroner has reserved her harshest criticism for husband Anthony Koletti.
- by Kate McClymont
New search for Madeleine McCann begins, Portuguese police confirm
Police were seen erecting tents and cordons in an area about 50 kilometres from Praia da Luz, where the 3-year-old was last seen alive.
Body found in South West bushland near where Bunbury man went missing
Police said they identity of the remains was unconfirmed, but that they were found close to where Corey O’Connell went missing in 2021.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
From the Archives, 1963: A hazardous voyage ends
In 1963, seafaring couple Peter and Pat Fenton successfully recovered their stolen yacht Cythera. But returning her to Sydney was another adventure altogether.
- by Staff reporter
Murder trial over camper deaths delayed as accused faces financial woes
The trial of Greg Lynn, the man accused of murdering campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay in the Victorian High Country, is expected to be moved to February.
- by Erin Pearson
Missing woman found in High Country survived five days on lollies, wine
Emergency services spent the past week searching in the state’s remote north-east for Lillian Ip after the 48-year-old got stuck about 40 kilometres from the nearest town and couldn’t get help.
- by Lachlan Abbott
‘So heartbreaking’: Family wait anxiously as police scour forest for missing woman
Jessica Zrinski’s loved ones have shared their heartbreak after she entered a car with a stranger and vanished late last year.
- by Carrie Fellner
Three-day forest search begins for Sydney woman missing since November
Police and emergency services have begun a search in Hampton State Forest, west of the Blue Mountains, for Jessica Zrinski, who disappeared in Sydney’s south-west.
- by Olivia Ireland