Crime

After the Maria James case has been re-opened by the Victorian Coroner, Sue Smethurst takes a look at the decades-old mystery cold case.

It's been over 13 years since she's stepped on Australian soil.

On a cold Canberra day in 1984, a teenage girl vanished from outside a shopping centre, presumed murdered. Now, Genevieve Gannon finds, police are close to solving the baffling disappearance of Megan Mulquiney.

In a dramatic twist, two labourers are handcuffed and walked off set – for good!

'You always wonder if that evil person is still out there.'

When a Sydney mother was murdered in her luxury home, she knew the killer was coming, so she left a clue. Thirty years later, police have finally got their man. Genevieve Gannon reports.

'It was the ultimate betrayal.'

“You took my life, so I’m taking yours.”

As if she hadn’t been through enough, burns survivor Dana Vulin was robbed by a trusted friend and charity worker of the money raised to help her recovery.

Police are now searching for a 34-year-old man, believed to be her boyfriend, who was on a return to prison warrant.