Crime

Local news reporters have heard the devastating story of how the father of the murdered Victorian girl pleaded for help just days before Nikki was killed.

Footage has been uncovered of a man repeatedly drowning a little girl in a hotel pool while her mother slept meters away.

Just hours after she was thrown a 'farewell' party on her last day of work, Melissa Ott was forced to endure one of the most horrific experiences possible.

The girl was reported missing from her home in Mildura in the state’s northwest just after 3.15pm.

The man has told police he saw a man dressed in a suit appear from the scrubland and cross the road quickly while on the phone.

A man has died after spending almost 20 years in a coma - a result of being hit by a drunk driver. Now the driver has been offered forgiveness by his victim’s grieving mother, decades after the crash

This is another piece in that jigsaw puzzle.

The theft was discovered after staff went to take her for cremation and found the casket open and empty.

The court found there was insufficient evidence to justify keeping the children out of the home because there was no evidence of foul play at the time.

Hotel staff has been left perplexed after a six-month-old baby was found in a locked safe.