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Cassius Turvey was a 15-year-old Australian boy who was assaulted on 13 October 2022 in Perth, Western Australia, and died ten days later of his injuries. His death sparked vigils and rallies across Australia and internationally. Four people have been charged with his murder.
The Claremont serial killings is the name given by the media to a case involving the disappearance of an Australian woman, aged 18, and the killings of two others, aged 23 and 27, in 1996–1997. After attending night spots in Claremont , Perth , Western Australia , all three women disappeared in similar circumstances leading police to suspect ...
Shirley June Finn, née Shewring (2 November 1941 – 22 or 23 June 1975), was an Australian brothel keeper, nightclub operator and socialite who was shot dead at about midnight on 22–23 June 1975 in Perth, Western Australia.
Australian snakes possess potent venom; 10 of the world's top 10 most venomous snakes live in Australia. [2] The estimated incidence of snakebites annually in Australia is between 3 and 18 per 100,000 with an average mortality rate of 0.03 per 100,000 per year, [3] or roughly 1 to 2 persons, [4] down from 13 persons per year in the 1920s. [5]
Eric Edgar Cooke (25 February 1931 – 26 October 1964), nicknamed the Night Caller and later the Nedlands Monster, was an Australian serial killer who terrorised the city of Perth, Western Australia, from September 1958 to August 1963. Cooke committed at least 20 violent crimes, eight of which resulted in deaths.
Corryn Veronica Ann Rayney, née Da Silva, (born 1963) migrated to Australia with her Indian family in 1973 as refugees from Idi Amin's Uganda. [1] [2] [3] Her death occurred on or about 7 August 2007, her body being discovered a week later in a clandestine grave in Kings Park, Perth, with no clearly established cause of death. [4]
David Birnie was the oldest of five children and grew up in Wattle Grove, a semi-rural suburb of Perth.School friends and church acquaintances remember Birnie's family as having been dysfunctional and subject to frequent rumours involving alcoholism, promiscuity and incest.
Murder scene, corner of Barrack and Wellington Streets, Perth Murder scene - Barrack St, Perth. At 9pm on Saturday 1 July 1978 Pea was seen drinking in the Paddington Hotel's infamous basement Tube Bar, which was described as being "dark and dingy with pool tables, that was frequented during the week by a strange mixture of people: poofters, lesbians, bikies and crims". [6]