Murder and mayhem
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Valerie Eastwell’s disappearance still a mystery
Originally published September 7, 1945 HOMICIDE detectives are baffled by the strange disappearance of eight-year-old Valerie Eastwell, from Gol Gol, who was last seen on…
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1974 plane crash kills six
Originally published April 8, 1974 A CESSNA aircraft missing with six Melbourne people on board was found crashed on Wilkurra Station. Wreckage of the aircraft…
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Mildura man ‘Sandy’ MacRae gets life for murder
Originally published October 26, 1989 A SUPREME Court judge sentenced a 40-year-old man to life imprisonment for the 1985 murder of Mildura green grocer Domenic…
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True Crime from 1960: Mildura double axe murder
Originally published April 28, 1960 A WOMAN and her son, aged about 10 years, were bashed to death with an axe in 14th Street, Mildura.…
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Boy 9, risks life to save four in river – September 5, 1967
A NINE-year-old boy was the hero of a mass rescue from the Murray River when a rowboat in which he and his family were sight-seeing…
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Family of hit-run victim appeals to driver
Originally published October 22, 2005 POLICE have described the driver of a hit and run vehicle who left a young Red Cliffs man fighting for…
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$2,000 or bomb goes off threat – May 11, 1972
Originally published – May 11, 1972 THE heart of Mildura’s shopping centre was cordoned off when an attempt was made to extort $2000 from Shillidays…
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