International: Cold Cases

https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/can_you_help_us/rewards/1000000_reward/$1_million_reward_announced_on_28th_anniversary_of_penny_hill_murder $1 million reward announced on 28th anniversary of Penny Hill murder Penny Hill, then aged 20, was found unconscious with severe head and facial injuries on Cassilis Road, near Coolah, about 8am on Monday 8 July 1991. She was taken to John Hunter Hospital, where she died two weeks later, on Sunday 21 July 1991. In 1992, a coronial inquest held in Mudgee returned an opening finding on the cause and manner of death. Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad commenced further investigations into Penny’s murder under Strike Force Samdon, before a second coronial inquest was held in...

A Calderdale murder that was likened to a plot from “an Agatha Christie thriller” has still not been solved four decades later. Alexander "Sandy" McClelland's badly decomposed corpse was found in the boot of his own pale green Ford Cortina at a car park in Bethel Street, in Brighouse, on October 7, 1985. Despite extensive investigations, the case remains on West Yorkshire Police’s unsolved list. Initially, detectives suspected suicide but a murder hunt began after a post-mortem examination revealed Mr McClelland died of stab wounds. Bethel Street car park in Brighouse, where the body was found, pictured in 1985 Officers investigating the case at the time described the 66-year-old's murder as baffling. "It has all the ingredients of...

No recent case, lol, but still an intriguing mystery... https://www.jack-the-ripper.org https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2018/09-10/jack-the-ripper-murders-mystery-history/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_of_Florence

https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/can_you_help_us/rewards/1000000_reward/death_of_scott_johnson On the morning of Saturday 10 December 1988, the body of Sydney-based American National, Scott Johnson, was found at the base of a cliff at Blue Fish Point, near Manly’s North Head. Scott was aged just 27. Johnson is believed to be a victim of an anti-gay hate crime.

Mother and daughter killed in their home in suburban Melbourne, Australia in 1984. Both were strangled, young Seana (Shawn-uh, not See-Anna) had been sexually assaulted. Terribly sad case. It didn't get as much media coverage as some of Australia's more well known cases. Killer is still at large, although apparently the police have a new lead. 12 years ago some random criminal was named as the killer but turned out to be a massive DNA bungle. The temporal perspective really hits you. For those of us who grew up In Melbourne's outer east, it still feels like yesterday... but then you remember that when Margaret and Seana were killed, there was still a "Sun" paper in the morning and a "Herald" in the afternoon. There wouldn't be a...