Cases · Near Sydney
True crime cases near Sydney
19 documented cases within roughly 50 miles of Sydney, spanning the 1810s to the 2020s — 5 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Murder of Lilie James.
Cases near Sydney
SOLVEDMurder of Lilie James
2020sSydney CBD, New South Wales, Australia
SOLVEDSydney Hilton Hotel bombing
1970sHilton Hotel, George Street, Sydney
SOLVEDMurder of Graeme Thorne
1960sBondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
UNSOLVEDShark Arm case
1930sCoogee Aquarium Baths, Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
UNSOLVEDDeaths of Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler
1960sBanks of the Lane Cove River near Fullers Bridge
SOLVEDMurder of Megan Kalajzich
1980sFairlight, New South Wales, Australia
SOLVEDDeath of Charlotte O'Brien
2020sStrathfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
SOLVEDLin Family Murders
2000sNorth Epping, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
UNSOLVEDWanda Beach murders
2000sWanda Beach sandhills, near Cronulla
SOLVED2015 Parramatta shooting
2010sNSW Police Force Headquarters (now Curtis Cheng Centre), Parramatta
SOLVEDFamily Court of Australia attacks
1980sParramatta and surrounding Sydney suburbs, New South Wales, Australia
SOLVEDDarwiche–Razzak–Fahda family conflict
2000sSouth-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
SOLVEDMurder of Janine Balding
1990sSutherland railway station, Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
COLDDisappearance of Trudie Adams
1970sNewport Surf Life Saving Club / Barrenjoey Road, Newport, New South Wales, Australia
SOLVEDMurder of Anita Cobby
1980sBlacktown / Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
SOLVEDMurder of Dean Shillingsworth
2000sMandurama Reserve, Ambarvale, New South Wales, Australia
SOLVEDAppin Massacre
1810sAppin, near Cataract River, South Western Sydney
COLDDisappearance of Cheryl Grimmer
1970sFairy Meadow Beach, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
SOLVEDMurder of Ebony Simpson
1990sBargo, New South Wales, Australia
Nearby metros