Credit: Period press photo via Wikipedia (Murder of Phyllis Reiger)Public domainSourceSOLVEDListenRockhampton, Queensland, Australia · 1934
Phyllis Reiger, 22, was strangled by her former boyfriend, prison warder Jack McQuade, in his car in Rockhampton, Queensland in the early hours of 16 January 1935, two days after McQuade married another woman.
SOLVEDListenBruce Highway, between Rockhampton and Mackay, Queensland · 1975
Noel and Sophia Weckert were shot dead in separate locations on the Bruce Highway in Queensland on 22 March 1975, sparking a nationwide manhunt that ended with three people convicted of murder and manslaughter.
UNSOLVEDListenKawana, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia · 1989
Michelle Lewis, 21, vanished while riding her bike home in Rockhampton, Queensland, on the night of 14 January 1989. Neither she nor her bicycle have ever been found, and police now strongly suspect she was murdered.
The files run from 1934 to 2010. The 1930s hold the most, with 1 file. The oldest is Murder of Phyllis Reiger, from 1934.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (4), kidnapping and abduction cases (1) and robbery and burglary cases (1).
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Phyllis Reiger — Credit: Period press photo via Wikipedia (Murder of Phyllis Reiger)Public domainSource
4. By status: 1 unsolved and 3 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Murder of Phyllis Reiger, from 1934. Open the file
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