22case filesUpdated Jul 16, 2026
Casepin holds 22 case files in Queensland. By legal status, 3 marked unsolved, 1 marked cold, 1 marked ongoing, 16 marked solved and 1 marked overturned.
Credit: Contributor(s): The Courier-MailPublic domainSourceCOLDListenGrange, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 2006
Betty Shanks, a young Brisbane public servant, was beaten and strangled while walking home in September 1952, in one of Queensland's oldest unsolved killings.
SOLVEDListenSS Yongala wreck site, near Townsville, Queensland, Australia · 2003
Tina Watson, a 26-year-old American on her honeymoon, drowned while scuba diving at the SS Yongala wreck off Queensland, Australia, in October 2003. Her husband, Gabe Watson, was tried in Australia and pleaded guilty to manslaughter, serving prison time; a later Alabama murder prosecution ended in his acquittal by a judge for lack of evidence.
SOLVEDListenWieambilla, Queensland, Australia · 2022
On 12 December 2022, the three residents of a rural property in Wieambilla, Queensland, fatally shot two police constables and a neighbor before being shot dead by police after an hours-long standoff that a 2025 coronial inquest later attributed to shared delusion rather than terrorism.
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.
UNSOLVEDListenBowen, Queensland, Australia · 2014
Rachel Antonio, 16, disappeared in Bowen, Queensland on 25 April 1998 after being last seen walking along Queen's Beach Esplanade. Robert Hytch was charged with her murder, convicted of manslaughter, had that conviction overturned, and was acquitted at a retrial. A 2016 coronial inquest found Hytch had likely caused her death and hidden her body, which has never been found.
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.
SOLVEDListenBoundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 1976
On 22 September 1976, William Robert Wilson shot and killed two people and wounded four others at random in Spring Hill, Brisbane, before taking five hostages in a nearby house. He surrendered after an hours-long police standoff and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1980.
UNSOLVEDListenDarkey Flat, southern Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia · 1845
A killing of Aboriginal Australians by European settlers is said to have occurred at Darkey Flat in the 1840s, but no eyewitness or clear documentary evidence confirms the event took place.
The files run from 1845 to 2025. The 2010s hold the most, with 6 files. The oldest is Darkey Flat massacre, from 1845.
They are spread across 15 cities and towns; the most are in Brisbane (4), Rockhampton (4) and Logan City (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (19), kidnapping and abduction cases (4) and disappearance cases (4).
10 files of the 22 have coverage attached: 29 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 7 creators. Dr. Todd Grande, Truly Criminal and 60 Minutes Australia have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Daniel morcombe — Credit: www.derwan.com/images/view/Daniel_Morcombe.jpgEditorial useSource
Tiahleigh Palmer — Credit: ABC News (Australia), via English WikipediaEditorial useSource
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Phyllis Reiger — Credit: Period press photo via Wikipedia (Murder of Phyllis Reiger)Public domainSource
File:StateLibQld 2 212204 Betty Shanks.jpg — Credit: Contributor(s): The Courier-MailPublic domainSource
22. By status: 3 unsolved, 1 cold, 1 ongoing, 16 solved and 1 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Darkey Flat massacre, from 1845. Open the file
Killing of Betty Shanks, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
Dr. Todd Grande (4 cases), Truly Criminal (2 cases) and 60 Minutes Australia (2 cases), among 7 creators in all.
Brisbane (4), Rockhampton (4) and Logan City (2).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 16, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
