UNSOLVEDListenKings Park, Perth, Western Australia · 2007
Corryn Rayney, a Supreme Court of Western Australia registrar, disappeared on 7 August 2007 and was found buried in Kings Park, Perth; her husband Lloyd Rayney was charged with her murder but acquitted at trial, an acquittal later upheld on appeal, and her killing remains unsolved.
Credit: CalistemonCC BY-SA 4.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenRural property near Nannup, Western Australia · 2007
In July 2007, four people — spiritual leader Simon Kadwill and his followers Chantelle McDougall, her daughter Leela McDougall, and Tony Popic — vanished from a rural property near Nannup, Western Australia. Despite a police investigation and a 2017 coronial inquest, none of the four have been found and their fate remains undetermined.
Credit: Danny RopisCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenCorner of Barrack and Wellington streets, Perth, Western Australia · 1978
Andrew Pea, a 22-year-old labourer, was stabbed to death outside a Perth betting shop in 1978 after a brief street fight; the case remained unsolved for nearly a decade until Peter Munckton was arrested in 1987 and convicted of murder in 1988.
SOLVEDListenBalcatta, Perth, Western Australia · 2020
Ruqia Haidari, a 21-year-old Afghan Australian woman, was fatally stabbed by her husband Mohammad Ali Halimi in Perth in January 2020, six weeks after their marriage; he was later jailed for life. In 2024, her mother became the first person convicted under Australia's forced marriage laws for pressuring Haidari into the marriage.
COLDListenMistake Creek, East Kimberley, Western Australia · 1915
On 28 March 1915, between 8 and 32 Gija people were shot and killed and their bodies burned at Mistake Creek in Western Australia's East Kimberley, in an attack believed to have involved ex-policeman Michael "Mick" Rhatigan and two Indigenous employees.
The files run from 1834 to 2020. The 1970s hold the most, with 2 files. The oldest is Mistake Creek massacre, from 1915.
They are spread across 9 cities and towns; the most are in Perth (5). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (10), disappearance cases (3) and domestic violence cases (2).
3 files of the 13 have coverage attached: 4 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 4 creators. Emma Kenny, Danelle Hallan 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.
OIC claremont hotel 1 — Credit: User:OrderinchaosCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Murder of Andrew Pea - Murder Location — Credit: Danny RopisCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Pinjarra Massacre Site, August 2020 01 — Credit: CalistemonCC BY-SA 4.0Source
00 2003 Derby - Westaustralien — Credit: W. BulachCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Vasse Highway, main street of Nannup, Western Australia, January 2023 01 — Credit: CalistemonCC BY-SA 4.0Source
13. By status: 5 unsolved, 1 cold and 7 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Mistake Creek massacre, from 1915. Open the file
Killing of Corryn Rayney, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
Emma Kenny (1 case), Danelle Hallan (1 case) and 60 Minutes Australia (1 case), among 4 creators in all.
Perth (5).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 13, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
