17case filesUpdated Jul 16, 2026
Casepin holds 17 solved cases in New South Wales. A solved case is one the record closes with a conviction or an equivalent legal finding; each file names who was convicted only where a court did.
SOLVEDListenSydney CBD, New South Wales, Australia · 2020
Lilie James, a student and water polo coach, was found dead at St Andrew's Cathedral School in the Sydney CBD on 25 October 2023; the man police named as the prime suspect was found dead by suicide two days later, and a coronial inquest into both deaths opened in March 2025.
SOLVEDListenCrash site near Jagumba, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales · 1931
On 21 March 1931, the airliner Southern Cloud vanished during a flight from Sydney to Melbourne with eight people aboard, becoming Australia's first major airline disaster. Its wreckage was not found until 1958, in mountainous terrain far off course.
SOLVEDListenSouth-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2001
Between 2001 and 2009, a feud rooted in rival cannabis operations and marital breakdowns among three south-west Sydney families of Lebanese descent led to multiple shootings and killings, including the Lawford Street murders of Ziad Razzak and Mervat Nemra, and the murders of Ali Abdul Razzak, Ahmed Fahda and Abdul Darwiche.
SOLVEDListenFairlight, New South Wales, Australia · 1983
Megan Kalajzich was shot twice in the head while asleep in her Fairlight, NSW home in January 1986. Her husband, Andrew Kalajzich, was convicted in 1988 of orchestrating her murder via a hired hitman and served 25 years in prison.
The files run from 1838 to 2024. The 1980s hold the most, with 6 files. The oldest is 1931 Avro Ten Southern Cloud disappearance, from 1931.
They are spread across 13 cities and towns; the most are in Sydney (5). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (14), kidnapping and abduction cases (4) and serial murder cases (1).
9 files of the 17 have coverage attached: 19 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 9 creators. The most covered is Murder of Lilie James, with 4 items to watch or hear. 60 Minutes Australia, Bella Fiori and Emma Kenny 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. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
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Janine Balding — Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
North Stockton Surf Club 2014 — Credit: Freikorp (talk)Public domainSource
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Leeton High School (1) — Credit: BidgeeCC BY-SA 3.0 AUSource
These files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.
17. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
1931 Avro Ten Southern Cloud disappearance, from 1931. Open the file
Murder of Lilie James, with 4 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
60 Minutes Australia (3 cases), Bella Fiori (3 cases) and Emma Kenny (2 cases), among 9 creators in all.
Sydney (5).
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.
