10case filesUpdated Jul 16, 2026
Casepin holds 10 unsolved cases in South Australia. By legal status, 5 marked unsolved and 5 marked cold. On Casepin a case is unsolved when no one has been convicted for it; files the record marks as cold, where active investigation has stalled, are counted here too and carry their own Cold label.
Credit: Australian police, via English WikipediaPublic domainSourceCOLDListenSomerton Park beach, Adelaide, South Australia · 1940s
An unidentified man was found dead on an Adelaide beach in 1948, in a case that remains officially unresolved despite a 2022 genetic-genealogy identification claim.
COLDListenRiver Torrens near Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, South Australia · 1972
George Duncan, a law lecturer at the University of Adelaide, drowned on 10 May 1972 after being thrown into the River Torrens by a group of men believed to be police officers at a known gay beat. Two former vice squad officers were later tried for manslaughter and acquitted; no one has ever been convicted, and the case remains open.
UNSOLVEDListenTowitta, South Australia · 1902
Thirteen-year-old Bertha Schippan was stabbed and slashed to death at her family's home in Towitta, South Australia, on the night of 1 January 1902. Her sister Mary was tried for the murder but acquitted, and the case remains unsolved.
The files run from 1848 to 1992. The 1970s hold the most, with 4 files. The oldest is Killing of Bertha Schippan, from 1902.
They are spread across 6 cities and towns; the most are in Adelaide (5). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (5), disappearance cases (4) and kidnapping and abduction cases (4).
4 files of the 10 have coverage attached: 9 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 5 creators. The most covered is The Somerton Man (Tamám Shud case), with 5 items to watch or hear. Georgia Marie, 60 Minutes Australia and Kendall Rae 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.
SomertonManSuitcase — Credit: Australian police, via English WikipediaPublic domainSource
Glenelg south aust — Credit: Adam.J.W.C.CC BY-SA 2.5Source
Moore Road Park, Reynella (48946445397) — Credit: Luke Anderson from Adelaide, AustraliaCC BY 2.0Source
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.
10. By status: 5 unsolved and 5 cold. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Killing of Bertha Schippan, from 1902. Open the file
The Somerton Man (Tamám Shud case), with 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Georgia Marie (2 cases), 60 Minutes Australia (1 case) and Kendall Rae (1 case), among 5 creators in all.
Adelaide (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.
