Weekly Crime Brief

24/05/2026

🕵️ Sunday is your crime news catch-up day.

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Stay across the latest Aussie crime news, major case updates, and an unsolved case — at your own pace.

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23/05/2026

Your Sunday Aussie crime news catch up is out now. 👮🏻‍♂️🕵️

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This week…

🕵️‍♂️ $1 million reward announced for information relating to the suspicious death of Paul Murray in Lightning Ridge, in northern NSW

🕵️‍♂️ NT Police seek assistance in identifying skeletal remains that were located near the Charlotte River in 2012

💰 Police reopen a cold case investigation into an armed robbery of an Armaguard truck at Chadstone shopping centre in 1994

🛩️ 🚨 Emergency personnel test their skills at a simulated plane crash exercise in the Southern Highlands

Sydney Unsolved: 1972 suspicious disappearance of Lynette Melbin

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Crime Newsletter and Podcast. Produced by a real person. This Week’s Biggest Aussie Crime Stories.

23/05/2026

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17/05/2026

True crime folks don’t spend your Sunday night doomscrolling 📱 🤳🌃

Get the week in Aussie crime news at your own pace, without all the noise. 👮🏻‍♂️🚔 📰

Also this week, introducing Sydney Unsolved, a series of cases from around Sydney.

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16/05/2026

Your Sunday Aussie crime news catch up is out now. 👮🏻‍♂️🕵️

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This week…

🕵️‍♂️ SA Police conclude the latest search in the state’s far north, as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Trisha Graf.

👷‍♂️🏠 Man arrested as a result of a large scale theft and deception investigation, relating to alleged improvements made to his homes

🦜Police appeal for info after a parrot is stolen from an Adelaide pet store

Introducing Sydney Unsolved: 1974 murder of Maria Smith

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15/05/2026

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13/05/2026

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🕵️‍♂️ Starting Sunday 17 May: a new spotlight series on unsolved cases from around Sydney.

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11/05/2026

Starting this Sunday

Sydney Unsolved launches during the spotlight segment on the Weekly Crime Brief

Highlighting unsolved cases that are often overlooked and rarely in the spotlight.

If you are new, Weekly Crime Brief is your wrap of Aussie crime news without the doomscrolling. The newsletter and podcast is released every Sunday morning. It’s produced by a real person.

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11/05/2026

Don’t forget their names.

Over the past several weeks during the spotlight segment, I have talked about these unsolved cases from Tasmania.

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10/05/2026

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