Homicide

About 20 children are murdered by a parent every year in Australia. It's a crime that evokes equal measures of horror and confusion. At the crux of the issue is male-perpetrated violence.

A man accused of killing his 85-year-old wife at their home in Adelaide's west has been committed to the state's highest court to stand trial, despite not entering a plea to murder.

Ms McBride, 39, was stabbed during a clash between two groups of teenage girls in the Wollongong suburb of Warrawong in November.

A former legal secretary has told the Supreme Court that missing NSW woman Amber Haigh believed her "life would be taken" by Robert Geeves after she gave birth.

Amy Roganovic's family was heading back to the Broad Arrow Cafe when they heard the sound of gunshots. It was a warning from one of the staff that sent them running. 

Caroll Hopkinson appeared in court via video link charged with the murder of her husband, Simon Charles Hopkinson, at Taperoo but made no application for bail.

Staff at a waste management facility in Epping discovered the body on Wednesday, with police linking the bin to a house in Coolaroo.

Andres Pancha, a 45-year-old fisherman, died of severe injuries on the pier in Melbourne's south-east after an alleged assault last Saturday.

68-year-old Patricia McKay was struck and killed by a white sedan during a botched robbery attempt at Fashion Island mall, Newport Beach.

Sue Powell, a nurse who cared for the teenager and her newborn baby, told the court she was concerned something might happen "at the hands of Robert Geeves" after learning details about his history with police.

An Adelaide man who has spent four decades in jail for a murder he maintains he never committed has been released on parole.

The first study tracking the murder of children by parents in domestic violence situations is released.

The mother of a woman shot dead by police in Geraldton hopes a coronial inquest due to start today will finally provide the family with answers.

The mother of a woman shot dead by police in Geraldton hopes a coronial inquest due to start today will finally provide the family with answers.

Police said officers were called to the scene for a welfare check at around 4:15pm, where they found a woman with life-threatening stab wounds.

An alleged murder involving two well-known writers and former friends has shocked the Pacific island nation of Samoa. Police are still piecing together what happened.

Newly released police tapes reveal how Greg Lynn explained the deaths of Carol Clay and Russell Hill to officers during the interview in which he was charged with their murders.

The former schools police chief and the former officer are indicted over their response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas in 2022. 

A 42-year-old man is charged with murder after police found the body of a woman at a home in Russell Lea. 

More than a third of victims were aged between 10-17 years old when the incident occurred, according to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 

The court heard Francesco Dimasi, 92, was bed-ridden and suffering dementia and would not be entering a plea to one count of murder "at all, based on mental fitness".

Officers were called to a home in Russell Lea just after 11am when member of the public reported hearing a woman scream for help.

A spurned lover who abducted, bound and buried his former girlfriend alive in a shallow grave has had his non-parole period for murder extended by more than five years.

At the end of a five-week trial, prosecution and defence arguments differed so vastly that the jury were left with just two options: murder or acquittal.

Robyn Hill, the wife of Victorian camper Russell Hill, says she is relieved former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn was found guilty of the murder of Carol Clay, but disappointed he was acquitted over her husband's death.