The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay

The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay
Author: David Murray
Publisher: Random House Australia
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2014-12-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 174275984X

How did a father with no criminal history come to be on trial for the brutal murder of his wife? It began with a phone call to Brisbane police on 20 April 2012. Allison, wife of real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay, was missing. When investigating officers arrived at the family home, in one of the city’s wealthiest suburbs, a neatly dressed Gerard was about to send the couple’s three daughters off to school. Scratches on his face were shaving cuts, he told them. Police weren’t so sure and opened one of Australia’s most high-profile investigations. Ten days after Gerard reported Allison’s disappearance, the body of the former beauty queen was discovered on a creek bank 14 kilometres from home. The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay is written by the investigative journalist who covered the case from the start. It weaves together exclusive interviews and police and court records to explain how an upstanding family man with no criminal history received a life sentence for murder. It's a story of love, lust, image, ambition and marriage. It’s also a story about everyday choices and their consequences.

Why Did They Do It?

Why Did They Do It?
Author: Cheryl Critchley
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1743539193

The cases that stunned Australia - and left us all with one question: Why did they do it? Peter Caruso bludgeoned his wife to death after almost fifty years of happy marriage. John Myles Sharpe killed his pregnant wife and their young daughter with a speargun. Katherine Knight stabbed and skinned her partner with the intention of serving his cooked carcass to his children. These and other crimes, committed by people described as average, ordinary, normal... In Why Did They Do It?, respected journalist Cheryl Critchley teams with esteemed psychologist Professor Helen McGrath to meticulously dissect the crimes, the evidence, the testimony, the confessions, and the overwhelming diagnostic evidence to analyse the minds and motivations behind crimes that shocked the nation.

I Catch Killers

I Catch Killers
Author: Gary Jubelin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2020-08-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1460712641

THE #1 TRUE CRIME BESTSELLER. Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective. WINNER OF 2021 DANGER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Here I am: tall and broad, shaved head, had my nose broken three times fighting. Black suit, white shirt, the big city homicide detective. I've led investigations into serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. But beneath the suit, I've got an Om symbol in the shape of a Buddha tattooed on my right bicep. It balances the tattoo on my left ribs: Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. That's how I choose to live my life. As a cop, I got paid to catch killers and I learned what doing it can cost you. It cost me marriages and friendships. It cost me my reputation. They tell you not to let a case get personal, but I think it has to. Each one has taken a piece out of me and added a piece, until there's only pieces. I catch killers - it's what I do. It's who I am. Gary Jubelin was one of Australia's most celebrated detectives, leading investigations into the disappearance of preschooler William Tyrrell, the serial killing of three Aboriginal children in Bowraville and the brutal gangland murder of Terry Falconer. During his 34-year career, Detective Chief Inspector Jubelin also ran the crime scene following the Lindt Cafe siege, investigated the death of Caroline Byrne and recovered the body of Matthew Leveson. Jubelin retired from the force in 2019. This is his story.

Where is Daniel?

Where is Daniel?
Author: Bruce Morcombe
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Total Pages: 781
Release: 2014-08-04
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1743289499

On 7 December 2003 Daniel Morcombe disappeared on the Sunshine Coast, while waiting for a bus. For Bruce and Denise Morcombe - the parents of Daniel - and his brothers, Bradley and Dean, it was apparent within hours that something was very wrong. In the first few days following Daniel's disappearance, Bruce and Denise made a promise to their son that they would never ever stop looking for him, and bring who was responsible to justice. 'We will never give up.' As the nightmare of hours became days then weeks, and months and years, the family mobilised to become the moral force behind the longest criminal investigation in Australia's history. Where is Daniel? covers the decade-long investigation into the disappearance of Daniel and the extraordinary courage, dignity, persistence and fortitude Bruce and Denise displayed under unbearable circumstances. This determination also applied to Bruce and Denise's desire to mine something positive from the darkest of experiences. They started the Daniel Morcombe Foundation in 2005, to teach children about safety, and have since visited hundreds of schools around Australia. They've established Australia's largest annual child safety day-of-action, 'Day for Daniel', and utilised the funds raised to support other children who have been the victims of abuse. Over a decade later, with Daniel's killer brought to justice thanks to an amazing covert police sting, this is the family's story. Where is Daniel? is a testament to the enduring power of love between parents and their child, and the strength and bonds of family to survive.

The Society Murders

The Society Murders
Author: Hilary Bonney
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003-11-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1741153484

The story of the 'society murders' that rocked a family, a class and a city to its very core.

The Australian Book of True Crime

The Australian Book of True Crime
Author: Larry Writer
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1742660665

Twenty-one of Australia's most startling real-life crimes, from the late 1800s to the present day are collected here in one gripping volume. Using exhaustive research, court records, police statements and original interviews, Larry Writer offers fascinating new insights into the lives of some of Australia's most notorious villains and their victims.

The Jaidyn Leskie Murder

The Jaidyn Leskie Murder
Author: Michael Gleeson
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0730449858

the disappearance of Jaidyn Leskie has captivated the nation for a decade. Babysitter Greg Domaszewicz was charged with killing the child, his girlfriend's son, and throwing the body in a lake. One court acquitted him of the crime and another said he had disposed of the body: so who did kill Jaidyn? this new, updated edition contains interviews with Jaidyn's parents, Domaszewicz's former lover and friends, and the full statements of prisoners who claimed Greg had confessed to the crime. Author Michael Gleeson was granted extensive access to police files to help pull together the threads of a tangled story and navigate a path through the maze of possibilities that came to light during the case.

Beauty Queen Murder - Allison Baden-Clay

Beauty Queen Murder - Allison Baden-Clay
Author: Pamela Lillian Valemont
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2014
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1312286776

It had all the ingredients of a classic whodunnit. Beautiful young woman, former beauty queen, marries the man of her dreams, the great-grandson of Lord Baden-Powell, scouting pioneer. Together they produce three beautiful daughters. Then it all went horribly wrong. One morning, she left for her early morning walk and never came home. Her husband phoned the police. He said it was not like her. Ten days later, a lone kayaker found her, lying on her side on the steep, muddy bank of Kholo Creek where it adjoined the Brisbane River; her body and the muddy river swollen from the heavy April rains. Pamela Lillian Valemont, the world's first forensic numerological criminal profiler, details the amazing number correlations between the victim, the perpetrator and the third person involved in the love triangle that was to have such dire consequences for all three involved. The crime was to leave three little girls motherless, their father committed to prison for life. BLACK AND WHITE INTERIOR PRINTED VERSION.

The Vanishing Criminal

The Vanishing Criminal
Author: Don Weatherburn
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0522877354

In 2000, Australia had the highest rate of burglary, the highest rate of contact crime (assault, sexual assault and robbery) and the second highest rate of motor vehicle theft among the 25 countries included in the international crime victim survey, which takes in the United States, the United Kingdom and most western European countries. Then in 2001, Australian crime statistics began to decline. By 2018, rates of the most common forms of crime had fallen between 40 and 80 percent and were lower than they’d been in twenty or in some cases thirty years. Australia is not the only country to have experienced this social trend. In The Vanishing Criminal Don Weatherburn and Sara Rahman set out to explain the dramatic fall in crime, rigorously but accessibly comparing competing theories against the available evidence. Their conclusions will surprise many and reshape the terms for discussion of these questions well into the future.

World Atlas of Seagrasses

World Atlas of Seagrasses
Author: Frederick T. Short
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780520240476

Seagrasses are a vital and widespread but often overlooked coastal marine habitat. This volume provides a global survey of their distribution and conservation status.