In one case, the victim escaped. The second ended in a schoolboy’s murder and an enduring cold case. Both are unsolved. Could they be connected?
Kristin Shorten
Detectives investigating the abduction and murder of Gerard Ross exactly 25 years ago have vowed to never give up on catching the person responsible for the haunting crime.
Shannon Hampton
A model plane enthusiast and ‘red hot’ suspect in the murder of Gerard Ross is dead, but detectives still have the car he drove at the time of the schoolboy’s abduction more than 23 years ago.
The Rockingham woman, who does not want to be named due to safety fears, said the then-teenager ‘excitedly’ bragged to her ‘with a smile on his face’ that he had murdered the schoolboy.
Police are ‘actively investigating’ a handful of ‘primary suspects’ over the 1997 abduction and murder of Gerard Ross.
The State Government will offer the ‘intimate partner’ of Gerard Ross’s killer a million reasons to provide police with information that will result in a murder conviction.
The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Gerard Ross Story is an eight-part award-winning documentary about one of WA’s most enduring and heartbreaking mysteries. Watch the full series here.
Detectives investigating the unsolved murder of Gerard Ross have spoken about DNA evidence that could catch his killer, including a hair on his sock and a ‘red-blonde’ hair on his clothes.
Potential clues in the hunt for the killer of 11-year-old Gerard Ross were sent to the UK along with the crucial exhibits in the Claremont serial killer case, it has been revealed.
Tim Clarke
Cops are investigating new information relating to the Gerard Ross mystery after a surprise witness came forward with startling allegations about a convicted wife killer.
Mark Gibson and Kristin Shorten
A killer who dumped his ex-wife’s body near the gravesite of murdered schoolboy Gerard Ross is under investigation for allegedly “prowling” in the yards of his neighbours.
Kristin Shorten and Mark Gibson
In an extraordinary move, police investigating the unsolved murder of Gerard Ross have asked Seven West Media to produce copies of all interviews, footage, reports and articles related to the case.
A chilling confession to a Perth registered nurse two decades ago is one of the lines of inquiry now being re-investigated in relation to the 1997 unsolved murder of Gerard Ross.
Blowflies and beetles found on the body of Gerard Ross indicated that the schoolboy’s body had been dumped in a pine forest within days of his death.
Crime Stoppers have received a flurry of calls following the release of a groundbreaking documentary, The Boy in the Blue Cap, about the 1997 unsolved abduction and murder of schoolboy Gerard Ross.
The police victimology report about murdered schoolboy Gerard Ross indicated he was unlikely to have gone with a stranger and therefore was probably abducted in a “blitz-style attack”.
Investigative journalist Kristin Shorten speaks with the family of murdered boy Gerard Ross as part of The West Australian’s subscriber exclusive documentary The Boy in the Blue Cap.
To be reported to police in relation to a murder that you did not commit is unlucky. But to be reported twice, in relation to two separate child murders in two separate States is even more unlucky.
The Premier has been the local MP for Rockingham since 1996 and said he remembered days of Gerard Ross’ disappearance vividly.
Peter De Kruijff
As her new true crime documentary debuts online, journalist Kristin Shorten writes how her friendship with the parents of one missing boy, led to an obsession with another
In a gripping new true-crime documentary series, The West Australian seeks to solve the murder of 11-year-old Gerard Ross. In the first episode we retrace his last known whereabouts in Rockingham.
There is something sinister about the pine plantation where the body of Gerard Ross was found. Soon after his body was discovered, another person was found dead there.
CCTV footage from the Gull Rockingham indicates Gerard Ross was abducted from Kent Street before reaching the service station 800m away.
The family at the centre of The West’s groundbreaking documentary series into the 20-year cold case killing of an 11-year-old in Rockingham say those responsible for his death should suffer.
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