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5 days ago | 
7news.com.au | Tita Smith
A taekwondo instructor who slaughtered an entire family and stole one of their cars rang his wife amid the killings to tell her he had obtained a BMW, court documents reveal. Kwang Kyung Yoo, 50, on Thursday pleaded guilty to the February 2024 murders of his seven-year-old student and the boy’s parents, Min Cho, 41, and Steven Cho, 39.
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6 days ago | 
perthnow.com.au | Tita Smith |Molly Magennis |Bryce Luff
The devastated family of a mother shot dead by her husband in a murder-suicide have broken their silence as they rally to support her orphaned daughter. Krystel and James Paul, both 41, were found dead in separate rooms inside their Verbena Dr home in Mount Sheridan, Cairns, on Tuesday night. The married couple’s nine-year-old daughter had fled the home to sound the alarm, banging at a neighbour’s door.
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1 week ago | 
7news.com.au | Tita Smith
A toddler has tragically died after being struck by a car in the driveway of a home. Police and paramedics were called to Culgoa Bend, at Villawood in Sydney’s southwest, about 12pm on Saturday to reports a child had been struck by a car. The child suffered critical injuries and was rushed to The Childrens Hospital at Westmead. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Despite the best efforts of medical teams, the girl died.
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1 week ago | 
7news.com.au | Tita Smith |Molly Magennis |Bryce Luff
The devastated family of a mother shot dead by her husband in a murder-suicide have broken their silence as they rally to support her orphaned daughter. Krystel and James Paul, both 41, were found dead in separate rooms inside their Verbena Dr home in Mount Sheridan, Cairns, on Tuesday night. The married couple’s nine-year-old daughter had fled the home to sound the alarm, banging at a neighbour’s door.
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1 week ago | 
7news.com.au | Tita Smith
A teenage boy has tragically died after crashing his motorbike on a busy street. Emergency services were called to Terry Street, Albion Park, in NSW’s Illawarra region, about 7.50pm on Friday to reports of a crash. Officers and police dogs arrived at the scene to find a motorcycle had crashed after veering off the road. The 17-year-old rider was treated by paramedics at the scene before being rushed to Wollongong Hospital, where he later died.
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1 week ago | 
7news.com.au | Tita Smith
The devastated mother of missing teen Pheobe Bishop has spoken out and said she’s happy to to be under fire as long as Australia keeps talking about her daughter. Kylie Johnson has been actively promoting the search campaign to find her daughter since the 17-year-old disappeared from the Bundaberg area, in Central Queensland, on 15 May. Every day, Johnson has been sharing posts on social media to raise awareness about the case, some of which have drawn nasty comments from trolls.
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1 week ago | 
7news.com.au | Tita Smith
A desperate search is underway to find a man who is missing after he jumped into croc-infested waters for a late-night swim with work mates. Brendon Doherty, 55, and his friends plunged off the Channel Island Bridge, near Wickham in Darwin’s southeast, around 9.40pm on Friday. He reportedly spent several minutes laughing and being active in the water before he started drifting away.
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1 week ago | 
7news.com.au | Tita Smith
Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson told detectives in the days following her deadly death cap mushroom lunch that she had “never” foraged for mushrooms and said she did not “know anything” about a food dehydrator. The new details came to light as the jury in the Supreme Court trial were shown Patterson’s police interview tape on Tuesday as lead investigator in the case, Homicide Detective Stephen Eppingstall, took the stand.
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1 week ago | 
7news.com.au | Tita Smith
A mother has been charged with murder of her daughter and is due to face Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Lauren Ingrid Flanigan, 32, was arrested after her daughter, 3, was found unresponsive at a home on Regency Road at Moore Park Beach in Bundaberg, Central Queensland, just before 5pm on Monday. Flanigan championed various causes online, including advocating against domestic violence and the benefits of digital work options for mothers.
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2 weeks ago | 
7news.com.au | Tita Smith
A woman has died and five others have been rushed to hospital after a horrific crash on a busy road in Victoria. A brown Toyota Corolla and a white Mazda CX9 were travelling along Bellarine Highway in Moolap, in Geelong’s south eastern outskirts, when they collided about 12.25pm on Saturday. Three women were travelling in the Toyota, with one of the passengers dying at the scene while the other was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.
