Arrest made over 1977 Australian double murders

21/9/2024 17:30

        A man has been arrested in Italy over the 1977 murders of two women in Melbourne, Australian police have confirmed.
        
        Police in the state of Victoria on Saturday said the 65-year-old man, a Greek-Australian dual citizen, who was the subject of an arrest warrant, was apprehended at a Rome airport on Thursday.
        
        Victoria Police said in a statement that they will seek an extradition order for his return to Melbourne as part of the decades-long investigation into the murders of housemates Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett who were found dead at their home in inner city Melbourne on Jan. 13, 1977.
        
        Both women, who were last seen alive on Jan. 10, had been stabbed multiple times. Armstrong's 16-month-old son was found in another room distressed and dehydrated but otherwise unharmed.
        
        Known as the 'Easey Street murders', the case became one of Australia's most high-profile cold cases.