Nearly five decades since the murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett, a man has been arrested in Italy and Victoria Police are seeking to extradite him.
A man has been arrested in Italy as part of an investigation into the 'Easey Street murders' of two women who were stabbed to death in Melbourne almost five decades ago. Suzanne Armstrong, 28, and Susan Bartlett, 27, were found dead in their Collingwood home in January 1977, each with dozens of stab wounds. Bartlett's 16-month-old son was found unharmed in his cot. On Saturday, it was revealed a 65-year-old man was arrested at an airport in Rome on Thursday evening.
Victoria Police chief commissioner Shane Patton described the arrest as an important breakthrough in the 47-year investigation but warned there was "still some way to go". "This was a crime that struck at the heart of our community — two women in their own home, where they should have felt their safest," he said The commissioner said Homicide Squad detectives and other police had worked tirelessly on the case for decades.
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