Victoria police seeking an extradition order for the 65-year-old over the 1977 deaths known as the Easey Street murders
Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett were found dead in their Melbourne home on Easey Street, Collingwood, in 1977. A man has been arrested in Italy over their deaths.Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett were found dead in their Melbourne home on Easey Street, Collingwood, in 1977. A man has been arrested in Italy over their deaths.
The women’s bodies were found in the house on 13 January, three days after they had last been seen alive, with the child distressed and dehydrated but otherwise unhurt.The Easey Street murders, as they became known, was one of Melbourne’s most high-profile cold cases, remaining unsolved for decades. “For over 47 years, detectives from the homicide qquad have worked tirelessly to determine who was responsible for the deaths of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett,” Patton said.
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