EXCLUSIVE: A 55-year-old male has been extradited from QLD to NSW, following his alleged involvement in the 1998 murder of a Sydney teenager. 9News DETAILS:
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of a person who is deceased.in 1998 will be sent to New South Wales today after extradition from Queensland was granted.
Arthur Haines was staying at a friend's house on Walker Street in Waterloo when a fire broke out, sparked by a Molotov cocktail.The 13-year-old became trapped on the top floor and suffered burns to 60 per cent of his body. He died from his injuries 11 weeks later. A forensic investigation found the fire on April 9, 1998, was deliberately lit, and in January 2020 was referred to detectives from the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad for re-investigation under Strike Force Belemba II.
In June that year the reward for information about the teenager's death was increased from $100,000 to $1 million.This week, detectives were granted an arrest warrant for a 55-year-old man believed to be living outside NSW.NSW Police are set to provide further information at a press conference later today, alongside Arthur's mother Julieanne Szabo.
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