Police divers have been called in to search an area near the East Coast town of St Helens for clues in the long-unsolved murder of a young Italian tourist.
Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso was stabbed to death in broad daylight on a beach on Tasmania's east coast in 1995 and the case remains unsolvedSearch and rescue crews, including police divers, are scouring a new area of interest after receiving information from witnesses
Police say the search operations, in a previously unsearched area, come in light of new information received from witnesses regarding the movements of a light-coloured 1970s Subaru station wagon. The young traveller had arrived in Tasmania on October 6 to stay with her cousin after deferring her law studies in Italy, and after spending time in England.Fifty people visited Beaumaris Beach that day on October 11 — but no-one saw or heard a thing.Crime Stoppers websiteA week ago, police released descriptions of a person of interest and reconstructed images of a car, similar to the make and model seen near the scene, in the hope it would jog people's memory.
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