This Tuesday, December 3, the Australian state of Victoria extradited the suspect of a double murder described as “absolutely horrible, macabre and frenzied” which occurred in 1977. The accused was 17 years old at the time of the facts.
All over the world, kinship DNA works miracles to solve the oldest cold cases. In Australia, the mystery of the “Easey Street murders”, considered one of the most “infamous” cases the country faced in the last century, would be on the verge of being solved, according to ABC Net. A suspect is currently on his way to Canberra after being extradited from Italy, where he was arrested last September in connection with the Interpol warrant against him.
Perry Kouroumblis, a 65-year-old Australian-Greek man, is suspected of stabbing Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, to death in their Melbourne home in 1977. The two women had known each other since high school and lived in shared accommodation. They gave no further sign of life after the evening of January 10 and were found dead in their home three days later. Suzanne Armstrong's 16-month-old little boy was found safe and sound in his cradle – despite these 3 days without being fed.
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The investigation showed that the latter had been sexually assaulted and stabbed 29 times before her friend, Susan Bartlett, intervened to try to save her. She in turn was the victim of a dozen stab wounds.
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He brought the knife to the police
For years, investigations into their deaths yielded nothing. The police nevertheless suspected Perry Kouroumblis for a time, because it was he who, a week after the double murder and when he was 17 years old, brought the knife used to kill Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett to the officers, reports the BBC. The teenager explained that he found the bloody knife near the crime scene on Easey Street. But his arrest took several years, because the man resided in Greece and his case did not fit into the extradition agreements signed between the two countries.
In 2017, police in the Australian state of Victoria informed the press that they had never closed this investigation and that they continued to monitor some 130 “persons of interest”. That year, a $1 million reward was also promised for “information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone found responsible for the murders” of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett.
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In announcing the suspect's arrest last September, Victoria Police insisted that this case was not only the “oldest” unsolved murder in its department, but also the most “serious” its teams have faced. had to face. “It was an absolutely horrible, macabre and frenzied homicide,” the chief commissioner insisted to ABC Net. Lamenting: “This is a crime that struck at the heart of our community: two women in their own home, where they should have felt safest.”
Perry Kouroumblis' lawyer told Australian media that her client was “surprised” by his arrest, but that he “does exactly what the police tell him” and “presents no opposition” although he denies it. the facts with which he is accused.
