Australia Australia - Suzanne Armstrong, 28, Susan Bartlett, 27, Collingwood, Vic, 10 Jan 1977

[Witness 28]

Hi dot, from the room of Suzanne Armstrong the Killer left a trail of black Cotton thread, to Susan Bartlett fell, it was under her, but no description of how long the thread was or did it come from a suit, business suit, and expensive suit ,or a lawyers suit.

Sorry door for the spelling

 

[Witness 28]

Sorry dotr for the spelling

 

[Witness 28]

Helen Thomas's new book murder on easy street enjoying the book new Insight into early police investigation of the murder, on page 29 a senior police officer confronts one of the women who found the bodies next door stating that Sue was still alive at her first visit to the house, trying to make a feel bad and then stating" so how good do you feel"

 

[Witness 28]

On the day they found the bodies 13th of January police called a suspect in for questioning, the suspect new both women and knew the layout of the house in Collingwood easy Street, he said it was very good friends of Susan Bartlett, and regularly attended the house for a three-month period before their deaths, in the book they trusted men, each person interviewed in the book said how shocked they were when they found out that both women were murdered and told there story's, but this suspect didn't tell a story right from the start he accused someone else of the crime and called him and prick, he named I.J, .I J has police connections.
this man that was brought in for an interview with police the 13th of January 1977 was a heavyweight boxing champion for Assumption College and also a very good tennis player, and very fit, the journalist in the book asked him why he was called in for an interview on the 13th of January by police, then he told the story of leaving a jumper with his name on it at the crime scene ,but stated it was months ago he left it there. You're also asked twice during the interview who told you I was called in for the interview.
It's man was a criminal lawyer had links with police and the court system, if DNA testing has ruled out a lot of people ,including I.J ,then this man must be looked at, because on the 10th of January after the dinner Suzanne Armstrong told Susan brother Martin, that she was supposed to meet someone later someone with police connections or something.
I'm not saying that this man did anything on the 10th of January 1977, but clearly everyone has to be looked at.

It is now known but not told ,IJ, was not his real name, and was not a labour ,this man was a former police officer, who was kicked off the force for assaulting women on duty he was stopped in his car in the streets of Melbourne on the traffic violation, and it also turns out that this man's DNA did not match the DNA found at easy Street.
A well-known Australian racing driver who had a relationship this Suzanne at the time his DNA did not match the one at easy Street either, on the night of the murders Gladys Coventry was staring out her window in a kitchen which is a couple of meters from the two's Sue's kitchen , the light came on she saw a man washing his hands at the sink and then scrubbing with a piece of cloth he was in no hurry apparently when he finished he just walked out the back door ,and was claimed stepped through her neighbour's side gate into the lane, the seems to indicate that the gate was opened ,maybe they'd let the dog out before the attack started.
It is claimed both Sue's new the attacker and the attacker knew the house, two of Suzanne Armstrong's boyfriends stated that when she got undressed and ready for bed, she took one clothes off ,shirt put it on the chair took off a pants put on the chair took off the panties put it on the chair, and in Reverse order when she got up she did the same thing she put on what she took off last first, this was stated by two boyfriends if this is true she knew the person who came in she folded a sheets back ,put the book down, got up try to put on a panties and drop them at the side of the bed ,as he came towards with the knife maybe.
Only police know who has been cleared with DNA evidence, they are not telling the original 10 have been cleared those who entered house in the proceeding hours and days after the murder of all been cleared.
And there's still the story of Martin Bartlett, was told by Susan Armstrong that she was expecting a visitor someone with police connections? Someone she knew?

 

[falkenberg3132]

As with Margaret Tapp and her daughter, it seems possible that a cop might have cashed his chits that were owing to thwart a proper investigation.

(although Ms. Tapps' parents/Miss Tapps' grandparents' being in the Masons was also a factor in why Margaret and Seana are not a Beaumonts' or a Worledge in the public memory).

 

[Witness 28]

As with Margaret Tapp and her daughter, it seems possible that a cop might have cashed his chits that were owing to thwart a proper investigation.

(although Ms. Tapps' parents/Miss Tapps' grandparents' being in the Masons was also a factor in why Margaret and Seana are not a Beaumonts' or a Worledge in the public memory).

Going to play the devil's advocate, and mention drugs, in the book they trusted men are Tom Prior, BL probably not his real name new Suzanne Armstrong and lived with her before she went overseas, IJ who was the police officer , not a time that he was with Suzanne Armstrong, and left the force,
BL said in his own words I thought something was going on if I was right it was dangerous, he said it was heavy stuff ...what drugs? This is only speculation on my part was Susan Armstrong killed due to connections with organised crime and drugs and a friend Susan Bartlett ,was murdered because she came to aid to help her, was Suzanne Armstrong promised easy money from IJ or his connections or someone in law enforcement or courts like a criminal lawyer to be to be a drug mule..... again, like she did in Colombia, carrying a suitcase full of cocaine to Miami. Which she did, was it marijuana, which was big in the 70s around Griffith and parts of Melbourne that the time, which ended in a Whistleblower, Donald McKay's murder was Susan Armstrong over her head with the wrong crowd, and something went wrong.
I must watch Clint Eastwood's movie where he was a mule for the drug cartels , again very interesting scenario probably not the truth but maybe, I think with people like this , all you have to do is make one mistake ,and you will pay for it with your life.

 

[Witness 28]

Going to play the devil's advocate, and mention drugs, in the book they trusted men are Tom Prior, BL probably not his real name new Suzanne Armstrong and lived with her before she went overseas, IJ who was the police officer , not a time that he was with Suzanne Armstrong, and left the force,
BL said in his own words I thought something was going on if I was right it was dangerous, he said it was heavy stuff ...what drugs? This is only speculation on my part was Susan Armstrong killed due to connections with organised crime and drugs and a friend Susan Bartlett ,was murdered because she came to aid to help her, was Suzanne Armstrong promised easy money from IJ or his connections or someone in law enforcement or courts like a criminal lawyer to be to be a drug mule..... again, like she did in Colombia, carrying a suitcase full of cocaine to Miami. Which she did, was it marijuana, which was big in the 70s around Griffith and parts of Melbourne that the time, which ended in a Whistleblower, Donald McKay's murder was Susan Armstrong over her head with the wrong crowd, and something went wrong.
I must watch Clint Eastwood's movie where he was a mule for the drug cartels , again very interesting scenario probably not the truth but maybe, I think with people like this , all you have to do is make one mistake ,and you will pay for it with your life.

The book, Sins of the Father, Chappelle Corby father Mick Corby purchased marijuana many times from a South Australian drug syndicate, headed by convicted drug trafficker Malcolm McCauley. I read this book it was a great insight , at the time when Chappelle Corby and a friend said she was innocent, and how Chappelle Corby invited an innocent person to take a holiday with the family ,so she could carry that the marijuana stuffed in a surfboard bag.

 

[Witness 28]

Why I like this suspect is because he lied deliberately telling an untruth and being caught out.
On the last time he saw Susan Bartlett he said he saw her at a party in the months leading up to the murders I.J was there. He spoke to her.
And then telling,
I left his jumper/sweater at easy Street probably on December 23 the last time I was there, this was Susan bartlett's birthday ,question did this lawyer see, meet ,or even talk to Susan Bartlett on her birthday, because he was close to her, Susan bartlett's birthday was on the 23rd of December I.J was not there, there is no evidence that he attended the birthday, because he had moved on, Susan Armstrong had dumped him months before.
This does not make the lawyer a double murderer ,he's not even guilty of anything, just making up stories.
Question for the police do they have a record of the lawyer being interviewed at the police station ,on 13th of January 1977 if not why.?

 

[minusfour]

I just heard on the ABC radio news that there has been an arrest made in this case, at the airport in Rome on Thursday night, has anyone heard any details?

 

[Gavilan]

Police have arrested a man in Italy over the 1977 murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett in their Easey Street home. He fled Australia in 2017 after he became aware he was a suspect.

The man fled to Greece and couldn’t be arrested because local laws meant charges must be laid within seven years of the offence.

Police have waited those 15 years for him to leave Greece so he could be arrested. They will now seek to extradite him to Melbourne to face the charges.

A police spokesperson confirmed a 65-year-old dual citizen of Australia and Greece was arrested at an airport in Rome in the early hours on Friday.

 

[Gavilan]

The man fled to Greece and couldn’t be arrested because local laws meant charges must be laid within seven years of the offence.

Police have waited those 15 years for him to leave Greece so he could be arrested. They will now seek to extradite him to Melbourne to face the charges.

A police spokesperson confirmed a 65-year-old dual citizen of Australia and Greece was arrested at an airport in Rome in the early hours on Friday.

The murders had happened at the height of an Australian summer, in January, 1977, in a street whose name – Easey Street, Collingwood – was to echo down the years in Victoria.

The suspect, then a teenager, was checked by police near Easey Street around that time and it was recorded he was carrying a knife.

In a reinvestigation, he agreed to provide DNA but fled Australia. It is understood a DNA sample from a relative established a match.

Attempts through diplomatic channels to have the man returned failed and he was put on an international watch list that led to his arrest in Rome.”

 

[Puggo]

15 years old at the time of the murders? It's possible the arrested, may have been known via the teaching link. MMO

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Man arrested in Rome almost 50 years after infamous Easey Street murders in Melbourne's Collingwood

A man has been arrested in Italy over the notorious murder of two housemates in inner-city Melbourne almost half a century ago.

www.abc.net.au

A man has been arrested in Italy over the infamous Easey Street murders in inner-city Melbourne almost 50 years ago.

A 65-year-old man, who is a dual citizen of Australia and Greece, was nabbed at an airport in Rome on Thursday night, with a charge and warrant placed for his arrest.

The arrest follows a decades-long investigation by Victoria Police's Homicide Squad, following the murders of housemates Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, who were found dead at their home in Easey Street, Collingwood on January 13, 1977.

The man remains in custody, with Victoria Police now working to seek his extradition to Victoria

An ABC journalist is gathering and checking more details on this unfolding story for you.

They will publish an update shortly.

 

[sapphire blue]

15 years old at the time of the murders? It's possible the arrested, may have been known via the teaching link. MMO

18yrs old at the time of the murders.

So glad there’s finally been an arrest

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Man arrested in Rome almost 50 years after infamous Easey Street murders in Melbourne's Collingwood

A man has been arrested in Italy over the notorious murder of two housemates in inner-city Melbourne almost half a century ago.

www.abc.net.au

Either I missed this bit or there was an update.

No charges have been laid.

Oh yes it has been updated.

The families said they would be forever grateful for the support and understanding shown by friends and family over the past 47 years.

"It is difficult to sufficiently express our appreciation to Victoria Police and the many investigators who have tirelessly pursued answers and justice for us over such a long period of time," they said.

"The perseverance and dedication required to achieve the result today is something to truly behold. For always giving us hope and never giving up, we simply say, thank you."

 

[Marg from Oz]

Wonder if anyone gets the million dollars reward? MOO

 

[Trooper]

Man arrested in Rome almost 50 years after infamous Easey Street murders in Melbourne's Collingwood

A man has been arrested in Italy over the notorious murder of two housemates in inner-city Melbourne almost half a century ago.

www.abc.net.au

A man has been arrested in Italy over the infamous Easey Street murders in inner-city Melbourne almost 50 years ago.

A 65-year-old man, who is a dual citizen of Australia and Greece, was nabbed at an airport in Rome on Thursday night, with a charge and warrant placed for his arrest.

The arrest follows a decades-long investigation by Victoria Police's Homicide Squad, following the murders of housemates Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, who were found dead at their home in Easey Street, Collingwood on January 13, 1977.

The man remains in custody, with Victoria Police now working to seek his extradition to Victoria

An ABC journalist is gathering and checking more details on this unfolding story for you.

They will publish an update shortly.

Interestingly, to me, he actually left Greece. Where he had a sort of limited extradition reprise, if he kept his nose clean....

In addition, he went to Italy, to Rome. Where AU does have extradition powers! What on earth would have driven him to make such a fundamental error?...

Unless he actually believed it was all over and done with, no one was on watch, no one was keeping tabs. VICPOL don't have an out in their Organisation Charter, they are bound by law to hunt down all aspects of crime till things are finished. However long it takes.


Maybe he was a student at Fitzroy High School... .... he is 65 now.. that makes him around 17, at the time.

 

[JLZ]

I was wondering if the arrested man could also have been the killer of Maria James in Thornbury, which is not so far from Collingwood--a few train stations north--in 1980.

 

[minusfour]

I was wondering if the arrested man could also have been the killer of Maria James in Thornbury, which is not so far from Collingwood--a few train stations north--in 1980.

It will be interesting to find out who he is-was he known to the victims?-and what he has been up to for 47 years

 

[Trooper]

I was wondering if the arrested man could also have been the killer of Maria James in Thornbury, which is not so far from Collingwood--a few train stations north--in 1980.

on the same tram line, actually. The West Preston, up Smith st?? I think.... At that age he would not have had a driving licence, so either he walked, or he took the tram..... Easy St is off Smith St tramline......