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$500k reward to solve 'extremely vicious' Melbourne sex assault cold case
''The woman was sleeping alone in her Adam Street apartment in Burnley on May 27 in 1985, when an unknown man - and possibly a second offender - climbed through the window about 11pm.
The man threatened the then-69-year-old woman with a knife, before seriously physically and sexually assaulting her in a "prolonged attack", which police have described as "extremely vicious".
"It's quite a specific type of assault ," Sexual Crimes Squad Officer in Charge, Detective Inspector Juliann Goldrick, said today.''
The Burnley apartment block where the sexual assault occurred. (Victoria Police)
"It was extremely violent in nature ... we've never seen another one like this one.
"The person who did this is extremely violent, callous, almost inhumane."
The victim's daughter today said her mother believed a second man was ransacking the house while she was being attacked.''
''The woman was sleeping alone in her Adam Street apartment in Burnley on May 27 in 1985, when an unknown man - and possibly a second offender - climbed through the window about 11pm.
The man threatened the then-69-year-old woman with a knife, before seriously physically and sexually assaulting her in a "prolonged attack", which police have described as "extremely vicious".
"It's quite a specific type of assault ," Sexual Crimes Squad Officer in Charge, Detective Inspector Juliann Goldrick, said today.''
The Burnley apartment block where the sexual assault occurred. (Victoria Police)
"It was extremely violent in nature ... we've never seen another one like this one.
"The person who did this is extremely violent, callous, almost inhumane."
The victim's daughter today said her mother believed a second man was ransacking the house while she was being attacked.''
