Australia Australia- Jessie Grace Lauder, 80s, sexually assaulted twice (1981 & 1983) by same perp. @ her own home, Newport, *DNA, new initiative*

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Jan 14 2025 rbbm

Fresh plea to help solve cold-case Melbourne sex assaults

Police are renewing their calls for help to find a man who attacked an elderly widow in her Melbourne home twice in two years.

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Jessie Lauder was aged in her 80s when she was sexually assaulted twice in her own Newport home in 1981 and 1983. (Supplied: Victoria Police)
''Jessie Grace Lauder was sexually assaulted in 1981 and again in 1983 by a man who broke into her Newport home in Melbourne's west.

The elderly woman died in 1993 without the man, who is believed to have been a local, being captured.
With advances in DNA technology, police are narrowing down their search for Ms Lauder's attacker and are making a fresh appeal for information.''

''Police are using DNA evidence in a bid to crack open the cold case, as they hunt an intruder who broke into Jessie Grace Lauder's Newport home twice in the 1980s and raped the widow.''

''During both incidents, the man was believed to have worn gloves, a beanie, work boots and items over his face to conceal his identity.
He was described as being between 20 and 30 years of age, with a fair complexion, dark hair, and spoke with an Australian accent.''

 

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By Jorge Branco
Eleanor Wilson
Jan 14, 2025 rbbm

'Cannot express the disgust': Grandson's plea to find widow's rapist four decades on

The grandson of an elderly woman who was raped twice in her Melbourne home more than 40 years ago has descr...

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''The grandson of an elderly woman who was raped twice in her Melbourne home more than 40 years ago has described his "disgust" for her attacker, as police narrow their search for him decades on.
Detectives from the sexual crime squad this morning said DNA technology advances and tips received in recent years led them to believe the rapist lived near Jessie Grace Lauder's home in Mason Street, Newport, when he sexually assaulted her twice in the 1980s.
Ms Lauder died in 1993 without ever seeing justice but police, who've offered a reward of $500,000 for information, said they believed the crime could be solved and urged the public to help bring him to justice.''

''Sexual Crime Squad Detective Inspector Mark Burnett said the attacks on the defenceless widow were "right up there with the worst level of offending that I've seen".

''Ms Lauder's grandson Malcolm Lauder became emotional today as he told reporters of the trauma that has plagued the family for decades.
"She's five foot nothing, my grandma, five foot nothing," Mr Lauder said.''

''The man might have lived on Mason, Johnston or Oxford streets or the neighbouring Lucius and Cunningham lanes, they said, urging anyone who may have known him to come forward''.

 

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A man accused of raping a Melbourne grandmother has faced court, more than 40 years after the alleged offences took place.
Michael Francis Martin, 69, was arrested by police on Friday after what police described as a years-long investigation.

Man, 69, faces court over alleged rape of Melbourne grandmother

Police allege Michael Francis Martin, 69, sexually assaulted an elderly woman by breaking into her home in Melbourne's inner-west in 1981 and 1983.

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