A Melbourne man will be extradited to Canberra in the custody of police after being arrested on suspicion of murdering a grandmother in 1999.
A Melbourne man will be extradited to Canberra in the custody of police after being arrested on suspicion of murder over the cold case killing of 72-year-old grandmother Irma Palasics, who drowned in her own blood.
He said Fabriczy’s arrest related to a home invasion at the home of elderly residents Gregor and Irma Palasics, who were at their McKellar home in Canberra when two masked men forced their way inside about 9.30pm on November 6, 1999.Marriott said the couple, aged 73 and 72, were bound and savagely beaten before the offenders ransacked their Grover Crescent home and stole cash and jewellery.
Plea for help: John Mikita puts up posters close to the McKellar home in which his grandmother Irma Palasics was killed.The detective said following a largely fruitless investigation, a DNA match was later established in 2019 through the national crime investigation DNA database. “I’m also aware he’s ... made statements to Victoria Police while in custody about wanting to harm himself. He made the same statement to us,” he said.The court heard while the 68-year-old had no prior offences for failing to answer bail, he did spend time in prison from 2010 to 2012 after being convicted of conspiring to hijack a truckload of cigarettes.
“My grandparents did not deserve what happened to them. Not only was Irma murdered but Gregor’s life all but ended on that night and ours have never been the same,” they said.
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