Scissors, pool cue and a $15 debt: New hunt for cold case killer
Whether he was beaten to death with a pool cue or stabbed with scissors, Alex Avramopoulos was last seen alive at a Williamstown pub in 1978. Police say someone may now talk.
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Carl Williams’ killer day at Grand Prix party
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Border breacher falls foul of more Instagram bragging
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Roberta’s whinging drove cops, crooks mad
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Killer claims Mokbel offered $500k to whack Gatto
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How underworld code of silence crumbled
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Murder so callous it shocked the underworld
Michael Marshall being shot in the head outside his South Yarra home was brutal enough, but for it to happen in front of his five-year-old son shocked a city.
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