https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... 50ryo.htmlA brutal, opportunist killer is on the loose in Melbourne, with police desperately appealing to the community for information as they investigate the murder of 21-year-old Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe.
A distinctive black cap with the number "1986" and a two-tone grey Cotton On T-shirt dumped after the attack and found by police less than 100 metres from Ms Maasarwe's body now hold the key to catching the killer.
Police sources described the brutal murder to a Bundoora shopping centre early on Wednesday as "horrendous as you could get".
Police believe the killer, who took several items from her handbag, may have been left bloodied after the assault.
I find this one harder to digest as I'm very familiar with the location. It's the old larundal lunatic asylum site that's been developed and I go there most saturdays to visit Dan Murphy's, woolies and the smoke shop.
Apart from those shops, it's a small hub of shops, mainly restaurants plus a chemist and doctors, with high density townhouses immediately around and a larger housing estate behind.
It's well lit and quite busy, High Asian population with amenities to cater to them and generally an area you feel safe in, even though it's had some issues last year with the Dan Murphy's and woolies complex being ram raided to steal booze and attempts to steal ATM's.
If you were writing a list of what you wanted your 21yr old daughter to do, she ticked all the boxes.
Got the tram home, stayed in the lit areas, was face timing her sister while walking to her home,.....and some fkn arsewipe still got her.
Getting in before the inevitable, I refuse to be lumped into the same category as this cnut and lectured to on account of my gender. This cnut is an abberation and abomination and is no more reflective of men in general than the woman who allegedly fed her baby bleach is reflective of all women.
I saw on the news, same age young female uni students who live in the complex saying that they either won't walk around at night or make sure they go in pairs. On one hand that makes me sad because they shouldn't have to do that, they should be able to walk around there.
On the other hand I have to admire their common sense approach in acknowledging the elephant in the room - bad people exist and taking precautions is sensible.
Holding protests, lecturing all men that they need to change and trying to assert the right to walk wherever and whenever you want all ignore that fundamental truth. Bad people exist, they will try to do bad things given opportunity, the best protection is to try to deprive them of opportunity.
I'm sincerely sorry for this poor girl and her family and hope this walking excrement is caught and punished to the maximum extent allowable.