Australia- Samantha Mizzi, 24, raped & fatally assaulted, St Kilda, Melbourne, 29 March,1994, Arrest- Colin George McKane, 64, August 2025.

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Man, 67, Charged with Cold Case Murder of 24-Year-Old Killed 31 Years Ago

A 67-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder and two counts of rape in connection with the death of 24-year-old Samantha Mizzi in 1994, who was violently assaulted and died at the hospital, Victoria Police in Australia said.

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• 'A 67-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder and two counts of rape in connection with the death of 24-year-old Samantha Mizzi in 1994, in St Kilda, Australia, Victoria police said
• The man was identified by local news outlets as Colin George McKane
• Mizzi was fatally assaulted in St Kilda, a suburb in Melbourne, and was taken to the hospital, after being found by a passerby, where she later died'

''Mizzi was fatally assaulted in St Kilda — a suburb in Melbourne — on March 29, 1994, according to police. Her body was located by a passerby in the “bushes at the rear of a property on Brighton Road” at around 11 p.m. local time that night.
After she was found, she was transported to the hospital. However, police said she died the following morning.
The 67-year-old man — who was identified by The Australian as Colin George McKane — has been charged with murder and two counts of rape, according to police. He is scheduled to make an appearance at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.''

 

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''Court documents allege the man raped Ms Mizzi on March 29 and murdered her on March 30.
He is understood to have previously been convicted of several sex offences and was labelled "a serious danger to the community" by a judge in 1998 for molesting and abducting a 10-year-old girl.''

'He faced Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday afternoon, bald with a long grey beard and wearing a Fire Rescue T-shirt.'

''Police will allege Ms Mizzi was severely beaten with an object and sexually abused before being stripped and left to die.
Her belongings were stolen and the weapon used in her alleged murder was never found.''

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''But six months after the order was imposed, McKane used the phone book to get the telephone numbers of three children whose photographs appeared in the Geelong Advertiser newspaper.''

''McKane ended the call but phoned back over the coming days. The same night, McKane phoned a 10-year-old boy and asked him for phone sex.''