Perry Kouroumblis charged with murder over 1977 Easey Street deaths

Tyler Mitchell By Tyler Mitchell Dec4,2024
This article contains reference to alleged sexual assault.
Greek-Australian dual national, Perry Kouroumblis, 65, has been charged over the deaths of Suzanne Armstrong, 28, and Susan Bartlett, 27, in January 1977.
Kouroumblis faces two counts of murder and one count of rape.

He arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday night after being extradited from Italy, marking the first time in about eight years he has set foot on Australian soil.

A black and white photo of a house

The bodies of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett were found at this rental property in Melbourne’s Collingwood in January, 1977. Source: AAP / Supplied

He was interviewed by Victoria Police, charged, and is due to face Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday afternoon.

Kouroumblis was arrested at Rome’s Leonardo Da Vinci Airport in September over the alleged slaying of Armstrong and Bartlett.
Dubbed the “Easey Street murders”, police allege the friends were found dead with stab wounds in their home on Easey Street in Collingwood in Melbourne’s inner north.
Bartlett’s 16-month-old son was found unharmed in his cot.
The women went to school together at Benalla in Victoria’s north, and their families said their deaths changed many lives “irrevocably”.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has previously described the case as one of Victoria’s “longest cold cases”.
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