Chilling graffiti left on wall as pregnant woman killed and husband decapitated
Police are investigating mysterious graffiti scrawled on the wall of a home where a pregnant woman was found dead and her husband decapitated.
Ross Judd, a 34-year-old homeless man, has been charged with double murder after the bodies of Athena Georgopoulos, 39, and 50-year-old Andrew Gunn were discovered by police at the property in the Mount Waverley area of Melbourne, Australia on Monday.
He was caught at around 1.40am on Tuesday at the city's Westall Station, and was walking with two German shepherds at the time. Officers had raced to the home after multiple worried neighbours reported hearing screams from inside, before being met with the grisly scene.
Now, new aerial photographs of the house show a number of cryptic messages spray-painted on the house, including "karma has no menu" and "enough is enough".
Police believe Judd had been to the home a number of times in the past, but was not related to the victims.
Detectives are now investigating how exactly Judd and Mr Gunn each other along with a potential motive, including a potential drug debt.
On Wednesday, Judd was seen winking at a sketch artist and smiled at members of the press as he appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court.
The court heard it was the 34-year-old's first time in custody, and no application for bail was made.
The prosecution requested a further 10 weeks to prepare their evidence due to the complex crime scene, and the significant DNA that needed to be processed by police.
Athena Georgopoulos' pregnancy at the time of her death also meant her and Andrew Gunn's autopsies would also be delayed, the court heard. Other elements of the investigation will include analysing CCTV footage, taking in electronic devices for analysis and further forensics, the prosecution said.
Defence lawyer Annie Allen agreed to the delay, and asked for Judd to be seen by a custody nurse over issues with his medication and physical health, reports The Age.
Judd is due to return to court in January next year, where he will appear via video-link. Detectives remained outside the home on a quiet residential street on Wednesday as neighbours said the deaths had left them scared to leave their own homes.
"It's not the sort of thing anyone thinks about happening in their own street", one resident told reporters.
In a moving tribute on Facebook, Athena's mother Petty Georgopoulos wrote: "I will not cease to always love you. Until we meet again my daughter, in the angel's light."
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