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Daily Mail
11-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Grieving woman's powerful message to her mum's killer - as a major update in the double murder cold case is announced
A young woman who was just nine when her mum died a brutal death has penned an open letter as a major investigation into the unsolved double murder is reopened. Next Saturday will mark 25 years since Susan Kay, 32, and her friend Joanne Teterin, 37 were bludgeoned to death as they slept at a suburban home in the Newcastle suburb of Carrington. No arrests or charges have ever been laid over their deaths, in the days before their death's despite police interviewed numerous people who visited Ms Teterin's home Samantha Kay, then, 9 instantly knew that something was wrong when her mum didn't answer her phone call on Mother's Day 2000. Susan and her friend had already been dead for three days and it would be another several days before police would find their bodies in Ms Teterin's Doran Street home. As NSW Police establish a strike force to re-examine the cold case, Samantha, now 34 has written a letter directly addressing her mum's killer. She will never forget her father telling the little girl she would never see her beloved mum again as Samantha detailed how her uncontrollable grief soon turned to anger. 'My world shattered immediately. I could not believe or accept that my mum was gone. I woke up the next morning, convinced it was just a bad dream,' she wrote, the Newcastle News reported. 'When I realised it was not, I broke all over again. This occurred on a daily basis for as long as I can remember. 'As I got older, I learned of the horrific circumstances of my mum's death. How could someone do this to her? Why would someone cut her life so short? More than two decades after a coronial inquest referred the case to the unsolved homicide team for review and assessment, Strike Force Raphoe II has been established to re-examine the case. It's hope new technology can shed new light and finally provide some answers. Detectives will review all original investigative material and pursue new lines of inquiry and potential forensic developments. 'It was a brutal crime which has remained unsolved for 25 years,' Homicide Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Joe Doueihi said. 'Homicide detectives are committed to seeking justice for the families of Susan and Joanne. 'We remain focused on finding the person or persons responsible and renew our appeal for anyone who may have held on to information – no matter how seemingly insignificant – to reach out to police. 'The families of Susan and Joanne deserve much-needed answers and justice.' Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Yahoo
Forensic evidence may help solve historic double murder
For 25 years, the families of Susan Kay and Joanne Teterin have been left without answers over the brutal slaying of their loved ones. NSW Police are pouring more resources into potential forensic clues and new lines of inquiry to find out who killed the pair in a suburban home. Officers forced their way into the property in Carrington, in Newcastle, on May 17, 2000, where they found the bodies of Ms Kay, 32, and Ms Teterin, 37. They had been bludgeoned to death. There were no arrests or charges laid over the murders at the time. However, investigations led police to believe the killings were drug-related after identifying illicit substances were being sold from Ms Teterin's home. Police also thought a phone call made from a public telephone booth to Ms Teterin early on the day of the murders could have held the key to solving the case. Investigators interviewed numerous people who visited Ms Teterin's home and made an appeal to speak with anyone who visited a local shopping centre in the hours before the crime. Despite the appeal, no answers were provided and a 2003 inquest further investigated the deaths which led to the case being referred to the unsolved homicide team for review and assessment. The case remains unsolved. With the 25th anniversary of the deaths days away, the unsolved homicide team has established a strike force to re-examine the case and has appealed for new information. "It was a brutal crime which has remained unsolved for 25 years," Detective Superintendent Joe Doueihi said. "Homicide detectives are committed to seeking justice for the families of Susan and Joanne." The strike force will review all original investigative material and pursue new lines of inquiry and potential forensic developments. "We remain focused on finding the person or persons responsible and renew our appeal for anyone who may have held on to information - no matter how seemingly insignificant - to reach out to police," he said. "The families of Susan and Joanne deserve much-needed answers and justice."
