A call from a payphone near the scene of an unsolved double murder could be key to cracking a decades-old cold case as police offer a $1 million reward for information.
Susan Kay, 32, and Joanne Teterin, 37, were bludgeoned to death in a suburban Newcastle home on May 17, 2000.
A coroner determined in 2003 they were murdered by an unknown person but no arrests or charges have ever been laid.
But a 2025 forensic review has given the investigation a second wind that could lead to a resolution, with a little help from the public.
"We are almost there," Homicide Squad commander Joe Doueihi told reporters on Monday.
"I strongly believe - with the assistance of the community, the assistance of friends and associates of both Susan and Joanne - that this matter truly is solvable.
