The crime, known as the "Easey Street murders," became Melbourne's longest and most serious cold case, but no one had been arrested until now.

A man has been arrested in Italy over the notorious alleged murder of two housemates in inner-city Melbourne almost half a century ago.

A man suspected of the 1977 Easey Street murders in Australia has been arrested in Rome. The 65-year-old, holding dual Greek and Australian citizenship, was apprehended at Fiumicino airport following a flight from Greece.

Police had told Suzanne Armstrong’s sister Gayle years ago that they wouldn’t give up on the murder case. So she didn’t either, always hoping a breakthrough might come.

A man has been arrested over the brutal murder of two women after a police investigation that spanned nearly five decades and multiple continents.

Nearly five decades since the murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett, a man has been arrested in Italy and Victoria Police are seeking to extradite him.

Police have arrested a man in Italy over the 1977 murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett in the Easey Street home. He fled Australia in 2017 after he became aware he was a suspect.

The sister of one of the women killed in one of Victoria's most infamous cold cases has said she always knew an arrest would one day be made. A man was arrested in Italy as part of the investigation into the 1977 murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett at their home on Easey Street,