The former Greens turned Independent senator is calling on the government to provide adequate resources to assist in solving dozens of cold cases in Northern NSW.
Police are conducting a secondary search of a dam in the Hunter today, looking for new evidence over the suspected murder of a young woman 27-years-ago.
The body of 22-year-old Melissa Hunt was found in the Burrenjim Dam, Bluegum Creek near Stockrington, on April 25, 1994.
A post mortem examination revealed she died from severe head injuries.
An investigation into the death was launched but no arrests have been made.
Police announced a $1 million reward for information into Ms Hunt’s death in December last year.
Since then, fresh information has come to light prompting another search of the region.
Unsolved Homicide Squad detectives, assisted by forensic experts, executed a warrant at a home at Lambton Road, Waratah, while police divers conduct a secondary search of the Burrenjim Dam.
Police will conduct a secondary search of a dam in the NSW Hunter region today in search of new evidence over the suspected murder of a young woman 27-years-ago.
The body of 22-year-old Melissa Hunt was found in the Burrenjim Dam, Bluegum Creek near Stockrington, on April 25, 1994.
Police are conducting a fresh search of the dam where 22-year-old Melissa Hunt, pictured above, was found death 27 years ago.(NSW Police Force)
Police have since received fresh information relating to the investigation prompting their return to the NSW Hunter region today.
Unsolved Homicide Squad detectives, assisted by the forensic experts executed a crime scene warrant at a home at Lambton Road, Waratah, while Police Divers conduct a secondary search of the Burrenjim Dam.
Detectives follow new lead after $1m reward offered for information about 22-year-old’s death in 1994
The body of Melissa Hunt, 22, was found near the weir wall of Burrenjim Dam in the NSW Hunter region on 25 April 1994. A $1m reward offered in December last year has led to a tip-off which prompted police to search a Newcastle home. Photograph: SUPPLIED/PR IMAGE
The body of Melissa Hunt, 22, was found near the weir wall of Burrenjim Dam in the NSW Hunter region on 25 April 1994. A $1m reward offered in December last year has led to a tip-off which prompted police to search a Newcastle home. Photograph: SUPPLIED/PR IMAGE
Crime by Erin Lyons Police have resumed the search for clues in a decades old cold case that has left detectives stumped. In December, the state government offered a $1 million reward for information in a desperate attempt to solve the horrific murder of Melissa Hunt, whose body was found dumped in a dam. Officers found her body floating near the wall of the weir in Burrenjim Dam in Bluegum Creek, west of Newcastle, on Anzac Day in 1994. A post mortem examination revealed the Hunter Valley woman, 22, had died from severe head injuries before she was tossed in the dam with rocks in her clothing.