A $1million reward will be offered for information about the mysterious disappearance 26 years ago of a young Sydney woman.
Revelle Balmain, 22, vanished in November 1994 after last being seen in Kingsford, in the city s eastern suburbs. Despite extensive investigations by local police at the time, no one has been charged in relation to her disappearance, NSW Police said in a statement.
A coronial inquest in 1999 referred her case to the Unsolved Homicide Unit for future investigation.
NSW Police Minister David Elliot will announce the $1million reward at a press conference on Friday.
Revelle Balmain, (pictured) 22, was last seen at Kingsford in Sydney s south east on November 5, 1994
04:05 EDT, 13 December 2020 Gavin Owen Samer is the main suspect in the 1994 disappearance of model turned escort Revelle Balmain. He is pictured in 2018
A chef with no history of violence was unfortunate to be publicly linked to the disappearance of a prostitute and the death of his flatmate in a house fire.
Gavin Owen Samer was named two decades ago as a suspect in the 1994 presumed murder of 22-year-old Sydney model and escort Revelle Balmain.
He had also shared an apartment with pensioner Rosa Rosenberg, 52, before she was killed in an explosion in their former home in January.
Samer has never been charged in relation to Ms Balmain s disappearance but was convicted of assaulting Ms Rosenberg late last year.