Vic Four in custody over Shepparton murder

AAP General News (Australia)
12-12-2007
Vic Four in custody over Shepparton murder

Homicide detectives have arrested four people over the murder of a man missing from
the northern Victorian city of Shepparton for more than a week.

The 26 year old victim was reported missing yesterday and hadn't been seen since December 3.

Shepparton detectives following up the disappearance executed a search warrant on a
house in Ford Road Shepparton yesterday.

Evidence found at the property led the detectives to notify the homicide squad.

Police found the body of the dead man beside the Lemnos-Cosgrove Road at Cosgrove ..

east of Shepparton .. about six o'clock last night (AEDT).

Four Shepparton residents .. three men aged 26 .. 29 and 58 and a woman aged 24 ..

are assisting homicide detectives with inquiries.

Police expect all four to be charged in relation to the murder.

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KEYWORD: SHEPPARTON (MELBOURNE)

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