Hours before her alleged murder, Athena Georgopoulos was on the phone with family and friends, overjoyed to share she was expecting a baby girl.
The 39-year-old, five months pregnant with what relatives called her “miracle” child, had believed motherhood was out of reach until meeting her partner, Andrew Gunn, 50, three years ago.
By Monday night, the couple’s Mount Waverley home became the scene of what police have described as an “unimaginably horrific” crime, with Gunn allegedly decapitated and Georgopoulos, along with her unborn daughter killed.
Graffiti reading “karma” and “enough is enough” was scrawled on the unit’s walls.
The accused, Ross Judd, 34, was seen an hour later at Clayton McDonald’s, barefoot and wearing a jacket believed to be bloodstained, arriving with two German shepherds.
Witnesses say he used napkins to clean himself before ordering a meal. He was arrested early Tuesday at Westall train station.
Loved ones have been left shattered, with Georgopoulos’ mother writing in Greek: “You left life so unfairly … suddenly everything went out in one night, cutting the thread of your life and my granddaughter who would’ve been born in four months.”
Friends say a dispute over dog ownership may have been a catalyst for the alleged killings.
Judd, a homeless man known to camp in Oakleigh, faced Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, charged with two counts of murder. He was remanded in custody to return to court in January.
Source: The Advertiser.
