A man has been charged over the 1991 death of Melinda Freeman in Whittlesea, just north of Melbourne.
A 63-year-old Greensborough man was arrested in the same suburb this morning and was charged with murder after police interviewed him.
Freeman, 27, was found dead on the night of October 4, 1991, inside her Yea Road home in Whittlesea.
Melinda Freeman was found dead inside her Whittlesea home in 1991. (Victoria Police)
Earlier that day, she and her husband had been at a family reunion.
The couple arrived home at about 4pm and had dinner.
According to Victoria Police’s cold case summary, Freeman’s husband and child then left the house, so she could spend some time studying for her hoped-for career in the beauty industry.
At about 11.30pm that night, her husband returned home and unlocked the back door, whereon he noticed the house appeared to have been ransacked and the front door was open.
He walked to the bottom of the stairs and from there, saw Freeman’s body on the top storey landing.
Police believe she had been fatally assaulted.
In February 2022, police announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the conviction of Freeman’s killer.
Police today said they will allege Freeman and the 63-year-old man arrested today were known to each other.
