THE ACT Government has offered $2 million reward money in an attempt to help police crack four of Canberra’s unsolved murder cases.  

The murders of Francis Campbell (2005), Kathryn Grosvenor (2002), Irma Palasics (1999) and Susan Winburn (2004) now have a reward of $500,000 each, which would be paid for information that leads to the conviction of the person or people responsible for the murders.

In the case of Susan Winburn and Kathryn Grosvenor the reward has been doubled from $250,000 to $500,000, the reward for the Irma Palasics’ case has been increased by $400,000 to $500,000 and there is a new reward of up to $500,000 for the Francis Campbell case.

Minister for Police and Emergency Services Simon Corbell, says he is hopeful that these new rewards will give the necessary incentive for people with information to come forward.

“Murder is among the most heinous crimes that can be committed in our community, and the ACT Government has announced these new rewards today to help ACT Policing to secure a conviction in these outstanding homicide investigations,” says Mr Corbell.

“ACT policing has been working very hard on these cases, in some instances for more than 10 years.”

These four cases are considered to be capable of being resolved and have been prioritised by police due to the available evidence and circumstances surrounding each case.