Daughter faces killers 27 years after mother's ACT home invasion
Elizabeth Mikita addressed court on Monday as two men convicted of her mother's death face sentencing. Joseph Vekony and Steve Fabriczy, both 71, were found guilty of killing Irma Palasics in a 1999 home invasion - Canberra's longest cold case.
Why it mattersAfter 27 years, a family has answers in what was Canberra's longest unsolved cold case. The decades of waiting shows how violent crime haunts survivors long after the crime.
AustraliaThis high-profile Canberra case resolves after 27 years, bringing closure to one of Australia's most persistent cold cases and highlighting the emotional cost of delayed justice.
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