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Triple treat needs help A young St Albans family is in need of a helping hand … or six. Irshad and his wife Shahid, both from Pakistan, have no family support in Australia and are struggling with newborn triplets and a three-year-old daughter. The triplets, girls Maheen and Sineen and a boy, Mohamed, are making good progress, however Irshad said it has become very hard to care for three babies plus a toddler. “I really need to return to work, but it is difficult leaving my wife on her own with such small children,” he said. “I drive a taxi, but I’ve only been able to do about three shifts of the past few weeks and it’s not enough.” He said it’s also taken a toll emotionally. “We just need some extra hands to help – my wife isn’t getting much sleep at all.” The Multiple Birth Volunteer Support Foundation, an organisation that helps families with multiple births who have little support, has come to the couple’s aid but needs more volunteers. If you are interested in being a volunteer email: volunteer@mbvs.org.au or call MBVS on 0481092498. SINEEN, MOHAMED AND MAHEEN
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Reward to catch a killer By Laura Michell Police are offering a $1 million reward in a bid to solve the cold case murder of a woman in St Albans more than three decades ago. Antje Jones, 34, was shot on September 15, 1981. Her body was found in her brother’s Theodore Street address about 3.20pm. Homicide Squad Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Paul Rowe said Ms Jones was asleep when someone entered the house and shot her multiple times in her upper body. Ms Jones was in Melbourne as a witness in a court case for a car crash from several years earlier and was staying with her brother.
She had moved from Melbourne to Queensland to live with her parents and three-year-old son after divorcing her husband about a year earlier. Police announced in 1982 a $50,000 reward for information to help solve Ms Jones’ murder, but no information came to light. Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Rowe said Ms Jones’ ex-husband has always been a person of interest in the case. He said police believed more than one person was involved. Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Andrew Stamper said investigators believed the murder was targeted. “Over the years, we have followed up a
number of avenues of inquiry and we now believe one of our key persons of interest in the case may have organised for Antje to be killed. “Instead of returning home to her little boy, Antje’s life ended violently in Melbourne.” Detective Inspector Stamper said he was hopeful the $1 million reward would bring forward new information. “Thirty-seven years is a long time to keep a secret … someone who may not have wanted to provide information to police previously may now feel ready to do so.” Anyone with information about the murder is being urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 18000 333 000.
Antje Jones was found murdered in her brother’s St Albans home. (Supplied)