Who killed Jenny Rose Ng? Police offer $1m reward to find her killer
In 1982, Jenny Rose Ng’s body was found by her two oldest daughters with 30 stab wounds to her chest, throat, back and arms.
The two girls aged nine and ten were returning home from school for lunch when they found their mother in the living room.
Thier brother had remained at school, however, their younger sister was in the apartment at the time of the killing.
Now, 36 years after she was killed, Victoria Police are making another attempt to find Ms Ng's killer, offering up to a million dollars reward for information.
"As time passes people may feel like there's less impact, it's not as important, people have moved on with their lives, they've lived with it and it doesn't mean so much anymore,'' one of Ms Ng's daughters told Fairfax Media in 2012. "But it does, it means everything.
"I feel strongly that the person knew my mother well."
There were no signs of forced entry into the apartment and police believe the killer was known to Ms Ng.
The investigation revealed a neighbour heard a man speaking Cantonese in the apartment that day.
The neighbours said 45 minutes later they heard sounds of furniture being moved and things falling, but no screaming or crying. They later heard the door of the apartment shut loudly and an angry male voice.
Ms Ng has split with the children's father that year, and in 2012 Ron Iddles, at the time, Detective Senior Sergeant of the homicide squad, told Fairfax Media their marriage was unhappy and he did not wish to leave the home.
A workmate of her husband was able to provide an alibi for him on that day.
Jenny’s family was originally from Hong Kong, however, at the time of her death they were living in public housing in Richmond.
Police investigated and interviewed a number of people in relation to Jenny Rose’s death, however, the identity of the killer still not known three and a half decades later.
In the September after Ms Ng’s death, the State Government posted a $50,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for her death.
They are now offering twenty times that, with up to a million dollars available for information.
The officer in charge of the Homicide Squad, Detective Inspector Tim Day, said he believes there are still people out there with the knowledge that could lead police to the offender.
“We still don’t know why Jenny was murdered and we’re hoping that by announcing this reward today, we will get information that leads to detectives finding who is responsible,” he said in a statement.
“They’ve had 36 years to live with this information and for it to sit on their conscience.”
Victoria police said that the Director of Public Prosecutions may consider granting immunity from prosecution if a person involved can provide information which reveals the identity of the main offender or offenders.