Pregnant woman killed and partner’s ‘head cut off and put on spike’

A man has been charged with murder after a pregnant woman was killed and her partner was ‘decapitated’.

Athena Georgopoulos, 39, who is believed to have been five months pregnant, was found dead at her home alongside her partner Andrew Gunn, 50, whose head was reportedly mounted on a spike.

Police were called to Athena’s home in Melbourne, Australia on Monday evening after shouting was heard coming from the property.

Graffiti reading ‘enough is enough’, ‘karma has no menu’, ‘betrayal, unpredictable, inevitable’ and ‘meat is murder’ had been scrawled onto the walls of their home in the Mount Waverley area, and police are investigating whether the graffiti is linked to the deaths.

Victoria Police say they believe the victims knew their attacker, and that an altercation may have occurred before their deaths.

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said: ‘Police were called at about 9.20pm on Monday in relation to a welfare check at the address based on some yelling that was heard from the property.

‘A second call was then made that suggested it was perhaps more urgent than what the first call was and police arrived minutes later. They found the male and female inside the premises deceased.

‘We believe the suspect may be of no fixed place of abode.

‘It appears to be a targeted attack. Our suspect is known to the address.’

A 34-year-old man was arrested at Westall railway station, about 3.7miles (6km) away from the scene, at around 1.40am on Tuesday morning.

He has now been charged with two counts of murder, and is set to appear at Melbourne magistrates court on Wednesday.

Athena and Andrew, the baby’s father, had been in a relationship for several years.

Local media reports that Athena was also the primary carer for her mother, who has health issues, and was ‘always very happy’ to look after her mum ‘without fail’.

Her aunt, Patty Dilveridis, told Brisbane Times Athena was ‘so looking forward’ to having a baby because ‘she was 39 and she never thought she could have one’, adding that her niece is ‘going to be very sadly missed’.

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