Hope remains of justice for murdered Perth grandmother
Friends of a murdered WA grandmother have said they are confident the 70-year-old's killers will be caught.
The murder of Valeria Fermendjin three months ago shocked Perth and left her family heartbroken.
Police believe Valeria's murder was the brutal end result of what started out as a burglary at the grandmother's Melville home.
But it has been a tough investigation and police have already taken the rare step of offering a cash reward of $100,000 for information.
Valeria's neighbour of more than two decades, Shirley Faulds, said she believes the culprits will be caught.
“They will eventually get them, whoever is responsible… It's callous, a coward’s murder because they've assaulted and killed an old lady,” Ms Faulds said.
“She'd do anything for anyone. If you went over there and asked for a favour, it was done for you. Whoever killed her if they wanted something she'd rather give it to them.”
Another friend, Wayne Martinovich, said “Val was always bubbly and friendly”.
Mr Martinovich and Ms Faulds were speaking with the permission of Valeria's family, whom they said she lived for.
“[She was] very kind and gentle, she was a great family lady,” Mr Martinovich said.
Police believe Ms Fermendjin interrupted one or more intruders inside her home on the morning of January 5.
She was then bludgeoned to death, her handbag was stolen and her body was discovered two days later by her daughter.
The bag has never been recovered.
Police have said Ms Fermendjin was killed between 7:30 and 8:30am, which would have been peak hour on a busy highway.
They believe someone must have seen something.
One man did, making an anonymous call to Crime Stoppers on January 13 with information about activity he saw outside the home.
Police are appealing for him to ring back to clarify what he saw.
“Naturally you'd see something. Somebody running across the road, somebody waiting for a bus or just running,” Ms Faulds said.
The smallest piece of information, no matter how trivial, could help piece this crime together, police said.
