Neighbours' grief over remorseless killer's plea deal

Woman confesses to killing elderly neighbour, dumping body in river

After she gagged, wrapped and dumped the 85-year-old, she went on a spending spree with the victim's stolen money.

Court hears harrowing details of 85-year-old’s death

Friends and family of a Melbourne woman have heard harrowing details of her death, allegedly at the hands of her neighbour.

Neighbours' grief over remorseless killer's plea deal

An 85-year-old woman who was killed and dumped in a river is being remembered as a generous neighbour as her killer finally admitted her guilt.

Woman went on shopping spree after killing beloved neighbour, court hears

Milena Bogojevska spent more than $4,000 after stealing from the home of 85-year-old Lolene Whitehand who she fatally bashed then dumped in the Maribyrnong River.

As neighbours searched for beloved local widow, her killer stood among them

Lolene Whitehand, 85, was a fixture of the West Footscray community until her body was found floating in the Maribyrnong River.

Neighbours’ grief over remorseless killer’s plea deal

The neighbours of an elderly woman whose body was dumped in a river say her remorseless killer should still be facing a murder charge. Milena Bogojevska, 51, instead pleaded guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court to 85-year-old Lolene Whitehand’s manslaughter. Bogojevska killed the elderly woman by shoving a tea towel into her mouth, blocking her airways, when she came to her Footscray home sometime after 4pm on July 12, 2024. The killer then tie…