Cold Case Solved After 25 Years | Adelaide News

Adelaide News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 28, 2026 · 1m

After nearly 25 years, a cold case murder from 1999 finally saw justice: two men in their seventies, Joseph Vekony and Steve Fabriczy, were convicted of manslaughter for the brutal home invasion that killed 72-year-old Irma Palasics. DNA evidence from a milk bottle and water container in her fridge sealed their fate. Vekony, also convicted in a prior burglary at the same home, received a 20-year sentence — the longest due to his role in the earlier crime — while Fabriczy got 16 years and 6 months. The prosecution used an intense undercover “Mr. Big” operation to secure confessions. The attack…