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Police are conducting a secondary search of a dam in the Hunter today, looking for new evidence over the suspected murder of a young woman 27-years-ago. The body of 22-year-old Melissa Hunt was found in the Burrenjim Dam, Bluegum Creek near Stockrington, on April 25, 1994. A post mortem examination revealed she died from severe head injuries. An investigation into the death was launched but no arrests have been made. Police announced a $1 million reward for information into Ms Hunt’s death in...

Detectives follow new lead after $1m reward offered for information about 22-year-old’s death in 1994 The body of Melissa Hunt, 22, was found near the weir wall of Burrenjim Dam in the NSW Hunter region on 25 April 1994. A $1m reward offered in December last year has led to a tip-off which prompted police to search a Newcastle home. Photograph: SUPPLIED/PR IMAGE The body of Melissa Hunt, 22, was found near the weir wall of Burrenjim Dam in the NSW Hunter region on 25 April 1994. A $1m reward...

Crime by Erin Lyons   Police have resumed the search for clues in a decades old cold case that has left detectives stumped. In December, the state government offered a $1 million reward for information in a desperate attempt to solve the "horrific" murder of Melissa Hunt, whose body was found dumped in a dam. Officers found her body floating near the wall of the weir in Burrenjim Dam in Bluegum Creek, west of Newcastle, on Anzac Day in 1994. A post morte...