$1m reward in cold case

A MILLION-dollar reward has been offered to help solve the 2000 murder of an “unassuming” Victorian father who loved Elvis Presley and repairing cars.

Terrence Black, 59, is believed to have been killed at a toilet block at the Yarra Junction football ground on May 5, 2000. His body was found weeks later in the Little Yarra River at the back of a rural property in Gladydsale on June 16.

Detectives say they have a strong suspect and believe the case is solvable, but they need help from the community.

A $100,000 reward had been offered in 2004 for information leading to a conviction but police increased it to a massive $1 million yesterday.

Mr Black was the oldest of four siblings and his sister Pam and brothers Steve and Lindsey joined police in the appeal for information. They say Mr Black was a peaceful man who loved Elvis Presley and fixing cars, and didn’t deserve what happened to him.

“He was just an unassuming man who kept to himself,” sister Pam said yesterday.

“He loved wearing good clothes and he used to wear his hair like Elvis Presley. We’re all getting older and if we don’t do something now it’ll be forgotten forever.”

At the time of his death, Mr Black was a pensioner and lived at the Yarra Junction caravan park. He was divorced and had a son and a daughter.