We left part one just after the government announced a $500,000 reward for any information

to help solve the case.

It was hoped this large reward would be enough to entice a male caller to make contact

again.

Police staked out phone boxes in the St. Kilda area in the hope that the caller wouldn't

be able to resist the huge reward.

While leaning to hear from him again, police received hundreds of other calls from members

of the public.

One female witness was of major interest.

She said she saw a man getting out of the bomb car on Russell Street, about 12.30pm,

half an hour before the explosion.

An identity kit sketch was made up of the man she saw.

Detective started to get excited when they felt the sketch resembled somebody who they

knew well.

Claudio Crupey.

He was known to have a hatred of police and held a special grudge against one particular

detective in the Magic Crime Squad.

When Detective started digging around Crupey, they got even more excited when they received

information he was seen with sticks of gelignite, the morning of the bombing.

Things got more interesting when Crupey's neighbors reported he left home before the

bombing.

They returned home after the bombing and then he quickly left town and hadn't been seen

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