<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man has faced </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="court"><span>court</span></a><span> after he was charged with the murders of a pregnant woman and her partner in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne's"><span>Melbourne's</span></a><span> east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police found the bodies of Athena Georgopoulos, 39, and Andrew Gunn, 50, in a home on Adrienne Crescent in Mount Waverley about 10pm on Monday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's understood several concerned calls were made to triple zero, including one from an associate of the accused living in NSW.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/netflix-price-change-australia-2025/c5fe021b-6a80-4fc7-88df-dd8bae7ce324" target="_blank"><strong><span>Netflix quietly hikes up prices for Australian users</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ross Judd, 34, was arrested in a blood-soaked shirt seven kilometres away at Westall Station just after 1.30am on Tuesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was questioned by police and charged with two counts of murder overnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Judd, who has no fixed address, faced Melbourne Magistrates' Court today, where he made no application for bail.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/mount-waverley-murder-charges-court/d06958f6-3c49-4bb0-b9dd-b7b9bcaa98ea" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The magistrate granted prosecutors a 10-week extension to prepare their initial briefing due to the complexity of the crime scene and abundance of evidence and DNA.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Georgopoulos' pregnancy is also expected to delay the autopsy process.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Judd has never been in custody before and will be seen by a custody nurse for physical health issues and medication, the court heard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on January 13 next year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-apple-google-epic-games-fortnite-legal-court-win/045b432f-6a73-4463-b760-6afb12829dbe" target="_blank"><strong><span>Federal Court offers partial victory to Fortnite's creators over Apple and Google</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An extensive crime scene remains at the Mount Waverley home today, where graffitied phrases including "betrayal" and "karma has no menu" were seen scrawled across the exterior of the property.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Relatives of Georgopoulos have said that she was so happy to have fallen pregnant after believing she wouldn't be able to.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her mum Petty, who as seen arriving at the scene visibly distressed yesterday afternoon, took to social media today to pay tribute to her daughter.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The last few days you were so happy. We were dreaming together about your little baby girl," Petty wrote.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I will never stop loving you. Until we meet again my little girl."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> The relationship between the accused and the victims is not known but police say it was a targeted attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Detective Inspector Dean Thomas said the man arrived at the home before the start of a dispute, which allegedly resulted in the two deaths.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The message here is that it appears to be a targeted attack. Our suspect is known to the address," Thomas alleged.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are not looking for anybody else. It appears to be isolated."</span><br/><br/><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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