The bodies of John and Doug Streeter were discovered at their property in Natte Yallock on Thursday. Source: Herald Sun
THE son of one of the brothers murdered on a Victorian farm remains under police guard in hospital after being arrested.
Detectives are waiting to question Ross Streeter, 30, over the shooting deaths in central Victoria of respected sheep farmers Doug and John Streeter.
Doug was the father of Ross and John, his uncle.
The arrest was a dramatic development in the tragedy, which came to light with the discovery of the brothers' bodies at their property at Natte Yallock on Thursday.
Ross Streeter, from Bendigo, was taken into custody in nearby Avoca about noon.
Police have arrested a 31-year-old man in relation to the shooting deaths of two Victorian brothers.
An ambulance sent to the scene took Mr Streeter under police escort on the two-hour trip to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Mr Streeter is in a stable condition and is expected to remain in hospital for at least another day. He is yet to be interviewed by police.
Locals said there had been nothing to indicate the brothers felt under threat or had been troubled in the period before the tragedy at the Streeter Lane property.
Police and SES scour the crime scene. Picture: Mark Dadswell
A family member told the Sunday Herald Sun he believed police had identified a suspect early in their investigation.
"You never know. You don't know what's around the corner," the relative said.
The relative said the brothers were good men.
"It's all a mystery. It's unbelievable. We're dumbfounded."
Two men aged in their 60s have been found dead in a property in regional Victoria.
Earlier, homicide detectives confirmed a wallet found at a recycling plant in Bendigo on the day of the murders belonged to John Streeter.
A worker at the Vatmi recycling plant, 70km from the crime scene, discovered the wallet three hours before the brothers, aged in their 60s, were found dead.
Homicide detectives believe the brothers' killer dumped the wallet and other items somewhere between the crime scene and Bendigo, but it was picked up in a bin collection.
The recycling worker was trying to reunite the wallet with its owner when he saw reports of the Streeters' deaths, checked the driver's licence and contacted police.
The water tower where Ross Streeter was found. Picture: Mark Dadswell
Homicide detective Sgt Sol Solomon said the wallet could hold vital DNA and fingerprint evidence.
"He (the recycling worker) was in the process of trying to track the person down, heard the news of the murders in Natte Yallock and recognised the driver's licence of Mr (John) Streeter," Sgt Solomon said.
"To find a wallet among so much rubbish in the depot, it is a very lucky break."
The men were killed between 8am and noon on Thursday, at least six hours before Doug Streeter's wife, Helen, discovered the bodies of her husband and brother-in-law.
Investigators have called for witnesses who saw anyone acting strangely around the Streeter Lane area on Thursday morning.
Police and SES volunteers sifted through piles of rubbish for other items belonging to the two brothers.
Sgt Solomon said the town of Avoca was reeling after the murder of the "two highly respected citizens".
"It is an absolute tragedy for their families and an absolute tragedy for the Avoca community to lose two outstanding people," he said.
Police have questioned a number of people about the crime and were still trying to pinpoint a motive, Sgt Solomon said.
No firearms were found at the property.
Ross Streeter is believed to be newly married and the father of at least one child.
Locals say he regularly returned to the farm to help his father.
- with Rebekah Cavanagh
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