Victorian Man Arrested at Airport, Charged With Murdering Former Partner

Detectives intercepted Allan Keys, 67, at Melbourne International Airport on Friday afternoon, April 3, as he was about to board an international flight out of the country. His former partner Eva Lasrini, 53, of Dandenong was still missing. By Easter Saturday morning, her body had been found near a freeway interchange 44 kilometres south-west of the city. By Sunday, Keys was in a Melbourne courtroom facing a murder charge.

The alarm was raised on Thursday, April 2, by Eva's daughters, who live in Bali, Indonesia. They contacted authorities after she failed to board a scheduled flight to visit them. Police deemed the circumstances suspicious immediately, and the Victorian Missing Persons Squad moved fast: within roughly 24 hours of the report, detectives had connected Keys to the disappearance and intercepted him at the departure gate before he could leave the country.

Eva's body was discovered on April 4 near the intersection of Little River Road and the Princes Freeway in Little River, a small township approximately 44 kilometres south-west of Melbourne. Major crime officers had spent much of Friday night examining the scene. Formal identification was still pending at the time of initial reports, though police stated they strongly believed the body to be Eva's.

Keys was charged with one count of murder on April 4. He appeared before Melbourne Magistrates' Court on April 6 and was remanded in custody, with his next scheduled appearance set for August 2026.

Award-winning journalist and femicide researcher Sherele Moody, founder of Australian Femicide Watch and The RED HEART Movement, has recorded Eva Lasrini as the 18th Australian woman killed in 2026. Moody documented 79 women lost to violence across Australia in 2025. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare recorded 57 female domestic homicide victims in the 2023-24 financial year, with 81 per cent killed by a current or former intimate partner. Police allege Keys was Eva's former partner, placing this case squarely within that highest-risk category.

This case carries a cluster of red flags that advocates and researchers consistently identify: a relationship breakdown, a woman reported missing under suspicious circumstances, and a former partner stopped at an airport departure gate. The speed of Eva's daughters' response mattered enormously. There is no mandatory waiting period to report a missing person in Victoria, and reporting early rather than waiting is critical, particularly when someone fails to make an expected contact or misses a planned trip. If you are concerned about someone in a domestic violence situation in Victoria, Safe Steps operates a 24-hour crisis line at 1800 015 188. The national 1800RESPECT counselling and referral service is available around the clock at 1800 737 732. In any immediate emergency, call 000.

Eva Lasrini was a mother whose daughters across the Timor Sea were waiting for her. The number 18 is not an abstraction. It is a count, still climbing, of women who did not survive the year.