Police in NSW have arrested a man as part of an investigation into the murder of Scott Johnson, whose body was located at Sydney’s North Head more than 30 years ago.
The 27-year-old American was found dead on December 10, 1988, near Manly’s Blue Fish Point.
Detectives arrested a 49-year-old man at Lane Cove about 8.30am on Tuesday, before a search warrant was executed at a nearby home.
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He was taken to Chatswood Police Station and charges were expected to be laid later on Tuesday.
Police initially believed it was a suicide but Mr Johnson’s brother Steve has always insisted it was a gay hate crime.
His death has been the subject of three coronial inquests.
The third inquest found Mr Johnson was the victim of a gay hate crime and fell off the cliff as a result of actual or threatened violence.
In his findings, coroner Michael Barnes highlighted the many reports of gangs committing gay hate assaults in the area where Mr Johnson was found.
In 2018, the NSW government announced a $1 million reward for information that led to the arrest and conviction of Mr Johnson’s killer or killers.
In February, Steve doubled the police reward for new information about the death, to a total of $2 million, the first of its kind in NSW.
Police Minister David Elliot previously said the government was determined not to give up on the “offensive” crime that ended Mr Johnson’s life.
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