Did Snapper Point murder mystery victim go on fatal date
April 28, 2016 5:58pmPOLICE are investigating several tip-offs relating to the identity of a young murder Victim found floating face down inside a blowhole at Snapper Point on the NSW Central Coast on Sunday morning.
It is understood that some of this information includes online chatter within the Chinese community that suggests the victim may be an overseas student who was reported missing at the weekend.
News.com.au has chosen not to name the Sydney-based student or publish her photograph.
The student in question was said to have been last seen at Myer department store “in the city” last Friday although it is unclear whether the reference is to the retail giant’s Sydney store or another outlet.
Police searching Snapper Point for clues to woman's suspicious death. |
That young woman had been in contact with, or was planning to meet up with somebody she had met on Social Media, according to the chatter.
At least one user on the social media message app WeChat claimed a couple who believed the woman to be their missing daughter had contacted police.
Further information was posted to the Nsw Police Force Facebook page overnight, prompting other users to urge the poster to report anything being circulated on social media to investigators.
Police this morning confirmed to news.com.au they were following up the information but declined to comment on specifics.
“(Police) are aware of the chatter online and have received numerous reports to CrimeStoppers, which are being followed up as we speak,” a police spokesman said.
A computer-generated likeness of the victim has been released by police. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied |
In a statement to news.com.au, Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Gary Jubelin said: “As the woman has yet to be formally identified, police are not in a position to comment further” and urged anyone with information to come forward.
It is understood that investigators are awaiting the results of DNA tests on the woman’s body, which may take several weeks.
Investigators the previous day launched a laptop-generated image of the lady, who is described as being of Asian historical past, aged 20-35 years, approximately 170cm with a medium build and shoulder-period darkish hair.
They have been suffering to identify her due to the fact that she turned into winched out of the water by means of helicopter approximately 10.30am on the infamous rock fishing spot in the Munmorah nation Conservation location.
She became naked with no tattoos or figuring out marks and had no jewellery or non-public objects on her. It's miles was hoping the virtual reconstruction is a superb sufficient likeness to spark off reputation inside the sufferer’s buddies or own family.
In advance this week Insp Jubelin stated it become apparent the woman suffered a violent death, with a publish mortem exam revealing a number of injuries, consisting of multiple stab wounds.
“Our interpretation of the scenario is that she suffered a violent assault prior to her demise,” he stated.
Police consider the female were within the water for approximately 48 hours prior to her discovery on Sunday. This tallies with data shared online about the victim in all likelihood being a chinese language scholar who went lacking on Friday.
Insp Jubelin has declined to be drawn on hypothesis on where the murder occurred or how the body become transported however stated officials were exploring the possibility her body had been pushed to the website online, which has a nearby carpark.
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A map of Munmorah national park.
Regardless of being a popular destination
for tourists and campers,
Snapper point itself is ‘lonely’ and ‘remoted’.
The blowhole is positioned approximately 5km from the park’s front and tenting floor and is out there by some of dirt roadways which might be only open among 5.30am and 6pm each day.
The doorway gate to the park is meant to be locked at 9pm each day but one commenter at the NSW Police fb web page claimed he had for my part seen them left unlocked on numerous occasions.
Detectives have spent the beyond few days canvassing the region and reviewing CCTV footage.
“We’re very creative within the manner we can capture what has gone on within the area,” Insp Jubelin informed journalists. “We are getting a pretty top understanding of what passed off in that area at some stage in that time.”
On Tuesday, police divers recovered “sure gadgets from the water” close to wherein the woman’s frame turned into found. Police have declined to say whether the suspected murder weapon was amongst them.
Tidal professionals were consulted to determine whether or not the woman’s frame could have been dumped inside the ocean several days earlier and had drifted into the blowhole.
But, police consider it's far not going that her body had gone overlooked for long, given the excessive frequency of tourists to the close by countrywide park, as well as the lack of different accidents to her frame as a result of rocks.
“On that day there have been especially heavy seas ... When the lady’s frame came out of the water,” Insp Jubelin said.
“There regarded to be no vast injuries from the rocks, so we’re working on the assumption that the maximum probable opportunity is she went inside the water at the blowhole.”
The 3km stretch of coastline, which takes in Snapper factor and Frazer Park, has claimed the lives of sixteen fishermen in eight years and brought about numerous coronial investigations. Every person with records can touch CrimeStoppers anonymously on 1800 333 000
They have been suffering to identify her due to the fact that she turned into winched out of the water by means of helicopter approximately 10.30am on the infamous rock fishing spot in the Munmorah nation Conservation location.
She became naked with no tattoos or figuring out marks and had no jewellery or non-public objects on her. It's miles was hoping the virtual reconstruction is a superb sufficient likeness to spark off reputation inside the sufferer’s buddies or own family.
In advance this week Insp Jubelin stated it become apparent the woman suffered a violent death, with a publish mortem exam revealing a number of injuries, consisting of multiple stab wounds.
“Our interpretation of the scenario is that she suffered a violent assault prior to her demise,” he stated.
Police consider the female were within the water for approximately 48 hours prior to her discovery on Sunday. This tallies with data shared online about the victim in all likelihood being a chinese language scholar who went lacking on Friday.
Insp Jubelin has declined to be drawn on hypothesis on where the murder occurred or how the body become transported however stated officials were exploring the possibility her body had been pushed to the website online, which has a nearby carpark.
Http://crimenews-weblog.Blogspot.Com/2016/04/did-snapper-point-homicide-mystery-victim-go-on-deadly-date.Html
A map of Munmorah national park.
Regardless of being a popular destination
for tourists and campers,
Snapper point itself is ‘lonely’ and ‘remoted’.
The blowhole is positioned approximately 5km from the park’s front and tenting floor and is out there by some of dirt roadways which might be only open among 5.30am and 6pm each day.
The doorway gate to the park is meant to be locked at 9pm each day but one commenter at the NSW Police fb web page claimed he had for my part seen them left unlocked on numerous occasions.
Detectives have spent the beyond few days canvassing the region and reviewing CCTV footage.
“We’re very creative within the manner we can capture what has gone on within the area,” Insp Jubelin informed journalists. “We are getting a pretty top understanding of what passed off in that area at some stage in that time.”
On Tuesday, police divers recovered “sure gadgets from the water” close to wherein the woman’s frame turned into found. Police have declined to say whether the suspected murder weapon was amongst them.
Tidal professionals were consulted to determine whether or not the woman’s frame could have been dumped inside the ocean several days earlier and had drifted into the blowhole.
But, police consider it's far not going that her body had gone overlooked for long, given the excessive frequency of tourists to the close by countrywide park, as well as the lack of different accidents to her frame as a result of rocks.
“On that day there have been especially heavy seas ... When the lady’s frame came out of the water,” Insp Jubelin said.
“There regarded to be no vast injuries from the rocks, so we’re working on the assumption that the maximum probable opportunity is she went inside the water at the blowhole.”
The 3km stretch of coastline, which takes in Snapper factor and Frazer Park, has claimed the lives of sixteen fishermen in eight years and brought about numerous coronial investigations. Every person with records can touch CrimeStoppers anonymously on 1800 333 000
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