(NSW Police Force)
Homicide detectives locate second body at Botany as investigations under Strike Force Zygon continue
Tuesday, 17 December 2024 03:25:05 PM
Homicide Squad detectives investigating the murder of Zhuojun ‘Sally’ Li and the disappearance of her husband Jai-Bao ‘Rex’ Chen have discovered a second body in Botany.
Zhuojun ‘Sally’ Li, aged 33, was reported missing to Parramatta Police Area Command earlier this month after her mother was unable to reach her.
About 7am on Monday 9 December 2024, emergency services were called to bushland in Sir Joseph Banks Park in Botany following reports a body had been found.
Officers attached to South Sydney Police Area Command arrived to find the body of a woman wrapped in plastic.
The matter was referred to State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad who established Strike Force Zygon to investigate.
The woman has since been formally identified as Zhuojun ‘Sally’ Li of Greenacre.
On Saturday 14 December 2024, police made a public appeal to locate Zhuojun’s husband, Jai-Bao ‘Rex’ Chen, also aged 33, as detectives held grave concerns for his welfare.
About 2pm today (Tuesday 17 December 2024), strike force detectives conducting a search of the area Zhoujun Li was found in Botany located a second body.
The second body is yet to be formally identified.
As inquiries continue, police are continuing to appeal for anyone with information about a silver Toyota Avensis that stopped on the northern side of Foreshore Road in Botany between 4am and 5am of Saturday 30 November 2024.
Investigations under Strike Force Zygon continue.
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Second body found in bush search for missing Sydney husband
As a woman’s decomposing body was removed from bushland, triggering an international manhunt, a second body was metres away in a creek covered by reeds.
Eight days after a runner spotted 33-year-old Zhuojun “Sally” Li’s remains wrapped in plastic in bushes on December 9, police returned to Sir Joseph Banks Park near Sydney Airport today, and discovered a second person’s body.
While yet to be identified, it is likely her missing husband Jai-Bao “Rex” Chen, Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty told reporters.
“There’s a fair degree of decomposition … after being where it’s been since probably late November,” he said.
The second body was found within about 10 metres of the first, Doherty said.
“But it’s completely covered over, and had been submerged in very thick bulrush reed and other foliage, it makes it nearly impossible to see.”
A silver Toyota Avensis had earlier been seized in Sydney and was being forensically tested as part of the investigation.
CCTV captured the vehicle stopping on the northern side of Foreshore Rd in Botany, near the park, between 4am and 5am on November 30.
Investigators appealed for dashcam footage or information about the car or its drivers, including from trucks and tradespeople who might have driven past at the time.
Police are working on a theory the pair were killed at their suburban Greenacre home in Sydney’s west, potentially over debts, and the car used to transport their bodies.
“We are treating it as, more than likely, a targeted double murder,” Doherty said.
Those responsible may have then travelled to Queensland – where Chen’s phone was recovered – before travelling overseas.
“We now have made a number of liaisons with Taiwan authorities and Chinese authorities … we believe there’s at least two people involved, and both have travelled overseas,”Doherty said.
Li had been reported missing early in December after her mother was unable to contact her.
Investigators have contacted Mr Chen’s family in Taiwan.
“They’re obviously in shock, they’re processing the fact that we’ve just found a body, possibly of their loved one,” Doherty said.
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悉尼丛林发现中国移民碎尸包裹附近 又找到一具尸体 疑为前一死者的丈夫
2024-12-17 14:47
▲警方发现第二具尸体现场
据《悉尼先驱晨报》当地时间17日最新报道，在悉尼博塔尼区约瑟夫·班克斯爵士公园此前发现碎尸包裹的地点附近，又发现了一具尸体，疑似为前一死者的丈夫。警方认为，可能有第三方参与了这起谋杀案。
据红星新闻12月14日报道，当地时间12月9日早上7点左右，在紧邻悉尼机场的博塔尼区约瑟夫·班克斯爵士公园，一个满是人体碎块的塑料包裹被人在丛林中发现。13日，新南威尔士州警方公布受害人为33岁的李卓君（音）。多尔蒂警官表示，李卓君是在大约20年前从中国移民到澳大利亚的，其母亲现在也在悉尼生活。在李卓君尸体找到后，其原籍中国台湾的丈夫陈介宝（音）处于失踪状态。（此前报道：悉尼机场附近丛林发现碎尸包裹，死者为中国移民，她丈夫已失踪）
警方称，这对夫妻均为33岁。妻子李卓君平时是一个“过着普通郊区生活的年轻女子”，没有家庭暴力历史，也没有证据表明她卷入过任何纷争，或与有组织犯罪集团也无任何来往。此外，警方在闭路电视监控画面中找到一辆可疑的银色丰田Avensis，警方称已经扣押这辆抛尸的车辆，将进行法医鉴定。
监控显示，抛尸时间大约在11月30日凌晨4点至5点，当时路上还有其他车辆驶过。不过，警方未透露抛尸车辆的车主或司机信息，多尔蒂警官呼吁，公众一旦知晓与这辆车相关的任何线索，都应积极上报警方。
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