GUILTY UK - Mee Kuen "Deborah" Chong, 67, Wembley, London, decapitated in woods, Salcombe, Jun 2021 *arrest

[Tortoise]

I wonder if police ever found the site of the decapitation.


"Jurors were told that Ms Mitchell had studied osteopathy, and her professional website said she was "attuned to subjects in neuroanatomy, genetics and dissection of human cadavers"."

Devout Christian decapitated her church friend, trial told

 

[Alyce]

'At 06.23 the defendant left her home address at 9 Brondesbury Park, Willesden. CCTV footage filmed by a camera situated opposite the house shows that she had with her a large blue wheeled suitcase. Although it is large, it does not appear to be particularly heavy.

Woman, 38, 'expert in dissection, murdered woman and cut her head off'

Property developer Jemma Mitchell, 38, allegedly killed 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong and drove more than 250 miles to Devon to dump her body.

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The prosecutor said Ms Mitchell visited the victim on the day she went missing, 11 June, and was captured on CCTV footage walking from Ms Chong's house with two suitcases.

"The larger of the two was obviously very heavy and difficult to manoeuvre. It is the prosecution case that it contained the body of Mee Kuen Chong," Ms Heer said

Devout Christian decapitated her church friend, trial told

The headless body of Mee Kuen Chong, 67, was found 16 days after she went missing.

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[MsMiniSleuth]

I wonder if police ever found the site of the decapitation.


"Jurors were told that Ms Mitchell had studied osteopathy, and her professional website said she was "attuned to subjects in neuroanatomy, genetics and dissection of human cadavers"."

Devout Christian decapitated her church friend, trial told

It sounds like her home:

The prosecutor said Ms Mitchell visited the victim on the day she went missing, 11 June, and was captured on CCTV footage walking from Ms Chong's house with two suitcases.

A devout Christian trained in human dissection killed and decapitated her church friend, the Old Bailey has heard.

Jemma Mitchell, 38, is accused of murdering 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong after falling out over money in 2021.

Ms Chong was reported missing from her home in Wembley, London, and her headless body found more than 200 miles (320km) away in woods near Salcombe, Devon, 16 days later.

Ms Mitchell, from Brent, denies murder.

Opening Ms Mitchell's trial, Deanna Heer KC said: "It is the prosecution case that she assaulted and killed the deceased, and then transported her body to Salcombe in a large blue suitcase where she attempted to dispose of it in the woods."

'Headless body'​

The prosecutor said Ms Mitchell visited the victim on the day she went missing, 11 June, and was captured on CCTV footage walking from Ms Chong's house with two suitcases.

"The larger of the two was obviously very heavy and difficult to manoeuvre. It is the prosecution case that it contained the body of Mee Kuen Chong," Ms Heer said.

She argued Ms Mitchell had travelled to Salcombe with the suitcase on 26 June in a rented grey Volvo, adding the vehicle was captured on CCTV footage driving towards the area of woodland where Ms Chong's body was found.

[...]

Ms Heer said a post-mortem examination had been unable to determine the woman's cause of death due to the degree of decomposition, but her body appeared to have been cut and there were signs of assault, including a skull fracture suggesting "significant impact by a blunt object very shortly before death".

[...]

Ms Heer said devout Christian Ms Mitchell had befriended the victim through church, but they "had recently fallen out over money".

Ms Chong was described as vulnerable and prone to erratic behaviour, and had been referred to a community mental health team after sending letters to the then Prince Charles and Boris Johnson.

At the time of the Ms Chong's death, Ms Mitchell was living with her mother at a family home in Brent, which was in a state of disrepair, jurors heard.

The property had no roof and was covered in scaffolding, and Ms Chong had agreed to hand over £200,000 to help with repairs, the prosecution claims, before she had a change of heart.

Ms Mitchell denies murdering Ms Chong on a date between 10 and 27 June 10 last year.

The trial continues.

Devout Christian decapitated her church friend, trial told

The headless body of Mee Kuen Chong, 67, was found 16 days after she went missing.

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[Alyce]

The Crown Court at Central Criminal Court Daily Courtroom List for Wednesday 12 October 2022​ FINAL 1​

SITTING AT 10:30 am T20217217 MITCHELL Jemma 01MP0140621 NWLNM CPS DTA

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Likely to be later due to the other trial currently in progress in Court 12

 

[Tortoise]

A devout Christian forged her friend's will after killing and decapitating her in order to get a "large sum" of money to repair her home, a court has heard.

"On the second day of Ms Mitchell's trial, jurors heard that during a search of her home a will was found in Ms Chong's name.
Deenna Heer KC, prosecuting, said the document appointed the defendant as one of the trustees.


Woman killed and beheaded friend for money, Old Bailey hears

more to read at link

 

[Tortoise]

"Police found a 2021 wall calendar with an entry written by Mitchell for June 26, the day she drove to Salcombe, in two different inks.

It read: '8am collect body back C letter will copy 2 hr walk.'

In a box in the bedroom was a copy of Mitchell's will, written in 2017.

With it was a will in the name of the victim, dated October 27, 2020 which appointed Mitchell as a trustee.

'Apart from some specific gifts to charity, it purported to leave 95 per cent of the deceased’s estate to the defendant 'to be applied for the benefit of 9 Brondesbury Park’s projects' and five per cent to the defendant’s mother, Hillary Collard,' said the prosecutor.

'The prosecution say this will was a fake, manufactured by the defendant and the signatures forged by her.

'Some of the wording of this will bore a striking similarity to the wording of the defendant’s will.

'It contains basic errors of law and appears to have been copied by someone without legal qualifications.'

[...]

'The defendant’s computer was examined,' Ms Heer added.

'Stored within its memory was a Word document of the same will. It had been created on the 1st July 2021 when Mee Kuen Chong was already dead.'"

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Mitchell was captured on CCTV going to Ms Chong's house in Chaplain Road at 8am with an empty blue suitcase, which was full when she left at lunchtime to take a cab home.

She also took a case belonging to the victim full of her personal documents, it is claimed.

Later that day she was treated in hospital for a broken finger, which she explained she had injured in a car door.

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Woman trained in body dissection 'killed and beheaded friend'

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

A devout Christian forged her friend's will after killing and decapitating her in order to get a "large sum" of money to repair her home, a court has heard.

"On the second day of Ms Mitchell's trial, jurors heard that during a search of her home a will was found in Ms Chong's name.
Deenna Heer KC, prosecuting, said the document appointed the defendant as one of the trustees.


Woman killed and beheaded friend for money, Old Bailey hears

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I'm no specialist in religious matters but am fairly sure committing murder by chopping off one's friend's head in order to steal her money and then hiding her body and lying about it is *NOT* the conduct of someone who is a 'devout christian'!

 

[Luwin]

None of her behaviour sounds very 'devout Christian' like!

 

[spangled]

In that case my guess goes to the age-old motive of 'money'. Maybe this woman befriended Mee and got her to leave her house to her in her will, and couldn't wait for a natural death.

If the arrested woman is the murderer, I hope she will tell police where the rest of the remains are.

@Aomnet - seems you called this correctly at the time!

There must be mental health involved I would think, reading the further description of the house...

Woman trained in body dissection 'killed and beheaded friend'

Jemma Mitchell, 38, (pictured) allegedly killed 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong with a blunt object, decapitated her and drove more than 250 miles to Salcombe in Devon to dump her body.

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"Mitchell then moved the body to her half-derelict house and kept it there for two weeks before driving to Devon in a rented Volvo...
'The rooms were crammed with stuff; some of the rooms were impossible to enter,' prosecutor Deanna Heer told the Old Bailey. 'There were boxes and suitcases, freezers full of food, old mattresses and building materials everywhere. The kitchen was dirty, with rotting food on the stove and messy, with paperwork covering the surfaces. The bathroom was stained and in a poor state of repair. The place looked like a hoarder’s residence. The second floor of the property was under renovation with the walls and ceilings incomplete.'"

Also... who notes 'collect body' on a wall calendar!!

 

[Alyce]

that answers my question re the second suitcase .....


Mitchell then moved the body to her half-derelict house and kept it there for two weeks before driving to Devon in a rented Volvo.

Mitchell was captured on CCTV going to Ms Chong's house in Chaplain Road at 8am with an empty blue suitcase, which was full when she left at lunchtime to take a cab home.

She also took a case belonging to the victim full of her personal documents, it is claimed.

Woman trained in body dissection 'killed and beheaded friend'

Jemma Mitchell, 38, (pictured) allegedly killed 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong with a blunt object, decapitated her and drove more than 250 miles to Salcombe in Devon to dump her body.

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[Legally Bland]

She also took a case belonging to the victim full of her personal documents, it is claimed.

RSBM. So what was the point of decapitating her? I had thought it was to conceal identity but with the head being found close to the body that doesn't make sense. <modsnip - sub judice>

I then thought maybe there wasn't enough room in the suitcase so the body was transported in two pieces but that doesn't seem right either now.

 

[Alyce]

RSBM. So what was the point of decapitating her? I had thought it was to conceal identity but with the head being found close to the body that doesn't make sense. <modsnip - sub judice>

I then thought maybe there wasn't enough room in the suitcase so the body was transported in two pieces but that doesn't seem right either now.

Agree. I had thought the head removal was to hide the cause of death when the body was found - but head near to body rules that out.
Did something happen to disturb the person who was placing the body in Salcombe,they panicked and had to leave the head there ?

 

[Tortoise]

RSBM. So what was the point of decapitating her? I had thought it was to conceal identity but with the head being found close to the body that doesn't make sense. <modsnip - sub judice>

I then thought maybe there wasn't enough room in the suitcase so the body was transported in two pieces but that doesn't seem right either now.

I imagine that disposing of a head without it ever being found would be very easy to do, inside plastic bag/s and put in a public rubbish bin or commercial waste bin. It must have been a clue to the police that the killer would benefit from her being identified.

I can only think now that it might have been detached from her body to try to point towards a certain profile of killer.

 

[Tortoise]

Jurors were shown pictures of Ms Chong's clothed body and head after they were found about 10 metres apart in woods.

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On learning from Ms Chong's lodger she was missing, Mitchell allegedly told him "she was going to stay with family friends for a year to clear her head... somewhere close to the ocean.

The defendant allegedly hired a car last June 26, giving the phone number registered to a neighbour who died earlier that year.

Mitchell picked up the rental Volvo and was allegedly seen on CCTV stowing the large blue suitcase in the boot before setting off for the South West.

The Volvo was seen on CCTV at a garage in Marlborough, close to the South Devon coast.

The footage showed the front passenger side tyre was "shredded" and the car almost collided with a forecourt display, jurors were told.

[...]

The repairman noticed luggage in the boot but it did not match the description of the blue suitcase, which the prosecutor suggested had been removed beforehand.

Ms Heer said the repairman opened a back door and noticed an "unusual smell - sort of musty and damp, a smell which he had never smelled before and could not describe".

Woman 'murdered friend and dumped headless corpse' before 'forging OAP's will'

 

[Alyce]

On learning from Ms Chong’s lodger that she was missing, Mitchell allegedly told him “she was going to stay with family friends for a year to clear her head…

The defendant allegedly hired a car last June 26, giving the phone number registered to a neighbour who died earlier that year...........

The Volvo was seen on CCTV at a garage in Malborough................

The front passenger side tyre was “shredded” and the car almost collided with a forecourt display......

Mitchell borrowed a customer’s phone to call a recovery firm...........

the repairman opened a back door and noticed an “unusual smell – sort of musty and damp, a smell which he had never smelled before and could not describe”...............


Ms Chong’s body and handbag were found .................inside the bag was a piece of orange rope similar to a piece later found at the defendant’s home..............

Ms Chong’s head was found several days later ....... a broken skull caused by “significant blunt force” and 20 rib breaks “most likely” inflicted before death...............

Police recovered the blue suitcase from the top of a neighbour’s shed..........

In a bedroom was the fake will ......................One of the forged signatories was Mitchell’s neighbour who died last March...........




more details at the link .........

Murder accused faked will after dumping woman’s headless body, court told | ITV News

Jemma Mitchell allegedly failed in an attempt to extract £200,000 to pay for repairs to her dilapidated home in north-west London. | ITV News London

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[MsMiniSleuth]

A murder trial at the Old Bailey has been told how a row had broken out between the two women in a dispute over money to pay for repairs worth hundreds of thousands of pounds at Mitchell's home.

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Developer, 38, was 'caught on CCTV dragging suitcase containing body'

Jemma Mitchell, 38, is alleged to have killed 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong at her home in Wembley on June 11 last year before driving more than 200 miles to dump her headless corpse in Devon.

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[Ellsbells]

Developer, 38, was 'caught on CCTV dragging suitcase containing body'

Jemma Mitchell, 38, is alleged to have killed 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong at her home in Wembley on June 11 last year before driving more than 200 miles to dump her headless corpse in Devon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Alyce]

Central Criminal Court​	12​	T20217217​	jemma mitchell​
Details: Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 1 Continues - 11:22 Trial (Part Heard) - Witness evidence concluded - 12:20

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[Alyce]

Central Criminal Court​	12​	T20217217​	jemma mitchell​
Details: Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 1 Continues - 11:22 Trial (Part Heard) - Witness evidence concluded - 12:20 Trial (Part Heard) - Case adjourned until 14:30 - 12:50 Trial (Part Heard) - Resume - 14:33 Trial (Part Heard) - Witness Number 2 Sworn - 14:40 Trial (Part Heard) - No Event - 15:00

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Developer, 38, was 'caught on CCTV dragging suitcase containing body'

Jemma Mitchell, 38, is alleged to have killed 67-year-old Mee Kuen Chong at her home in Wembley on June 11 last year before driving more than 200 miles to dump her headless corpse in Devon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

This trumps Rocky wheeling the blue bin!