Australia Australia - Amesha Rajapakse, 31, Westmead, NSW, 26 Aug 2014

[MsAnais]

Hahaha ... my print-map skills are improving a little. :floorlaugh:

I was trying in vain - and then thought, "Relax, SouthAussie is probably onto it right now". And so you were!! :floorlaugh:

 

[MsAnais]

I missed this detail about where her body was found before:

Emergency services were called to Westmead on Wednesday morning after the woman's husband and brother reportedly found the body near a tunnel that runs under the adjacent railway line.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-in-sydney-creek/story-fn3dxiwe-1227038569095

 

[SouthAussie]

I missed this detail about where her body was found before:

Emergency services were called to Westmead on Wednesday morning after the woman's husband and brother reportedly found the body near a tunnel that runs under the adjacent railway line.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...-in-sydney-creek/story-fn3dxiwe-1227038569095

Sounds like Amesha was either hiding .. or hidden. I wonder how she died, seems there were no obvious indicators.

 

[MsAnais]

Okay, so she was found NEAR the tunnel but IN the creek (bbm):

A woman appeared agitated and concerned as she left the foyer of a Sydney unit block just 12 hours before her body was found in a Sydney creek on Wednesday morning.

Homicide detectives and local police are trying to establish whether Amesha Rajapakse's death is suspicious after the 31-year-old's body was found in water behind a set of Westmead unit blocks.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/scream-he...t-westmead-20140827-108z6w.html#ixzz3BaYRyWLX

 

[MsAnais]

Sounds like Amesha was either hiding .. or hidden. I wonder how she died, seems there were no obvious indicators.

I'm wondering if she drowned / was drowned........

 

[SouthAussie]

I'm wondering if she drowned / was drowned........

Yes, that is the first thing that comes to mind, isn't it? They are having a lot of rain in NSW - is this area affected?

But what the heck was she doing back there near a dirty creek and the railway tracks anyway?!

 

[marlywings]

Police report...



NSW Police Force

10 minutes ago
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A strike force has been formed to continue inquiries into the the death of a woman in Sydney’s west.

Strike Force Mandaring is attempting to establish the circumstances surrounding the death of the woman, who is believed to be in her early 30s.

A post mortem will be conducted tomorrow (Thursday 28 August 2014), to establish the cause of death.

Emergency services were called to Bridge Road at Westmead about 7.30am today (Wednesday 27 August 2014), after a member of the public found a woman’s body in a creek.

The body is yet to be formally identified.

Officers from Parramatta Local Area Command are continuing their inquiries into the incident; however, it’s still not known if the death is suspicious.

Officers have spoken with a number of witnesses and are continuing to canvass the area.

Local police are being assisted by officers from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police.

Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://www1.police.nsw.gov.au/

https://www.facebook.com/nswpoliceforce

 

[Oddsocks]

I don't think the tree line is a creek. The closest creek to those apartments is near Brian's rd I think.
But that isn't near the train line.

 

[SouthAussie]

There is Domain Creek - which is 'behind' the apartment complex and near the railway line, passes under it. I wonder if that is the creek. Google says it is a 15min walk or 3min drive from the apartments - a little over a km away.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/...f716b8b6f!2m2!1d150.9798564!2d-33.8078719!3e0

 

[Oddsocks]

Okay, so domain creek goes into parramatta park, which locks down at about 6 or 7 pm. If it is domain creek if she walked past westmead station there might be footage from there.

 

[Oddsocks]

Btw thank you for the maps sa

 

[Oddsocks]

On second look maybe finlaysons creek looks more likely.

 

[SouthAussie]

On second look maybe finlaysons creek looks more likely.

Yes, Finlaysons Creek is closer, smaller (so possibly dirtier and somewhere that no-one goes) ... it is only a 1min drive away, or a 5min walk.

https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/...b8b6f!2m2!1d150.9798564!2d-33.8078719!1m0!3e2

 

[Oddsocks]

Yes and it looks like a canal. It has been rainy here lately so it would be quite full. Parramatta river is very full at the moment.

 

[Oddsocks]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...r-just-a-mystery/story-fni0cx12-1227038411749

He said police were knocking on almost every door of the 500-unit block, and half a dozen detectives and more than 20 uniformed officers remained at the scene at 6pm.

 

[SouthAussie]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...r-just-a-mystery/story-fni0cx12-1227038411749

He said police were knocking on almost every door of the 500-unit block, and half a dozen detectives and more than 20 uniformed officers remained at the scene at 6pm.

Interesting article Oddsocks ... thanks for finding that. :seeya: Some good family photos too. No pics of Amesha yet though.

These points are really interesting to me.

According to the building *manager, Ms Rajapakse left the complex at 7.30pm on Tuesday.

She was seen on CCTV nervously pacing up and down a corridor and was also seen jamming the lock of the apartment complex with a scarf before heading outside. “All I can take from that is she didn’t have her access card,” the staff member said. It is not known if it was the same scarf found around her neck.

Ms Rajapakse, her husband and other family members are believed to have lived at the unit block for only a few months and are not listed as the unit’s occupants.

“She was the nicest, most laid-back person ever,” the staff member said. “She didn’t seem to have a worry in the world.”

After heavy rain the creek was running high and police working on the scene were up to their waists in water.

 

[SouthAussie]

The video at this link says that police seized and searched a family member before taking him away in a police car. I guess that may be standard procedure though? When someone's wife has been found dead for no apparent reason.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...akse-in-westmead/story-fni0cx12-1227039468200

 

[MsAnais]

So this article says that all of her family members were interviewed by police, not just the husband:

Ms Rajapakse’s family members, including her distraught husband, were interviewed at Parramatta police station in the hope of *providing vital clues.

They were too upset to comment as they left the station.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...akse-in-westmead/story-fni0cx12-1227039468200

 

[MsAnais]

So Amesha wasn't married at all. She lived with her brother and father:

THE brother who found his younger sister Amesha Rajapakse drowned in a Western Sydney creek just metres from their home said she was the “cleverest” person he knew.

Still unable to comprehend how the 31-year-old died sometime on Tuesday night, Sahan Rajapakse said his sister had gone out to buy food around 7.30pm but never returned.

The pair lived at the Absolute Waterfront Apartments Monarco Westmead with their father.

......Ms Rajapakse arrived from Sri Lanka in 2009 and was an IT graduate.

The Sinhalese Buddhist was not married.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...akse-in-westmead/story-fni0cx12-1227039468200

 

[MsAnais]

I'm struck by her being seen pacing and nervous before she disappeared.

Maybe she was secretly meeting someone and just saying to her family that she was going to buy food as a cover. If that's the case, I hope there are friends of hers out there who know who the person is.

I really hope she wasn't a victim of some random nutter who somehow abducted her and took her to the creek area.:facepalm:

Not that it's any better if someone she knew took her life, but it means that other women are more likely to be safe if it wasn't random.