Still Missing Australia - Samah Baker, 30, Parramatta NSW, 4 Jan 2019 *arrest*

[Via Marple]

Hope his "cooperation with police" will extend to telling them where Samah is.

 

[Bohemian]

Hope his "cooperation with police" will extend to telling them where Samah is.

I heard on the news that he was cooperating with police until he was arrested:

Arrest Over Missing Woman Samah Baker

All indications are that he has kept quiet since then:

Body of Sydney woman still missing as alleged killer stays quiet

 

[Bohemian]

Samah Baker's sister makes heartbreaking tribute to her missing sibling | Daily Mail Online

 

[Bohemian]

How 30-year-old spent time with alleged killer in $183-a-night hotel in the days before her death | Daily Mail Online

 

[Morrisa]

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...y-to-sites-across-sydney-20190312-p513nr.html

The body of Parramatta woman Samah Baker was driven to several locations across Sydney in the boot of a car by her accused killer James Hachem, police will allege.

 

[Andieinsyd]

Dam it’s so awful when they cant find the body and the killer won’t talk, the family need to be able to bury her in their way. Just plead guilty and tell them!

 

[Bohemian]

Dam it’s so awful when they cant find the body and the killer won’t talk, the family need to be able to bury her in their way. Just plead guilty and tell them!

He wants to remember this if he’s convicted of Samah’s murder or manslaughter:

The State Parole Authority ‘can refuse parole if an offender convicted of murder or manslaughter has failed to tell investigators the location of their victim’s remains ('no body, no parole’).’
Parole

 

[Ched]

Not again , bless her

 

[possumheart]

Poor darling

 

[Via Marple]

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...y-to-sites-across-sydney-20190312-p513nr.html

(Add this snippet instead)

Police allege after killing Ms Baker, Mr Hachem put her body in the boot of his car and drove to his family's house at Hurstville Grove about 7am on January 4.

He then drove to Hurstville Westfield and parked his car about 9am.

It will also be alleged Mr Hachem then went to the nearby MTC recruitment agency while Ms Baker's body remained in the car.

Mr Hachem left Hurstville Westfield about 3pm and returned home allegedly with cleaning products he had bought.

Police allege he drove to a rural area later that night with garbage bags in the car and disposed of her body.


I remember now, 4 Jan was a Friday, that and the following day it was very hot, I couldn't go to the tennis at Homebush.

His car boot would have smelled beyond awful

To think all those cars driving around the suburbs of Sydney, with bodies in boot.... just add another revolting element to it.

 

[sleepinoz]

We’re for Sydney | Daily Telegraph

Parramatta women plan candlelight vigil for murdered women Samah Baker and Preethi Reddy

 

[JerseyGirl]

Samah Baker: Man accused of missing Sydney woman’s murder refused bail

 

[Via Marple]

I can't find any recent update other than this one from last July. .
Accused Sydney murderer makes a plea to postpone his trial 'because he's worried about Covid' | Daily Mail Online

I suppose there's still no trial?

 

[Via Marple]

Trial had been on for a few weeks.. Better late than never..
Text messages emerge in trial of man accused of murdering his lover

 

[Via Marple]

And then a report on some witness testimonies:

Missing woman was 'friend with benefits'

 

[Via Marple]

Murder trial told suicide a possibility

A Sydney woman allegedly murdered by her on-off boyfriend wrote in her diary that she "can't take it anymore", with a jury told it cannot rule suicide out.

Defence barrister Daniel McMahon finished his closing address in the NSW Supreme Court on Wednesday reading personal notes from Samah Baker, who disappeared.

 

[Via Marple]

Guilty

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Will he now disclose where the body is? Because the alternative will be life without parole..

 

[sleepinoz]

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/james-hachem-jailed-for-murder-of-sydney-woman-samah-baker/news-story/fe03746609738305109dc243e5eb2725

James Hachem, 37, will spend 24 years behind bars after being sentenced at Sydney Supreme Court for the murder of Samah Baker on Friday.

 

[Via Marple]

Guilty

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Will he now disclose where the body is? Because the alternative will be life without parole..

That reminds me (myself) - why doesn't he get life?

This case is so under the radar..

 

[Andieinsyd]

That reminds me (myself) - why doesn't he get life?

This case is so under the radar..

Agree and agree.
Heart goes out to Samah’s family.