Australia - Thi Kim Tran, kidnapped, burned, children assaulted by five males in south west Sydney, 17 April 2025

[Sarahlou]

How brutal! Quite shocked by this one.

 

[SouthAussie]

Update on the children .... this has been life altering for them, in more ways than one.


The [eight-year-old] boy is in a stable condition and expected to come out of the induced coma today, but NSW Homicide Squad Superintendent Joe Doueihi said the child may suffer “long-life complications” as a result of his injuries.

A second victim, a 15-year-old boy, was not physically injured during the incident, but suffered psychological injuries during the attack and remains in hospital where he is undergoing treatment.

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/clearly-targeted-cops-make-major-claim-after-alleged-kidnap-murder-of-thi-kim-tran-45-in-bankstown-home/news-story/3b871a5c04667f7ee215243f499f38de

 

[Marg944]

“Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Superintendent Doueihi said Ms Tran was not known to police and had no prior criminal history.

However, police revealed they suspect her de facto partner had become connected to an organised crime group, and was known to police for minor drug offences.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/clearly-targeted-cops-make-major-claim-after-alleged-kidnap-murder-of-thi-kim-tran-45-in-bankstown-home/news-story/3b871a5c04667f7ee215243f499f38de

 

[Marg944]

Ransom twist emerges after a mother was dragged out of her home and found dead in a burnt out car​

“Kidnappers who abducted a Sydney mother tried to extract a ransom for her release before she was found dead in a burnt-out car, according to new reports.

Thi Kim Tran, 45, spent last Thursday working at a nail salon before returning to her Bankstown home in Sydney's south-west to enjoy the Easter long weekend with her children.

Hours later, the mother-of-two was abducted at gunpoint and forced to strip naked in her driveway before a group of masked intruders dragged her into a SUV and drove away.

The Daily Telegraph reported that kidnappers attempted to extract ransom from a number of her associates by sending chilling threats detailing what would happen to Mr Tran if their demands were not met.

It's not yet known by police whether the ransom requests were received by the intended recipients. “

Ransom twist emerges after a Sydney mum was abducted and murdered

Thi Kim Tran, 45, was abducted at gunpoint and forced to strip naked in her driveway before a group of masked intruders dragged her into a SUV and drove away .

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[dalsglen]

Wasn't there just an hour between her kidnapping and the car being torched/found? Not much time for a ransom.

 

[iamshadow21]

Wasn't there just an hour between her kidnapping and the car being torched/found? Not much time for a ransom.

Unfortunately, some 'ransom' cases are this way. The Lindbergh baby and Bobby Greenlease, most famously.

MOO

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1914609021379862663

 

[Dotta]

Wasn't there just an hour between her kidnapping and the car being torched/found? Not much time for a ransom.

It seems to me
these "ransom messages" were naive "red herrings" thrown at Police to keep suspicions away from drug gang/s.

Did the Officer say Ballarat?
(in the video from my post above)

Im not from Australia,
but this city is stuck in my memory because of disappearance of Samantha M.


I hope LE will catch these rabid criminals.
There is no place for them in civilized society

JMO

 

[Via Marple]

Unprecedented in Australia, but it seems kin punishment is quite common in some cultures or under some regimes..

Kin punishment - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Eloise]

It seems to me
these "ransom messages" were naive "red herrings" thrown at Police to keep suspicions away from drug gang/s.

Did the Officer say Ballarat?
(in the video from my post above)

Im not from Australia,
but this city is stuck in my memory because of disappearance of Samantha M.


I hope LE will catch these rabid criminals.
There is no place for them in civilized society

JMO

I don't know if its one of those weird things where once you take notice of something you hear about it all the time, but yeah Ballarat sure does seem to pop up a lot in crime stories. I've noticed the same thing and I'm also Australian, but not Victorian, so I don't know the local context.

I agree. They need to be found quickly before they escape overseas or something

 

[SouthAussie]

I was reading where someone who watched their marijuana crop for a gang was murdered. "Jacky" Wong's murder was described by police as particularly gruesome.

I guess it may not matter about a person's level of involvement, if the gang gets annoyed for whatever reason, you or others you love can be killed. And/or their families extorted.


Got greedy: How a plot to rip off dead man’s mum undid killer Asian cartel

 

[Dotta]

"Ms Tran had been forced from her home at gunpoint into a waiting black SUV,
which sped off
while some of the gang members trailed behind in a white sedan.

It was reported that detectives
had already managed to trace the torched car
and discovered it had been reported stolen from inner Sydney earlier this year.

Investigators believe
the car had been stolen by a gang of thieves
that provides vehicles known as 'kill cars'
to be used in underworld drive-by shootings and executions."

Family of Thi Kim Tran found dead in a burnt-out car demand justice

Ms Tran is understood not to have any direct links to Sydney's drug gangs, but police are investigating whether she was associated with anyone who is connected.

www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[Marg944]

“Police believe Tran was murdered because her husband allegedly stole drugs from a Victorian organised crime network linked to large-scale methamphetamine manufacturing, which he allegedly worked for.”

Tragedy of Sydney woman kidnapped and murdered haunts inner west salon

Colleagues of a woman found dead in a burnt-out car have revealed their pain as they bravely continue working.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Dotta]

“Police believe Tran was murdered because her husband allegedly stole drugs from a Victorian organised crime network linked to large-scale methamphetamine manufacturing, which he allegedly worked for.”

Tragedy of Sydney woman kidnapped and murdered haunts inner west salon

Colleagues of a woman found dead in a burnt-out car have revealed their pain as they bravely continue working.

www.smh.com.au

So....
why wasn't HE punished by gangsters?
There are no reports the man was bothered by anyone.

But a woman is dead
and a child is in coma possibly brain damaged

Was this alleged "ransom demand" required of him to return the money?

Was he contacted by the criminals when conveniently away from his family?

Who in their right mind steals from a gang???

Strange and terrible things are happening over there.

JMO