A 33-year-old man has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a 58-year-old woman who disappeared in Sydney's north-west earlier this week. The woman's body has not yet been found.
Police began investigating after the woman failed to return home on Tuesday. Her family reported that they last heard from her around 4:50pm on Monday, when she told them she was meeting a relative in Winston Hills. Her car was discovered in the suburb, approximately 28km west of Sydney, at 9:30am the next day.
Detectives launched a formal investigation on Thursday and arrested the man at about 1:40pm. He was found sitting in a white Toyota Hilux in bushland along Parnell Fire Trail in Tomerong, south of Nowra. He was taken to Nowra police station and charged with murder. Police have refused him bail.
“The body of the woman has not yet been located,” police said. “Investigations are ongoing.”
