Hong Kong
CNN
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Four members of the identical household charged in connection with the ugly killing of Hong Kong model Abby Choi appeared in courtroom Monday, after police mentioned they found what are believed to be parts of her dismembered body, public broadcaster RTHK reported.
Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong, 28, his brother Anthony, 31, and their father, Kwong Kau, 65, are charged with her murder. Alex Kwong’s mom Jenny Li, 63, is charged with perverting the course of justice, RTHK reported.
All 4 have been denied bail, the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Court dominated Monday, in accordance with RTHK. They are but to enter a plea.
On Sunday, investigators recognized a cranium, a number of ribs and hair in a big stainless-steel soup pot believed to be Choi’s stays, police mentioned. Other body parts, together with Choi’s torso and palms, stay lacking.
It follows a police investigation that started Wednesday after Choi, 28, was reported lacking. Two days later, parts of her body have been found at a home within the metropolis’s Tai Po district, police mentioned. A meat slicer, an electrical noticed, and some clothes have been additionally found on the dwelling, police mentioned.
Choi’s ex-husband was arrested on Saturday at a ferry pier on one of town’s outlying islands, police mentioned. His brother and his mother and father have been arrested on Friday.
A fifth suspect, a 47-yer previous lady, was arrested on Sunday in connection with the case, police mentioned.
Choi, a model and social media influencer with greater than 100,000 followers on Instagram, just lately appeared as the digital cowl model for luxurious journal L’Officiel Monaco and attended this yr’s Paris Fashion Week.
The courtroom adjourned the case till May eight to permit for additional police investigation, RTHK reported.