Detectives are appealing for information about the last movements of Wachira ‘Mario’ Phetmang whose body was discovered on the side of the road at Sydney Olympic Park earlier this month, NSW Police say.
About 10.30pm on Wednesday 6 June 2018, police were called to Homebush Bay Drive, Sydney Olympic Park, after the body of a man was discovered on the side of the road by a passing truck driver.
The body was wrapped in a plastic material and covered with a matress protector.
Officers from Auburn Police Area Command established a crime scene, which was examined by specialist forensic officers.
The man was formally identified as 33-year-old Thai National, Wachira ‘Mario’ Phetmang, who had been living in Australia for the last 10 years, and most recently living at Hurstville.
A post mortem examination revealed Mario had been seriously assaulted, and his cause of death was blunt-force trauma.
Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad and Auburn Police Area Command established Strike Force Sinder to investigate the circumstances of Mario’s murder.
Their inquiries have revealed Mario had been in the Sydney CBD and the Guildford area during the day on Thursday 24 May 2018, with his last known sighting at a service station at South Hurstville about 7.30pm on Friday 25 May 2018.
Homicide Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Scott Cook, said detectives have released CCTV of Mario arriving at the service station, which he believed may refresh someone’s memory.
"Strike Force Sinder investigators are continuing to piece together Mario’s final movements and would like to speak to anyone who may have seen him that Friday night," Det Supt Cook said.
"Mario travelled to and from the service station in a silver 2004 Hyundai Terracan, with Victorian registration URK109, which we have not yet located.
"At this stage, we do not know where Mario went after leaving the service station, and we are appealing for information about his movements from then until his body was located almost two weeks later.
"We are particularly appealing to motorists who have dash cameras to review their footage to see if they may have filmed the vehicle during that time.
"This includes a re-appeal to motorists who travelled in the Sydney Olympic Park area during that time to double check their vision for anything that may assist with our inquiries," Det Supt Cook said.
Police are urging anyone with information that may assist Strike Force Sinder detectives to call Crime Stoppers.
