Human remains including a skull and ribs found in a cooking pot and legs found in a fridge in Hong Kong did belong to model Abby Choi, it has been confirmed.
DNA tests have confirmed that the grim discovery at a house in the suburban area of Lung Mei Tsuen was of Ms Choi’s body parts, an insider has told the South China Morning Post.
Officials also believe that a hole in the back of her skull shows where she was struck in the fatal attack.
Investigators are still urgently searching a number of locations for Ms Choi’s torso and hands, as the investigation into the grisly killing continues.
It comes as a seventh person has been arrested in connection with the murder, on suspicion of assisting an offender.
DNA tests have confirmed that the legs and skull found in fridge and soup pot in a suburban home belong to Hong Kong model Abby Choi (pictured)
The 29-year-old woman, from Hong Kong, was arrested in Shenzhen, mainland China on Tuesday, and was reportedly handed over to the police at a border control point.
The suspect is accused of organising a boat to help to help murder suspect Alex Kwong, to flee the city.
Kwong, 28, who is Choi’s ex-husband, was charged along with his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong for Ms Choi’s murder.
They were charged after police found her remains in a house rented by Kwong Kau in the suburban area of Hong Kong, which is near the border with China.
Alex Kwong’s mother, Jenny Li, faces one count of perverting the course of justice. All four were detained without bail.
They have not yet entered their pleas, and it does not appear that their lawyers have commented on the case to the media. The hearing was adjourned until May.
On Thursday, police also arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of aiding and abetting an offender, according to local media.
Another woman who had been arrested for allegedly assisting other suspects in the case was released on bail pending further investigation, police said.
Ms Choi’s ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong were charged with murdering the model. Alex Kwong’s mother Jenny Li faces one count of perverting the course of justice. Pictured: One of the suspects is seen being led by police officers to court late on Sunday
She was believed to have been in an affair with the ex-husband’s father, the force said earlier.
Ms Choi, 28, who had more than 100,000 followers on Instagram, disappeared on February 21, according to a report filed later with the Hong Kong Police.
Her last post was on February 19, featuring a photo shoot she had done with fashion magazine L’Officiel Monaco.
Ms Choi had financial disputes involving tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars (millions of pounds) with her ex-husband and his family, police said, adding that ‘some people’ were unhappy with how Ms Choi handled her finances.
The socialite’s mother has sought an injunction to bar her daughter’s former father-in-law from selling a HK$73 million (US$9.4 million) luxury flat Ms Choi allegedly bought under his name
And today it has emerged that the socialite’s mother has sought an injunction to bar her daughter’s former father-in-law from selling a HK$73 million (US$9.4 million) luxury flat Ms Choi allegedly bought under his name.
Cheung Yin-fa filed a writ to the High Court to forbid Kwong Kau, 65, from selling the luxurious flat in the exclusive neighbourhood of Kadoorie Hill in Ho Man Tin.
Ms Choi was a model and influencer who shared her glamorous life of photoshoots and fashion shows. She had just attended a Dior show at Paris Fashion Week when she went missing, and posted an image of herself dressed in a tulle floor-length gown.
The legs of Abby Choi were found by police officers in a household fridge on Friday after she went missing. Her ex-husband and three of his relatives have been charged
Ms Choi had been missing for several days when police found her dismembered body, including her legs in a refrigerator, at the house in Lung Mei Tsuen, a suburban part of Hong Kong about a 30-minute drive from the border with mainland China
Ms Choi had been missing for several days when police found her dismembered body, including her legs in a refrigerator, at the house in Lung Mei Tsuen, a suburban part of Hong Kong about a 30-minute drive from the border with mainland China.
Ms Choi’s friend Bernard Cheng earlier said he initially thought she had been kidnapped.
Mr Cheng said Ms Choi had very good relationships with her family members and would travel with the families of her current and former husbands together.
Ms Choi’s current father-in-law is a founder of one of the city’s famous noodle chains, local newspaper The Standard reported.
Ms Choi had been missing for several days when police found her dismembered body, including her legs in a refrigerator, at the house which is about a 30-minute drive from the border with mainland China.
Ms Choi, 28, was a model and influencer who shared her glamorous life of photoshoots and fashion shows with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram. Dressed in a tulle floor-length gown, she had just attended a Dior show at Paris Fashion Week (pictured)
Her former partner was arrested on suspicion of murder after he was found on Tung Chung pier on Lantau Island.
Superintendent Alan Chung said at the time that the dismemberment was carried out by ‘cold-blooded killers’.
‘Police also have found that the flat was arranged by cold-blooded killers meticulously,’ he said.
‘Tools that are used to dismember human bodies were found in the flat, including meat grinders, chainsaws, long raincoats, gloves, and masks.’
The gruesome killing has transfixed many in Hong Kong, across the border in mainland China and around the world.
