Chris Baghsarian: Detectives find human remains during search for mistakenly kidnapped grandfather
Police searching for a Sydney grandfather who was the victim of a botched kidnapping have provided a heartbreaking update.
Human remains have been found during the search for a Sydney grandfather who was the victim of a botched kidnapping on February 13.
Chris Baghsarian, 85, was abducted from his North Ryde home in what investigators believe was a tragic case of mistaken identity, with the kidnappers targeting the wrong person.
The remains were discovered about 8am on Tuesday morning near the Lynwood Golf and Country Club in Pitt Town, police say.
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Police had been scouring bushland near Glenorie’s Cattai Ridge Road in Sydney’s north west and had earlier combed a vacant property in Dural described as the kidnapper’s “makeshift stronghold” where it is believed Mr Baghsarian was held and attacked.
A photo and video was reportedly sent to the intended target, Sydney businessman Dimitri Stepanyan, whose relatives the kidnappers were intending to target, The Daily Telegraph reports.
It is believed Mr Stepanyan used to live on the same street as Mr Baghsarian.
In a statement issued last week, Mr Baghsarian’s family said the devastating crime should have had “nothing to do with us”.
“Our family is living through a nightmare we never thought possible,” they said.
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