A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of University of Technology Sydney economics student Mengmei ‘Michelle’ Leng, whose body was found on the NSW Central Coast this week.
The man, who was arrested yesterday at Campsie Police Station, has been identified as Ms Leng’s uncle, and he is set to appear at Parramatta Bail Court today.
The 25-year-old Ms Leng, a Chinese student, was last seen after a shopping trip to Myer on Thursday April 21; CCTV footage showed her on Pitt Street in the Sydney CBD, then catching a train to Campsie railway station.
It is believed that she never made it back to the Campsie home that she shared with her aunt and cousins.
Ms Leng’s body was found, with a number of stab wounds, floating in water near the Munmorah State Convervation Area blowhole at 10.30am on Sunday.
Police say that certain “chatter” led them to believe that she had been planning to meet up with someone she met online.
A number of friends have paid tribute to Leng on the social networking site Weibo, with one saying:
“Michelle and I were classmates for four years, I still can’t believe this, I still can’t accept that it’s true! I hope that the police will quickly solve this case and give us the facts. Rest in heaven, and be reborn in paradise, RIP.”
Source: News Corp.
Photo: Instagram.
