28-year-old Hong Kong model Abby Choi was found dead, with her body dismembered and cooked, according to media reports coming out of Hong Kong on 24 February.
The disturbingly gruesome murder was reportedly related to a financial dispute over HK$100 million (or SGD$17.2 million).
Choi’s ex-husband is currently wanted by the police and is at large, but his parents and brother have since been arrested by the police.
9 News reported that the Hong Kong police broke into a village house in the afternoon of 24 February, in the Tai Po suburb, which Choi’s former father-in-law reportedly rented.
Inside, the police found Choi’s dismembered legs, which were cooked, and stored inside a refrigerator, with the police also finding a meat grinder, an electric saw, and soup pots with human tissue inside.
A white 7-seater vehicle was also towed away by the police from the scene later that night.
At the time of writing, Choi’s head, torso and hands have also not been found yet.
HK01 reported that the model was last seen on 21 February wearing a white outfit on 21 February at about 2.15pm, and SCMP reported that her former brother-in-law had picked her up from her home.
He was also supposed to pick up Choi’s daughter, but Choi didn’t pick up her child and was later reported to be missing.
Police superintendent Alan Chung spoke to the media on 25 February saying that the murder was well-planned and premeditated.
He said that the property where her body was found, was carefully prepared for the purpose of cutting up a body, with nothing inside the apartment but a table and a couch, with the walls also being covered.
Choi had been providing financial support to her ex-husband and his family, and was allegedly being extorted by some of her ex-husband’s relatives.
Choi’s former brother-in-law and parents-in-law also made false and misleading statements to the police, with Chung saying that they created “plenty of lies and smokescreens to mislead us”.
They have all been arrested.
However, Choi’s ex-husband is still at large and wanted by the police.
Murder case: handbag, cleaver, chopper, raincoat, hammer, meat mincer, face shields were retrieved from the crime scene at Tai Po. pic.twitter.com/YkaeFDWzHj
— Denise Tsang (@denise_tsang) February 24, 2023