{"id":32838,"date":"2014-08-29T22:17:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T02:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=32838"},"modified":"2014-08-29T23:52:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T03:52:39","slug":"body-of-31-year-old-woman-of-sri-lankan-origin-amesha-rajapaksa-found-in-a-flooded-sydney-creek-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=32838","title":{"rendered":"Body of 31 Year Old Woman of Sri Lankan Origin – Amesha Rajapaksa – Found in a Flooded Sydney Creek in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBy<\/p>\n

Emma Partridge<\/strong><\/p>\n

A woman appeared agitated and concerned as she left the foyer of a Sydney unit block just 12 hours before her body was found in a Sydney creek on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n

Homicide detectives and local police are trying to establish whether Amesha Rajapakse’s death is suspicious after the 31-year-old’s body was found in water behind a set of Westmead unit blocks.<\/p>\n

Police said her death was puzzling because of where her body was found but said there were no marks or obvious signs of injury on her body. <\/p>\n

“The location she was found at was puzzling; it was hard to get to,” a homicide detective said.
\n“But we really don’t know one way or the other.” <\/p>\n

Building manager Tom Hailey said security footage captured the woman pacing back and forth in the foyer of a building inside Monarco Estate about 7.30pm on Tuesday.
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\n“It looked like she was concerned about something; she appeared agitated. She kept going from back to the front of the foyer,” Mr Hailey said.<\/p>\n

Mr Hailey said residents told him they heard a “blood-curdling scream” about 6.30am on Wednesday just before police arrived at the Bridge Road unit block. <\/p>\n

A man at the scene cried, “Please, please let me see her face”, a short time after Ms Rajapakse was found. <\/p>\n

Wearing muddied shoes, he fell to his knees as he hugged relatives in heavy rain.<\/p>\n

Officers were seen searching the man’s pockets before he got into a police car and was driven from the estate along with another distressed man. <\/p>\n

Mr Hailey said relatives of the Sri Lankan-born woman had spent the previous night searching for her after she failed to return home to her seventh-floor unit. <\/p>\n

Up to 40 police, including divers and public order and riot squad officers, spent much of the day scouring the muddied creek and searching the grounds of the unit complex. <\/p>\n

Police said they would not be able to determine what caused Ms Rajapakse’s death until they received initial autopsy results on Thursday. <\/p>\n

They are appealing for anyone with further information to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n

Courtesy: Sydney Morning Herald<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

IT Graduate Amesha Rajapaksa(31) Found Dead in a Creek in Westmead was \u201cthe nicest laid back person ever without a worry in the world\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 31-year-old woman of Sri Lankan origin , Amesha Rajapakse was found dead in a Western Sydney creek at Westmead on Tuesday night, The Daily Telegraph reported.<\/p>\n

Sahan Rajapakse, the brother of Ms Rajapakse, said his sister had gone out to buy food around 7.30pm but never returned.<\/p>\n

The pair lived at the Absolute Waterfront Apartments Monarco Westmead with their father. Ms Rajapakse was last seen pacing the foyer of her unit block looking agitated and using a thin scarf to keep the secured door open as she came in and out.<\/p>\n

She was reportedly found with a scarf around her neck in a swollen creek in a hard-to-get to area on the other side of a large wall.<\/p>\n

Her brother found her around 7.30am yesterday. Mr Rajapakse said he called her mobile phone from work on Tuesday but his father answered.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ask where Amesha is, he (my father) said she still not come. He said I will tell her to call you. Then I did not get a call so I called in an hour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat day (Tuesday) I called on her mobile (which her father answered). She went to get milk and butter. I said that\u2019s fine use the gift cards.\u201d He said the last conversation he had with her was on Monday was \u201cnothing special\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s my little sister the day before Monday I bought some takeaway food (for her),\u201d he said. \u201cShe is the cleverest. She got a lot of achievements. Her whole world was her family and close relatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Rajapakse arrived from Sri Lanka in 2009 and was an IT graduate. She was not married. Police were awaiting a post-mortem report to determine if Ms Rajapakse\u2019s death was suspicious.<\/p>\n

Investigators have seized footage from CCTV cameras. The complex has put on extra security patrols with the hundreds of residents, especially women, in fear after the grisly discovery.<\/p>\n

Ms Rajapakse\u2019s death is being investigated by a newly formed police strike force, Strike Force Mandaring, which is trying to piece \u00actogether her last movements.<\/p>\n

Ms Rajapakse\u2019s family members were interviewed at Parramatta police station in the hope of -providing vital clues. They were too upset to comment as they left the station.<\/p>\n

One staff member at the unit block said Ms Rajapakse\u2019s brother was a \u201ccomplete mess\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said police were knocking on almost every door of the 500-unit block, and half a dozen detectives and more than 20 uniformed officers remained at the scene at 6pm.<\/p>\n

They will continue to canvass the area today. According to the building \u00acmanager, Ms Rajapakse left the complex at 7.30pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I can take from that is she didn\u2019t have her access card,\u201d a staff member said.<\/p>\n

It is not known if it was the same scarf found around her neck. The 31-year-old woman had inquired only two weeks ago about access to the gym and swimming pool of the up-market block, which has two-bedroom units renting for more than $1000 a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was the nicest, most laid-back person ever,\u201d the staff member said. \u201cShe didn\u2019t seem to have a worry in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

With police unable to confirm if the death was suspicious, the female residents of the unit block were terrified. \u201cA lot of women are extremely concerned,\u201d the staff member said.<\/p>\n

After heavy rain the creek was running high and police working on the scene were up to their waists in water.<\/p>\n

Courtesy: Daily Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Emma Partridge A woman appeared agitated and concerned as she left the foyer of a Sydney unit block just 12 hours before her body was found in a Sydney creek on Wednesday morning. Homicide detectives and local police are trying to establish whether Amesha Rajapakse’s death is suspicious after the 31-year-old’s body was found …<\/p>\n

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