The British backpacker who was found dead in a suspected murder-suicide in Sydney, has been identified as 22-year-old Amelia Blake.
Amelia Blake was found dead in her tiny Newtown flat, in Sydney’s inner-west on Friday, alongside the body of her older Nepalese boyfriend.
Her body was reportedly riddled with injuries, including head wounds.
The British backpacker who was found dead in a suspected murder-suicide in Sydney, has been identified as 22-year-old Amelia Blake (left)
The bodies of Ms Blake and her Nepalese boyfriend were discovered by their landlord who visited the small flat above a Persian restaurant to collect his mail on Friday night.
Police believe Ms Blake was killed by her Nepalese boyfriend, aged in his 30s, who she only recently started dating, The Daily Telegraph reported.
NSW Police Inspector Chad Deegenaars said police were treating the situation as a murder-suicide but were still awaiting results from a post-mortem to confirm the causes of death.
Ms Blake had been in Australia for eight months before she was found dead on Friday, according to the publication.
Amelia Blake (front) was found dead in her tiny Newtown flat, in Sydney’s inner-west on Friday, alongside the body of her older Nepalese boyfriend
Police believe Ms Blake was killed by her Nepalese boyfriend, aged in his 30s, who she only recently started dating
Ms Blake had been in Australia for eight months before she was found dead on Friday
‘I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it,’ Ms Blake wrote on her Instagram page
She spent most of her time in Australia working on a farm at Colignan, near Mildura in Victoria’s northwest.
On her Instagram page, Ms Blake spoke fondly about her desire to travel.
‘I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I”m going is what inspires me to travel it,’ she said.
Detectives have established Strike Force Tenisonwood to investigate the deaths.
They have maintained the crime scene until the results of the post-mortem are complete.
Ms Blake’s family boarded a flight from the UK to Sydney on Tuesday.
A UK Foreign Office spokesman said consular assistance was being provided to the girl’s family.
The English woman and her partner were found dead in their tiny flat above a Persian restaurant in Newtown’s King Street (pictured)
Ms Blake (second from left) spent most of her time in Australia working on a farm at Colignan, near Mildura in Victoria’s northwest
Ms Blake’s body was discovered in the Newtown flat (pictured) she shared with her boyfriend
Ms Blake’s body was discovered next to her boyfriend’s in the Newtown flat (pictured) they shared above a Persian restaurant on King Street
Neighbour Scott Haggarty said his heart stopped when the police told him his neighbours were found dead on Friday.
He said the couple ‘looked happy’ when he saw them arrive home on Wednesday afternoon.
‘They kept to themselves. They just looked like a regular couple, I never heard an argument or anything,’ he told The Daily Telegraph.
‘They looked like a couple who worked in the bars and were on holidays here.’
Mr Haggarty said the pair moved into the flat about three months before they were found dead.
Another neighbour of the young couple, Jason You, said he heard a loud ‘boom’ about 5pm on Friday – shortly before their bodies were discovered.