The teenager accused of killing his female housemate allegedly searched for the ‘penalty for murder’ days after the alleged killing took place.
And 19-year-old Shuo Dong’s alleged alibi fell apart further when authorities discovered his girlfriend wasn’t in the country on the night Qi Yu disappeared, according to court documents.
Dong was charged with the murder of the 28-year-old less than a week after she disappeared in June.
The teenager accused of killing his female housemate Qi Yu (pictured) allegedly searched for the ‘penalty for murder’, days after the alleged killing took place
Shuo Dong’s (pictured) alleged alibi fell apart further when discovered authorities his girlfriend wasn’t in the country on the night Qi Yu disappeared, according to court documents
However, Ms Yu’s body was not found until Wednesday morning, near an emergency stop area on the M1 highway at Mount Kuring-gai, north-west of the Sydney.
The pair were both Chinese nationals who were living together at a unit in Campsie, south-west Sydney.
In court documents presented to Burwood Local Court on Friday, it’s alleged Dong researched the penalty for murder just days after Ms Yu went missing.
It was later at Campsie Police Station, with a Mandarin interpreter, that Dong allegedly told police in a voluntary interview that he had spent the evening with his girlfriend.
But further checks showed his girlfriend had been out of the country since February, police allege.
Dong was then arrested and appeared to have a fit almost immediately.
Dong was charged with the murder of 28-year-old Qi Yu, less than a week after she disappeared in June
However Ms Yu’s body was not found until Wednesday morning, near an emergency stop area on the M1 highway at Mount Kuring-gai, north-west of the Sydney
He was hospitalised for three days while forensic teams began picking over the unit.
Dong spent the evening bickering with Ms Yu over cutting his lease short and bond money he owed her, the documents state.
Ms Yu’s parents, who were speaking to her from China via WeChat, could hear the argument in the background about 7.30pm on the Friday night when the power to her Campsie unit was shut off.
They didn’t know it would be the last time they saw her alive.
Ms Yu’s parents, (pictured) who were speaking to her from China via WeChat, could hear the argument in the background about 7.30pm on the Friday night when the power to her Campsie unit was shut off.
The 28-year-old woman’s father, Zhihe Yu, and mother, Qing He, are visiting Australia from China
Concerned for her safety they contacted a neighbour who lived nearby to check on their daughter, the court documents reveal.
Dong appeared to ‘want her out of the unit quickly, stating his girlfriend was inside’. He allegedly told the neighbour Ms Yu was out having dinner.
The next day the south-west Sydney unit’s third occupant called emergency services with ‘grave concerns’ for Ms Yu.
Police were dispatched and found a six-inch red stain ‘consistent with blood’ on the staircase, along with more red spots and flecks on a nearby landing.
Ms Yu’s car, handbag and phone were all missing with triangulation concluding her final signal was picked up about the time the power was cut.
Another car was parked in the unit’s common area, allegedly driven there by Dong, with golf clubs and crowbars inside.
Dong remains in custody and is expected before Burwood Local Court again on August 15.
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