The death of a woman whose body was found in the boot of her car at Corrimal was ‘‘absolutely horrific’’, police say.
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Police discovered the body of the woman, 41, in the boot of her Kia sedan in bushland off Foothills Rd, Corrimal, on Thursday around 7.20pm.
They had originally been responding to reports of a car driving erratically in the area around 2.45pm that day.
Officers found the car in bushland yesterday afternoon, but could not locate its female owner.
After looking for the woman at her Bligh St, Wollongong, home, the officers returned to the vehicle and made the gruesome discovery.
Detective Inspector Tim Beattie provided no details about the woman’s injuries, but said: ‘‘It’s horrific, absolutely horrific for all involved.’’
Police were treating the death as a homicide, and crime scenes had been set up at bushland near Foothills Road and at a Bligh Street residence, Mr Beattie told reporters outside Wollongong police station on Friday.
The dead woman was known to police, he said, but he would not be drawn on whether her death was thought to be drug related, or if she was dead when she was placed in the boot.
There was no reason for officers initially to look in the car boot because they were responding to a ‘‘low level’’ driving complaint, Det Insp Beattie said.
He said the woman left behind a family member who lived in the Bligh Street unit block.
He appealed for anyone who may have seen a white Kia Rio sedan driving erratically in the northern suburbs of Wollongong yesterday to contact police.
