{"id":499977,"date":"2026-02-24T01:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499977\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T01:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:42:10","slug":"suspected-human-remains-found-in-search-for-kidnapped-man-chris-baghsarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/499977\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected human remains found in search for kidnapped man Chris Baghsarian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suspected human remains have been found in the search for abducted grandfather Chris Baghsarian, who police say was mistakenly kidnapped.<\/p>\n

Mr Baghsarian was snatched from his North Ryde property home and bundled into an SUV about 5am on February 13, with investigators confident the 85-year-old was not the intended target of the abduction plot.<\/p>\n

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The Pitt Town scene were suspected human remains have been found. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

Law enforcement sources had told the ABC that the offenders were likely targeting a figure with links to the Alameddine crime family.<\/p>\n

Following extensive inquiries, detectives located what is believed to be human remains near a golf club in Pitt Town in the north-west fringes of Sydney about 8am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

There is a considerable police presence in Pitt Town. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

The State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad led a coordinated response to recover the man under Strike Force Chobat.<\/p>\n

Police had been scouring dense bushland in the search for the abducted grandfather, with officers on Monday seen near a national park and bushland in Glenorie, approximately 19 kilometres away from Pitt Town.<\/p>\n

Tragic timeline<\/p>\n

More than a week after the 85-year-old’s abduction, a property in Dural was discovered and linked to his captors.<\/p>\n

North of that in Glenorie, officers scoured dense bushland in response to sightings of a grey Toyota Corolla, which was later set alight.<\/p>\n

In the boot of the car, which police allege was stolen, officers found a blood-stained carpet<\/a> believed to have come from the abandoned Dural property.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

NSW SES personnel assisted police in the search for Mr Baghsarian on Sunday. (ABC News: Ethan Rix)<\/p>\n

Shortly after his abduction, images and video circulated of Mr Baghsarian tied up and being assaulted.<\/p>\n

That footage showed the Dural property as being consistent with where the man was kept, police said.<\/p>\n

CCTV footage had captured movement on the North Ryde street in the moments before and after the grandfather was snatched on February 13.<\/p>\n

Detectives had repeatedly appealed directly to the kidnappers for Mr Baghsarian’s safe return, saying he required daily medication.<\/p>\n

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His family had not received a ransom demand, police said.<\/p>\n

The hunt for Mr Baghsarian’s\u00a0kidnappers continues.<\/p>\n

‘Deeply loved’<\/p>\n

Mr Baghsarian’s family previously described the kidnapping as “surreal”.<\/p>\n

“Our family is living through a nightmare we never thought possible,” the family said in a statement last week.<\/p>\n

“We are struggling to make sense of the fact that he has been taken and that our family has been caught up in something that has nothing to do with us.<\/p>\n

“Chris is a devoted father, brother, uncle, and grandfather. He is deeply loved, gentle, and the kindest person we know \u2014 someone who would never hurt a fly.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suspected human remains have been found in the search for abducted grandfather Chris Baghsarian, who police say was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[184872,91524,64,63,243538,251525,251517,251526,251524,251520,251516,251518,151548,251519,44,4277,64671,251521,251523,251522],"class_list":{"0":"post-499977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-abduction","9":"tag-alameddine-crime-family","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-chris-baghsarian","13":"tag-chris-baghsarian-abduction","14":"tag-chris-baghsarian-taken-from-noth-ryde-home","15":"tag-chris-baghsarian-update","16":"tag-chris-baghsarian-video","17":"tag-elderly-man-kidnapped","18":"tag-elderly-man-mistakenly-kidnapped","19":"tag-kidnappers","20":"tag-mistaken-identity","21":"tag-mistaken-identity-kidnapping","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-nsw-police","24":"tag-nsw-ses","25":"tag-sydney-abduction","26":"tag-sydney-kidnapping","27":"tag-sydney-kidnapping-update"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}