{"id":547297,"date":"2026-03-18T00:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547297\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T00:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:51:15","slug":"police-release-new-footage-in-appeal-over-grandfather-chris-baghsarians-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/547297\/","title":{"rendered":"Police release new footage in appeal over grandfather Chris Baghsarian’s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police have released new CCTV vision in relation to the bungled kidnapping, and murder, of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian.<\/p>\n

Mr Baghsarian, 85, was snatched from his North Ryde home on February 13 in what is believed to be a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n

His captors are alleged to have instead meant to have taken a relative of Sydney businessman Dimitri Stepanyan, who also lived nearby.<\/p>\n

Video showing the elderly widower being tortured in a safehouse at Dural, along with a demand for $50 million, later emerged.<\/p>\n

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Chris Baghsarian died after being held captive in Dural in February. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n

Mr Baghsarian’s remains were found on a golf course at Pitt Town 11 days later.<\/p>\n

Only two men have so far been charged with murder over his death.<\/p>\n

NSW Police on Wednesday released new security camera footage showing three people walking along a street in Dural near the safehouse.<\/p>\n

The men were seen in the area on Wildthorn Avenue, Dural the night of February 13, hours after Mr Baghsarian was kidnapped.<\/p>\n

It comes after video obtained by the ABC from when Mr Baghsarian was taken from his home also showed three men entering the property.<\/p>\n

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Three men seen walking near the safehouse in Dural where Chris Baghsarian was held and later killed in February. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n

Speaking to 702 ABC Radio Sydney<\/a>, NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon described the crime as “a heinous offence”.<\/p>\n

“There are two males before the court at the moment charged with murder and detain for advantage,” Commissioner Lanyon said.<\/p>\n

“These are further males that we believe can assist with our inquiries and a motor vehicle that we also believe may be relevant to our inquiries as well.”<\/p>\n

As part of the new footage, police also released images of a blue car they believe was involved in the kidnapping.<\/p>\n

The car was seen about 12pm on February 14 in Dural, the day after Mr Baghsarian was taken from his home.<\/p>\n

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A blue Hyundai sedan police believe was used in the kidnapping of Chris Baghsarian. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n

“We believe these males may be involved. It’s important we identify who they are and either rule them in or eliminate them from our inquiries,” Commissioner Lanyon said.<\/p>\n

“The CCTV also indicates a blue coloured Hyundai sedan, which is missing a hub cap on the left-hand side.<\/p>\n

“That vehicle was seen to go out to a house that we believe Mr Baghsarian was held captive during his ordeal.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have released new CCTV vision in relation to the bungled kidnapping, and murder, of Sydney grandfather Chris…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,243538,270922,2968,44,4277],"class_list":["post-547297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chris-baghsarian","tag-dural","tag-murder","tag-news","tag-nsw-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547297","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=547297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}