{"id":562130,"date":"2026-03-24T23:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T23:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/562130\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T23:39:10","slug":"two-more-people-arrested-in-relation-to-alleged-abduction-and-murder-of-chris-baghsarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/562130\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more people arrested in relation to alleged abduction and murder of Chris Baghsarian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Two more people have been arrested in relation to the alleged mistaken identity kidnapping and murder of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Baghsarian was allegedly kidnapped from his North Ryde home in February, in what police have described as a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">His remains were found more than 10 days later near a golf club in Pitt Town in north-western Sydney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police arrested and charged 29-year-old Gerard Andrews and 24-year-old Daniel Stevens the following day with the kidnapping and murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police arrested another two people, a 23-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, this morning while executing a search warrant in Seven Hills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The man and woman were taken to Riverstone and Blacktown Police Stations, where they are assisting with inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations ongoing<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The case made headlines after videos and images circulated appearing to show the 85-year-old being tortured in a safe house in Dural.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">NSW Police last week released fresh CCTV footage showing three people walking on a street near the Dural site.<\/p>\n<p>Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police also released images of a blue car they believe is involved in the kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It is understood police believe the intended target of the alleged kidnapping was a relative of Sydney businessman Dimitri Stepanyan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Detectives have said that Mr Baghsarian&#8217;s family never received any demand for ransom or communication from his captors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police officers and vans parked in bushland.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d2a8052c92713c321140fadd908e34a6.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Mr Baghsarian&#8217;s remains were found near a Pitt Town golf club. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Baghsarian&#8217;s relatives have described the grandfather as a devoted family man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;He is deeply loved, gentle, and the kindest person we know \u2014 someone who would never hurt a fly,&#8221; the family said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Andrews and Mr Stevens did not apply for bail when they faced court last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">They are due to front court again in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Investigations into Mr Baghsarian&#8217;s death are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two more people have been arrested in relation to the alleged mistaken identity kidnapping and murder of Sydney&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,277103,277100,277102,277106,277105,44,277104,277101,5847,4277,251523,277099],"class_list":["post-562130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-chris-baghsarian-arrests","tag-chris-baghsarian-kidnapping","tag-chris-baghsarian-murder","tag-daniel-stevens","tag-gerard-andrews","tag-news","tag-nsw-kidnapping","tag-nsw-murder","tag-nsw-news","tag-nsw-police","tag-sydney-kidnapping","tag-sydney-news-chris-baghsarian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562130","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=562130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562130\/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=562130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}