A top cop investigating the alleged kidnapping and murder of 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian has warned suspects remain at large after making two more arrests in the case.<\/p>\n
Mr Baghsarian was snatched from his home North Ryde home in Sydney\u2019s northwest about 5am on February 13, sparking a frantic 11-day search.<\/p>\n
It is alleged he was kidnapped and murdered in a case of mistaken identity and his remains were discovered near a Pitt Town golf course in Sydney\u2019s northwest.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, NSW Police confirmed that two young men have been arrested in connection with his kidnapping and death.<\/p>\n
But Superintendant Stuart Gordon, who is leading the investigation, revealed the new arrests may not be the last linked to the tragedy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese two males were arrested and charged with the kidnapping of Mr Baghsarian and with his murder. Like the other four, these remain behind bars, bailed refused,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe there are a number of other persons involved in various ways in the disappearance of Mr Baghsarian and the resulting murder.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur investigations will not stop until each and every one of them has been apprehended.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police allege Mr Baghsarian was being held captive in a safe house in Dural in Sydney\u2019s northwest before his murder. <\/p>\n
Detectives searched a home in Shalvey, in Sydney\u2019s west, on Tuesday morning and arrested a 19-year-old man. <\/p>\n
A short time later, a 21-year-old from Silverwater was arrested.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese arrests were made after an extensive investigation that has been going on since Mr Baghsarian\u2019s disappearance,\u201d Superintendant Gordon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is obviously a terribly difficult time for any family and (Mr Baghsarian\u2019s family) they have been incredibly strong throughout this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bothmen have been charged with murder and take\/detain in company with intent to ransom occasioning actual bodily harm.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old was also charged with failing to comply with a digital evidence access order direction.<\/p>\n
Footage of the dramatic arrest showed heavily armed officers storming into the property before pulling the teenager, dressed in a black T-shirt and shorts with no shoes, out of the house. <\/p>\n
He was escorted out the front door with his head buried in his hands, with officers sitting him on the front lawn with his hands in cuffs before piling him into the back of a police van.<\/p>\n
Speaking to 2GB\u2019s Ben Fordham on Wednesday morning, NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the grandfather’s alleged kidnapping and murder was \u201ccompletely unexpected\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a despicable crime and the senseless loss of Mr Baghsarian\u2019s life,\u201d he said.
Mr Lanyon said the two men arrested and charged on Tuesday were allegedly involved in the 85-year-old\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
He said more arrests were likely.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still believe there may be others involved and we\u2019ll continue to investigate with the goal of putting them before the court,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Four others have been arrested and charged in connection with Mr Baghsarian\u2019s alleged kidnapping and murder.<\/p>\n
Moustafa Ohrok, 19, was charged with murder and take\/detain in company with intent to ransom occasioning actual bodily harm. <\/p>\n
Deklin Jake Donnelly, 23, was also charged with murder, kidnapping in company with intent to ransom or occasion actual bodily harm, possession of an unauthorised firearm and ammo, acquiring illegal firearm parts, three counts of supplying prohibited drugs and one count of failing to hand over digital evidence.<\/p>\n
Gerard Andrews, 29, and Daniel Stevens, 34, were both charged with murder and kidnapping with intent to ransom or occasion bodily harm.<\/p>\n
All four remain before the courts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A top cop investigating the alleged kidnapping and murder of 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian has warned suspects remain at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,187436],"class_list":["post-742624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-newswire-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742624","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=742624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}