{"id":299859,"date":"2026-02-24T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/299859\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:31:13","slug":"human-remains-found-in-mistaken-identity-kidnapping-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/299859\/","title":{"rendered":"Human remains found in mistaken identity kidnapping case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Human remains have been found by detectives investigating the mistaken kidnapping of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baghsarian, 85, was kidnapped from his North Ryde property early on February 13 when three men stormed the home and bundled him into an SUV.<\/p>\n<p>Police repeatedly told the kidnappers they had taken the wrong person and publicly urged them to release the elderly man, who relied on daily medication.<\/p>\n<p>Searches in recent days focused on semi-rural areas on Sydney&#8217;s northern outskirts after a car linked to the kidnapping was seen in the area.<\/p>\n<p>About 8am on Tuesday, detectives found what is believed to be human remains near a golf club in Pitt Town.<\/p>\n<p>The historic township is about 30 minutes by road from Dural, where investigators on Friday located the kidnappers&#8217; makeshift stronghold in a vacant, derelict house back from street view.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made over the kidnapping of the widower, who has lived alone for about four years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This whole case has not been our normal kind of investigation in relation to kidnapping and a hostage,&#8221; lead police investigator Andrew Marks told reporters earlier on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Human remains have been found by detectives investigating the mistaken kidnapping of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian. Mr Baghsarian,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-299859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}