Police in Hong Kong have charged the previous in-laws of a mannequin and influencer whose physique components had been present in a fridge at a village home, with homicide.

Hong Kong mannequin Abby Choi’s former father-in-law and his eldest son are being charged with homicide, whereas her former mother-in-law faces one rely of perverting the course of justice, police stated in a press release on Sunday.

The authorities additionally arrested the girl’s ex-husband on Saturday and can cost him with homicide on Sunday evening, stated Superintendent Alan Chung. The 4 will seem in courtroom on Monday.

The grisly case got here to mild when law enforcement officials on Friday found Ms Choi’s physique after she had been lacking for a number of days, collectively along with her identification card, bank cards and different gadgets.

The physique was dissected and the stays saved in a fridge within the rural village residence in Tai Po, a suburban a part of Hong Kong near the border with mainland China.

At Sunday’s information briefing, Mr Chung stated authorities discovered a younger girl’s cranium believed to belong to Ms Choi in one of many cooking pots they seized, together with a number of ribs, hair, and human tissue.

In one other pot, forensic pathologists additionally found a small variety of human bones, he added.

Mr Chung stated Ms Choi was believed to have been attacked in a automotive and was unconscious when she arrived on the home.

Police had been nonetheless looking for out the precise time of loss of life and find her palms and torso.

On Sunday, police additionally arrested one other girl they believed to be the mistress of the ex-husband’s father for allegedly aiding the opposite suspects.

Ms Choi, 28, had monetary disputes involving tens of tens of millions of Hong Kong {dollars} along with her ex-husband and his household, Mr Chung stated, including that “some people” had been sad with how Ms Choi dealt with her monetary belongings.

Ms Choi was a mannequin and influencer who shared her glamorous lifetime of photograph shoots and trend exhibits with greater than 100,000 followers.

Dressed in a floor-length robe, she had simply attended a Dior present at Paris Fashion Week.

Her final submit was per week in the past, that includes a photoshoot she had carried out with L’Officiel Monaco, a trend publication.