Homicide Squad detectives have charged two people over their alleged roles in the murder of Danielle Easey, after her body was discovered in a creek near Newcastle.
\nAbout 10.30am on Saturday 31 August 2019, police were called to Cockle Creek, near Wakefield Road, Killingworth, after members of the public saw an item wrapped in plastic floating in the water.
\nThe plastic, containing a woman\u2019s body, was removed from the water by officers.
\nThe woman was formally identified as 29-year-old, Danielle Easey, who lived in Booragul with family, but had more recently been staying at multiple locations around the area.
\nA post mortem examination revealed Danielle had been seriously assaulted and stabbed.
\nDetectives from the State Crime Command\u2019s Homicide Squad and Lake Macquarie Police District established Strike Force Furzer to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.
\nInquiries have revealed Danielle was murdered at a home at Narara on or around Saturday 17 August 2019, before being transported and dumped at Cockle Creek.
\nFollowing extensive investigations, strike force detectives arrested a 33-year-old man at an industrial premise at Cardiff just before 10am today (Thursday 19 September 2019).
\nAbout an hour later, a 32-year-old woman was arrested with assistance from Strike Force Raptor North at a home at Holmesville.
\nDetectives subsequently executed two crime scene warrants at the Cardiff industrial premise and a home at Narara, and a search warrant at the Holmesville home.
\nSpecialist forensic police are continuing to examine the Cardiff and Narara properties.
\nInvestigators seized a Mitsubishi Delica at Cardiff which has been forensically examined.
\nThe man was taken to Belmont Police Station and charged with murder. He was refused bail to appear at Belmont Local Court today (Friday 20 September 2019).
\nThe woman was taken to Toronto Police Station and charged with accessory after the fact to murder and dishonestly obtain financial advantage etc by deception. She was refused bail to appear at Toronto Local Court today (Friday 20 September 2019).
\nPolice will allege in court that the woman has assisted the man by impersonating Danielle on one of her social media accounts after her death to gain access to money.
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