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When Ms Chen's body was found floating in the Swan river by fishermen on July 2nd, police were unable to identify her.
She was half-naked and had suffered significant injuries.

A composite image was released along with images of some distinctive ceramic tiles that had apparently been intended to weigh the suitcase down.

The suitcase was found on Saturday morning floating on the river's surface in East Fremantle by a fisherman, who reportedly discovered the woman's half-naked corpse inside as well as some tiles, presumably to weigh the bag down.

Police say they have today found more tiles, which match those found inside the suitcase, while scouring an area near the Fremantle traffic bridge, near Beach Street, on the ocean side of The Kiosk cafe.

Police have appealed for anyone with information or anyone who recognises a composite image of the woman to come forward.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-06/body-in-suitcase-swan-river-divers-find-more-tiles/7573782


Earlier this month, and 2 months after the body is found, her daughter (same one as charged) reported her missing after apparently being unable to contact her mother from interstate. This is when Annabelle is identified.

Police have confirmed the identity of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a suitcase dumped in Perth's Swan River two months ago.

Detectives said the woman was Annabelle Chen, 57, from the Perth suburb of Mosman Park.

Her body was found after a local fisherman pulled a suitcase containing the body aboard his boat in East Fremantle, near the traffic bridge, on July 2.

Police launched an extensive media campaign to try to identify Ms Chen after her body was discovered, but Detective Mills said her daughter did not lodge a missing person's report until last Friday and had not seen media reports about the case.

He said her daughter had travelled to Perth from interstate after she was unable to contact her mother.

"She'd been trying to get in touch with her mother for a period of time and had been unsuccessful," he said.

"It's a very complex situation in relation to the family."

He would not reveal further details about Ms Chen's injuries.

"I can't say anything about the injuries ... that's key to the investigation," he said.

Police were combing Ms Chen's Mosman Park home in a bid to uncover clues to her death, and were keen to hear from anyone who knew her in order to "fill in the details of her life".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-...case-in-perth's-swan-river-identified/7814762

This week, her ex husband, Ah Ping Ban, 65, and daughter, Tiffany Yiting Wan, 25, were charged with her murder.

The ex-husband and daughter of Perth woman Annabelle Chen, whose body was discovered in a suitcase, have made brief appearances in court accused of her murder.

Key points:
  • Murder charges come three months after Ms Chen's body found in suitcase
  • Same daughter who reported her missing is charged with her murder, along with Ms Chen's ex-husband
  • Police say Ms Chen was killed in her Mosman Park home

Ah Ping Ban, 65, and Tiffany Yiting Wan, 25, were charged last night after a three-month investigation into the death of the 57-year-old Mosman Park woman.

Ms Chen's death sparked a massive investigation by police, and it was two months before they were able to identify her remains.

According to police, Wan did not report her missing until September 2, saying she had not seen media reports about the case.

Wan had been living in Melbourne.

Police Senior Sergeant Tom Mills said in a media conference today they believed Ms Chen was killed in her home.

Ms Chen was divorced from Ban who police said had homes in Singapore and Malaysia.

She moved to Perth with her daughter after the split, in 1999.

Sergeant Mills said the investigation was difficult because Ms Chen was a very private person.
 
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Ahh. So they finally found the culprits then?

No none deserves to be slaughtered, folded into a bloody suitcase and dumped. Disgraceful.

Two guesses they wanted her money.
 
April 22, 2020
A Perth woman convicted of being an accessory to the murder of her mother – whose death became known as the 'body-in-the-suitcase mystery' – has walked free from prison after serving three years.

Tiffany Wan, 29, was sentenced to four years and 10 months jail in 2018 for helping her father, Ah Ping Ban, dispose of his ex-wife Annabelle Chen’s body in the Swan River in 2016.

The body of the 58-year-old was discovered inside a suitcase filled with tiles days later by fishermen.

Despite public appeals for assistance, it took police weeks to identify Ms Chen.

The breakthrough was finally made when Wan, who was studying in Melbourne at the time, returned to Perth, pretended she couldn’t locate her mother and door-knocked neighbours, before reporting her missing to police.

Ms Chen was brutally bashed with a blunt object and her lifeless body stuffed into a suitcase.

Both Wan and her father denied murdering Ms Chen and blamed each other for the killing.

A Supreme Court jury found Ban guilty of murder and he was sentenced life in jail, to serve a minimum 20 years. The 71-year-old is appealing his conviction.

Wan was convicted of the lesser charge of being an accessory to murder.

Justice Joe McGrath, who presided over the jury trial, sentenced Wan for helping her father cover up the murder by washing his clothes, removing footprints from Ms Chen's home and sending text messages to her mother, even though she knew she was dead.

"Your assistance was prolonged and sustained," he said of Wan's conduct.

"You told persistent lies to the police ... you knew your mother was dead."

The Prisoner's Review Board confirmed Wan was released from jail on November 7, 2019. She is the sole beneficiary to her mother’s fortune, believed to be worth millions.

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Ms Chen was a decent looking lady for 58. Dark humor warning: They killed her before she turned 60 and was suddenly 100 yrs old looking!

As far as the daughter "low risk of reoffending" well sure, she only has one mom... I would be damn scared if anyone becomes her mother in law!
 
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