HONG KONG — Police in Hong Kong filed homicide expenses towards the previous father-in-law and brother-in-law of a mannequin and influencer whose physique elements have been present in a fridge and a cranium believed to be hers in a pot at a rural home.

Authorities additionally arrested Abby Choi’s ex-husband on Saturday and charged him with homicide on Sunday evening, Superintendent Alan Chung mentioned.

He’ll seem in courtroom Monday alongside three relations: Choi’s former father-in-law and his eldest son have been charged with homicide, whereas her former mother-in-law faces a depend of perverting the course of justice, police mentioned in an announcement. The names of these accused haven’t been launched.

Choi, 28, had monetary disputes involving tens of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong {dollars} together with her ex-husband and his household, Chung mentioned earlier, including that “some individuals” have been sad with how Choi dealt with her monetary property.

Choi was a mannequin and influencer who shared her glamorous lifetime of picture shoots and trend exhibits with greater than 100,000 followers on Instagram. Wearing a tulle floor-length robe, she had simply attended a Dior present at Paris Vogue Week.

Her final put up was per week in the past, that includes a photoshoot she had finished with L’Officiel Monaco, a trend publication.

Choi had been lacking a number of days when police found her dismembered physique and paperwork on Friday. The stays have been saved in a fridge within the dwelling within the village of Tai Po, a suburban a part of Hong Kong nearer to the border with mainland China.

At Sunday’s information briefing, Chung mentioned a younger lady’s cranium believed to be Choi’s was present in one of many cooking pots authorities seized, together with human ribs, hair, and tissue. Forensic pathologists discovered a small variety of human bones in a second pot, he added.

“There is a gap on the best facet rear on the cranium, so the pathologist believes that that needs to be the deadly assault on the sufferer,” he mentioned.

Chung mentioned Choi was believed to have been attacked in a automotive and was unconscious when she arrived on the home. Police have been nonetheless looking for out the precise time of demise and find her arms and torso.

On Sunday, police additionally arrested one other lady believed to have been in an affair with the ex-husband’s father for allegedly aiding the opposite suspects. Chung mentioned the lady had rented the home along with the daddy, in addition to one other place to cover the ex-husband.

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Wu reported from Taipei, Taiwan.