Teneriffe murder-suicide: Police continue investigation into transgender woman's killing by Brisbane chef Marcus Volkehttps://au.news.yahoo.com/a/25198410/teneriffe-murder-suicide-police-continue-investigation-into-transgender-womans-killing-by-brisbane-chef-marcus-volke/Police believe the Indonesian woman, Mayang Prasetyo, was killed and dismembered by her 27-year-old partner and chef Marcus Volke some time last week in the apartment in Commercial Road, Teneriffe.
Neighbours complained of a foul smell at the weekend and police were called.
When officers arrived at the apartment Volke fled through a rear glass door and leapt over a balcony, leaving a smear of blood on a fence.
Volke's body was later found in an industrial bin where it is believed he took his own life.
When police returned to the couple's apartment they found his partner's remains.
Police would not confirm reports that Volke had been cooking a part of his girlfriend on a stove top when they arrived at the scene.
Investigators are also looking at security camera vision taken near the apartment complex to help shed light on the events of Saturday night.
Authorities were still trying to contact her next of kin and would not confirm her name.
It is believed Volke met Ms Prasetyo while working on international cruise ships.
'No indication anything wrong'
On Monday the man's mother, Dorothy Volke, said she had not met her son's girlfriend.
Ms Volke said she had no indication anything was wrong with her son.
"I'm not sure what he was doing - last we knew he was working on boats," she said.
She said she did not know what company he was working for.
"I don't know, he jumped around," she said.
Volke was originally from the regional Victorian city of Ballarat, where his funeral will be held.
Just a normal couple, neighbour says
Neighbours alerted the building's manager to the stench on the ground floor on Saturday.
Courtney Reichart first noticed the smell on Wednesday when she returned home from work.
She said it had got worse each day and still remained.
"On Saturday when I came out for a walk, it made your eyes water, it made you want to be sick," she said.
"The smell it was like as if somebody had put out some dog food or red meat and left it out for a few days.
"It makes you feel sick that that poor girl sat there for however many days and we've been walking past, living our lives and thinking 'hmmm what's that smell', but you don't put two and two together.
"You don't think that a bad smell equals a murder."
The apartment complex opened about two months ago, during which time Ms Reichart met the couple a number of times.
She said she had never heard arguments and the couple owned dogs.
"Just a normal couple," she said, adding that the girlfriend was "gorgeous".
"They seemed quite friendly."
