Homicide Squad detectives are today releasing further information as part of their investigation into the death of Shu Jian Lim, whose body was found dumped in Mt Cottrell in 2015.
University students were conducting research at the creek at Cobbledicks Ford Reserve, near Dukelow Road, on 17 September, 2015 when they came across a black wrapped up plastic sheet on a sandbank about 1.15pm.
They contacted police, who subsequently determined the wrapped up sheet contained the body of an unknown person.
A post mortem was conducted and it was determined the body was that of an Asian male.
A number of public appeals were conducted in the days following the discovery, however police were not immediately able to identify the deceased.
Homicide Squad detectives made a number of enquiries to try and determine the identity of the body, including looking at the current missing persons cases.
In October 2015, a DNA test was conducted with a relative in Malaysia and the deceased man was formally identified as Shu Jian Lim.
The 26-year-old Point Cook man was reported missing by his sister in March 2015.
Lim was last seen at a friend’s house at Covent Gardens in Point Cook on 20 February, 2015.
Police have been told he left the property about 5pm in his silver Toyota sedan with Victorian registration XHS
