Overview
- Family last heard from the 58-year-old woman on Monday when she said she was meeting a relative at John Curtin Reserve in Winston Hills, Western Sydney.
- Relatives found the woman’s car on Dodson Street in Winston Hills the next morning, and detectives from Strike Force Dizek took over the inquiry.
- Detectives arrested a man seated in a white dual‑cab ute on Parnell Fire Trail at Tomerong on Thursday and charged him with murder; reporting has identified the accused as Ante Ivan Popovic.
- Police say the woman’s body has not been located and searches and forensic work are continuing, including a search warrant executed at an address in Sanctuary Point and inquiries into movements west of the Blue Mountains.
- Authorities allege the pair met to discuss borrowing money and that the suspect’s earlier communications were hostile; the accused did not apply for bail and has appeared in court with a return date set for August.