Detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a missing Penrith woman whose body was found in a suitcase overnight.
The body of missing woman Preethi Reddy, 32, was discovered after police located her vehicle on Strachan Street, Kingsford at about 9.30pm on Tuesday. During a search of the vehicle, they located a suitcase containing her body, which had multiple stab wounds.
NSW Police have established that Ms Reddy stayed at a hotel on Market Street, Sydney CBD, on Sunday with a man known to her, who died in a head-on collision on the New England Highway, south of Tamworth, at about 10pm on Monday.
Detectives from Oxley Police Area Command now believe the fiery collision was a deliberate act.
Preethi Reddy, 32, was reported missing by her family on Sunday after she failed to come home from a dental convention at St Leonards.
Police were told she last made contact with her family about 11am on Sunday, saying she planned to head home after having a late breakfast in Sydney.
