Lilie James, a water polo coach, was found dead with serious head injuries in the gym bathroom. Police are investigating her recent ex-boyfriend, Paul Thijssen, who was seen leaving the gym on CCTV. A body was recovered from cliffs with some of Thijssen's belongings, and police are investigating if it is him.
Lilie James, a water polo coach at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney ’s CBD, was found with “serious head injuries” in the gym bathroom by police just after midnight last Wednesday.Police launched a full-scale hunt for her colleague, 24-year-old sports coach Paul Thijssen, who she recently broke up with after dating for five weeks, and who was seen on CCTV leaving the gym also on Wednesday.
A body was recovered on Friday afternoon from cliffs at Vaucluse in Sydney’s east. Here, they found an abandoned backpack with some of Mr Thijssen’s belongings. Police are investigating if the body is that of Mr Thijssen.It’s said that he used the victim’s phone to SMS her father asking for him to pick up his daughter.
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