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Missing woman: Police comb Nowra bushland for Samah Baker’s possessions

Detectives attached to Strike Force Boutcher are searching bushland near Warra Warra Road at Nowra for the possessions of Samah Baker, aged 30, who was last seen at her Parramatta home on January 4.

Forensic search conducted over suspicious disappearance of Samah Baker

Police have located “several items of interest” in bushland near Nowra, while conducting investigations into the death of a Sydney woman.

Detectives attached to Strike Force Boutcher conducted a search south of Nowra today, for belongings or evidence relating to 30-year-old Samah Baker, who was last seen at her Parramatta home on January 4.

Samah Baker was last seen on January 4.
Samah Baker was last seen on January 4.

Detectives, along with officers from the Public Order and Riot Squad, Operations Support Group and the marine command began searching the area on Tuesday.

Crews continued the search on Wednesday and and seized several items of interest, which will undergo forensic examination.

Police search bushland near Nowra as part of their investigation into the murder of Samar Baker. Pic: NSW Police Force.
Police search bushland near Nowra as part of their investigation into the murder of Samar Baker. Pic: NSW Police Force.

James Hachem, 32, has been charged with Ms Baker’s suspected murder. However, her body is yet to be found.

Police allege after killing Ms Baker, Mr Hachem put her body in the boot of his car and drove to a rural area and disposed of her body.

James Hachem, 32, has been charged of murdering missing woman Samah Baker. Picture: 9 News
James Hachem, 32, has been charged of murdering missing woman Samah Baker. Picture: 9 News

The investigation previously led police to Goulburn where they conducted an extensive search, but nothing was found.

Police say inquiries to locate Samah Baker’s body are continuing

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