Family of slain Maryam Hamka ‘just wants her home’

A year after she disappeared, the brother of slain Brunswick woman Maryam Hamka is begging those involved in her death to come clean so she can be laid to rest.

A grieving brother says he cannot go a day without thinking about his slain sister, as he marks the one-year anniversary of her disappearance next week.

Brunswick woman Maryam Hamka, 36, was allegedly killed on April 11 by boyfriend Toby Loughnane, 41, but her remains are yet to be found.

Maryam’s tight-knit family last saw her on April 6 last year and are begging those involved to come clean so they can lay her to rest.

“We haven’t had the chance to say goodbye,” brother Hassan Hamka told the Herald Sun.

“It is a joke. I think about it every single day, I feel lost. We just want her home.”

Maryam Hamka. Picture: Victoria Police

Hassan Hamka. Picture: Ian Currie

Police allege that after Ms Hamka was murdered Mr Loughnane called friend Oscar Newman to help with the removal of her body.

Mr Newman, 26, has since been charged with assisting an offender after police allege he attended Loughnane’s million-dollar Brighton house with a steam carpet cleaner and petrol tin to help cover up the violent murder.

Blood later identified as being Ms Hamka’s was also allegedly found in a red Mazda sedan that was leased by Mr Newman and that was seen coming and going from the property in the days after her murder.

Maryam Hamka with her mother Susan, who has been ‘shattered’ since she disappeared.

He has been bailed and is living in his mother’s CBD apartment.

The Herald Sun understands detectives have informally spoken to a number of people in recent months about the whereabouts of Maryam’s final resting place.

Mr Hamka said his elderly mother had not been the same since her beloved daughter had gone missing.

Maryam Hamka’s boyfriend, Toby Loughnane, has been charged with her murder.

“My mum is shattered,” he said.

“She is not the same. I haven’t seen her crack a smile once. It is so hard to see.

“Her house is covered with photos of Maryam and she still has half of her clothes laid out in her room. She even had a T-shirt made up of her which hangs in the living area.”

Mr Hamka said he sleeps with a pillow belonging to his sister.

“It is something to feel close to Mayram,” he said.

“My head lays where her head used to lay.”

Detectives from the missing persons squad detectives continue to probe Maryam’s disappearance and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.