Police allege boyfriend’s phone led them to missing woman Shereen Kumar’s body

Police will allege the phone of Shereen Kumar’s boyfriend led them to her body, which was found wrapped in plastic.

It has been revealed how police will allege they found the body of missing woman Shereen Kumar, wrapped in plastic and dumped in bushland in Sydney’s north west.

Ms Kumar’s boyfriend Vincent Carlino, who had told media last week he was “extremely worried” about her disappearance, has been charged with murder in what police allege was a domestic violence incident.

Police will allege evidence found on Carlino’s phone led them to the spot where her body was found, according to The Daily Telegraph.

Ms Kumar, 43, was reported missing from Dural on Thursday morning.

Carlino said she had left the house in her pyjamas and had not taken her phone with her.

“I’ve told police all of the places I think she could be,” he told media.

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Shereen Kumar was reported missing on Thursday and her body was found on Saturday. Picture: Facebook

She was a human resources consultant, dog walker and model. Picture: Facebook

At about 5.50pm on Saturday, police located the body of a woman during the search in bushland off Laurie Road, Dural – a few streets away from the home they were understood to both live in.

Just after 11.30pm, 37-year-old Carlino was arrested.

Carlino and Ms Kumar, a human resources consultant and model, took over the franchises of the popular Hornsby Mad Dogs & Englishmen pet walking service in October last year.

Police believe they had an “on and off” relationship since April last year, which involved a break-up and an apprehended violence order, before a reconciliation and move to Dural, The Daily Telegraph reported.

Vincent Carlino has been charged with murder. Picture: Mad Dogs & Englishmen

Police head down to where a woman’s body was found at Laurie Road, Dural.

Ms Kumar was a mother to two children, aged 12 and seven.

Her ex-husband Gurpreet Beehan said she was a “strong woman” and “wonderful mother”.

“I had to have the hardest conversation of my life with my kids before,” Mr Beehan said, speaking to The Daily Telegraph.

He said he knew the last thing she would have been thinking about before her death was her kids, as “they were her everything”.

A friend who knew Ms Kumar through the Parramatta Chamber of Commerce, Les Stock, told news.com.au she was known for her positive disposition and having a smile that lit up the room.

“If the power was off still I think we’d still be able to see because of her smile,” he said.

Mr Stock added that Ms Kumar never stopped talking about her children, and was “a mum at another level”.

Longtime friend Roselyn Pillay wrote a tribute to Ms Kumar on Facebook, describing her as “a warrior woman” who valued friendship and honesty. The pair met in high school in 1997.