Jasmeen Kaur belongings found in bin as police investigate her grisly alleged murder

A young woman believed to have been kidnapped was found in a shallow grave days later. Now there’s a clue that could shed light on her missing hours.

Personal items belonging to nursing student Jasmeen Kaur, whose body was found dumped in a shallow grave in South Australia this week, have been recovered as police zero in on her final moments.

Police believe Ms Kaur, 21, was murdered soon after finishing a shift at aged care centre Southern Cross Homes at North Plympton in Adelaide last Friday.

On Sunday, major crime detectives interviewed a man, 20, who led them to her body in Moralana Creek, a five-hour drive from Adelaide, on Monday.

He has been charged with her alleged murder.

Police are working under the theory Ms Kaur was stalked in the weeks before her death and was kidnapped as she left work late on March 5.

Jasmeen Kaur was in her final year of study.

Speaking on ABC Adelaide radio on Friday Detective Superintendent Des Bray said a member of the public had stumbled across Ms Kaur’s ID and the black shoes she was seen wearing before her disappearance stuffed in a bin at the Kanyaka Ruins.

“I can say we have recovered from that bin Jasmeen’s identification, the black slip-on shoes we were looking for and also some other important evidentiary items,” Det Supt Bray said.

“That’s just a good example of someone who’s really alert in the community who’s seen things.”

Items that police believe were used to restrain Ms Kaur were also found dumped in the bin.

The man accused of killing Jasmeen Kaur.

Her brown handbag is still missing and police are searching for a plate and knife associated with the driver of a blue Holden Commodore caught on CCTV.

The latest discovery was made about 50 minutes by road from where Ms Kaur’s body was buried in the Flinders Ranges.

On Thursday Superintendent Bray said Ms Kaur was inside a 2009 Commodore cameras captured travelling from Adelaide along the route to the gravesite.

He said the Commodore later left Sterling North at 3.07am, with the entire trip totalling about 11 and a half hours.

The car in which Jasmeen is believed to have travelled in. Picture: SA Police

“If you take out travelling time, that leaves about eight hours to bury Jasmine … it’s a considerable amount of time unaccounted for.”

It is believed Ms Kaur was killed in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Police will allege the Commodore was driven by the 20-year-old Indian national who led officers to Ms Kaur’s body, having borrowed the vehicle from a friend.

The Kurralta Park man has been charged with murder and failing to report a death. He has denied killing her.