What do we know about Krishna Chopra’s murder

It has been a month since police found Krishna Chopra dead in her Crows Nest home and investigators are methodically working their way towards naming a suspect, but here’s what they need.

Krishna Chopra was murdered in her Crows Nest home, something on our around January 22.

Rebekah Venn felt a chill the first time police said her neighbour Krishna Chopra had been murdered.

There was about a 30-year difference in their ages, but the two women built a casual friendship after Ms Chopra moved to Crows Nest from New South Wales.

They had both grown up in the country, were introverts and were keen musicians who joked about forming a band.

“Krishna had a few instruments in her house, and she was good with music,” Ms Venn said.

“She had recently bought a harp, and she invited me in to play it.”

Sadly Ms Chopra, 61, died as a result of severe head trauma on or around January 22.

Police located her body in her Park Road home on January 31 after multiple attempts to contact her were unsuccessful, triggering a homicide investigation.

It has been just over a month, and police have repeated their appeals for members of the public to come forward with information about Mrs Chopra’s movements before her death.

Ms Venn said the police faced a difficult task because Ms Chopra was a private person who kept to herself.

Krishna Chopra referred to her coupe as her ‘baby’.

“Krishna was closed off, but when she started talking she wouldn’t stop,” she said.

“Not many people knew her around town because she had only been here for less than a year when it happened.”

Ms Chopra volunteered with Meals on Wheels, delivering meals and packing food containers in the community.

But the public may have recognised a bright blue coupe Ms Chopra used as her town car (pictured).

“She loved that car,” Ms Venn said.

“Krishna called it her baby, and she was so excited after she bought it – I was too scared to touch it.”

During the course of the investigation, police located a torsion bar that had been shortened to about 47cm.

This may suggest it was modified for a particular purpose, but the purpose of the modification is unknown.

The connection of the bar to Ms Chopra also remains unknown, and police are looking to establish its origins to assist with ongoing investigations.

Toowoomba Detection Senior Sergeant Paul McCusker thanked members of the public who had already come forward and asked anyone else who had seen Ms Chopra in the community to speak with police.

“It doesn’t matter how small (the information is), we would rather know the information and decide whether it is something that could assist us than not ever know it,” he said.

Ms Venn echoed the appeal.

“This was a real person who has been killed,” she said.