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The Inquest
The Inquest
which he had short-circuited when the pot on his stove boiled over.
The building managers called police, concerned about that odd smell and that
the woman who lived there with him had not been seen for a couple of days.
Sen Constable Reid said Volke was initially co-operative when they National
Health Service organisations, along with computer networks of companies
and municipalities in dozens of other countries.
But when he went back inside, telling the officers he needed to secure the
pairs dogs, Volke locked the door, self-harmed and jumped his balcony fence
to escape to a rear laneway.
There was a pool of blood on the floor beside the pot that contained Ms
Prasetyos feet.
He had been seeking treatment for mental health problems in the weeks
leading up to the death, the three-day inquest was told.
"I think we need to keep a much closer eye on what government agencies are
THE INQUEST
The two officers called to Volkes apartment, ostensibly for a welfare check,
thought they had stumbled upon a sick prank.
In the pot he had been using to cook his partner Mayang Prasetyos body
parts, they found what appeared to be human feet.
Other parts of Ms Prasetyos dismembered remains were found in a garbage
bag near the washing machine.
The inquest into Ms Prasetyos and Volkes deaths heard that Senior
Constable Bryan Reid and Constable Luke McWhinney initially were called
to conduct a routine welfare check late on Saturday, October 4, 2014.
(There) was a bad smell, it was something I hadnt smelt before and cant
really describe, Sen Constable Reid said on the opening day of the inquest
in Brisbane on Monday.