PICTURED: Woman, 32, whose body was found by a tradie in Melbourne's Chinatown – as her sister reveals she had been dating the man charged with her murder for more than a year
- Christopher Allen Bell, 32, charged with the murder of Natalina Angok, 32
- Her body was found early on Wednesday at the corner of a dead-end laneway
- Mr Bell was a schizophrenic who was released from a mental facility a week ago
- Police are yet to release the overnight autopsy confirming her cause of death
The sister of a woman found dead in Melbourne's Chinatown on Wednesday has revealed she was dating the man charged with her murder.
Christopher Allen Bell, 32, is charged with killing Natalina Angok, a warehouse packager whose body was discovered by a tradesman at the intersection of Little Bourke Street and Celestial Avenue.
Natalina's sister, Helena, claimed on Thursday the 32-year-old and Mr Bell dated for for more than a year before her death.
'They were dating, in a relationship,' she told The Age.
Christopher Allen Bell, 32, is charged with killing Natalina Angok, a warehouse packager whose body was discovered by a tradesman at the intersection of Little Bourke Street and Celestial Avenue (pictured, Natalina Angok)
Natalina was one of five siblings, who was a warehouse packager. Her sister described her as a 'down-to-earth
Christopher Allen Bell, 32 (pictured), is charged with killing Angok
Ms Angok said she believed the pair had met at a bar in the city.
Natalina was one of five siblings and lived in Highton, Geelong, about 75kms south-west of Melbourne.
She worked as a warehouse packager and has been described as 'down-to-earth'.
'My sister is gone and when I think about it, I think this is not true,' Ms Angok said of her sister's death.
'She loved everybody, even if someone did something bad to her, she would just talk and laugh with them.'
Natalina's cousin Aguer Athian said the 32-year-old treated her like a sister.
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Mr Bell sat in the dock of Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday with a lowered head as his lawyer Steven Pica said the accused had been un-medicated for a long time.
Mr Bell sat in the dock of Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday with a lowered head as his lawyer Steven Pica said the accused had been un-medicated for a long time (pictured is the located where Natalina was found)
Magistrate Cathy Lamble said he was a 'diagnosed schizophrenic' who needed to take the antipsychotic drug Seroquel
He had been released from a mental inpatient facility 'only a week ago', after staying for a week, the court was told.
Magistrate Cathy Lamble said he was a 'diagnosed schizophrenic', who needed to take the antipsychotic drug Seroquel.
'His mental health needs should be assessed as soon as possible,' she said.
He will be kept in custody to appear in the same court on Friday for a filing hearing.
Police are yet to release the results of an overnight autopsy which they'd hoped would confirm Ms Angok's cause of death.
Police are yet to release the results of an overnight autopsy which they'd hoped would confirm Ms Angok's cause of death
- 3AW Melbourne on Twitter: "NOW | @RossAndJohn crossing to @Patty_Mitchell at Chinatown. He says the woman's body remains on the side of the road, the cause of death still unclear. https://t.co/diif94XXAP"
- www.heraldsun.co...
- Sunrise on Twitter: "#BREAKING: A woman's body has been found near an intersection in the heart of Melbourne CBD.¿ "
- Chinatown murder accused was released from inpatient facility a week ago
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