Detectives have located human remains 11 days after the 85-year-old was snatched from his bed in a shock case of mistaken identity – police have now provided a tragic update on the case
Detectives searching for missing pensioner Chris Baghsarian have uncovered what they believe are human remains, nearly 30 miles from where the 85-year-old was last seen alive.
Police in Australia confirmed that a body has been found in the New South Wales village of Pitt Town, a regional community 40 miles north-east of Sydney.
A New South Wales Police spokesperson said: “Following extensive inquiries, about 8am today (Tuesday 24 February 2026), detectives located what is believed to be human remains near a golf club in Pitt Town.”
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Police added that Investigations into Mr Baghsarian’s disappearance are ongoing and inquiries are still continuing.
The grim development comes 11 days on from the horror morning the 85-year-old grandfather was abducted from his own home in what police believe was a shocking case of mistaken identity. Chris Baghsarian was taken just before 5am on Friday after intruders forced their way into his home in New South Wales, Australia, with his captors caught on camera bundling the elderly man into a waiting car as he pleaded for help.
Grainy vision aired on Australian news network Nine shows two men — one wearing a high-visibility jacket — arriving at the North Ryde home in a dark four-wheel-drive before approaching the property. Moments later, Mr Baghsarian can be seen being pushed towards the vehicle before it speeds away into the darkness. Police later discovered an abandoned dark Toyota SUV that they believed is linked to the abduction. The car, found more than eight miles away, was completely burned out. New South Wales Police Detective Acting Superintendent Andrew Marks said officers were “a million per cent confident” the kidnappers had taken the wrong man, stressing that Mr Baghsarian and his family had no links to organised crime.
Police had begged his captors to return Mr Baghsarian safe and sound, but it seems their pleas have fallen on deaf ears. New South Wales premier Chris Minns described the family as “distraught” in the days following his adduction. He too had called on those responsible for the savage abduction to do the right thing. “This is a man over 80 years old,” Mr Minns said. “Please return him to his family.”