The parents of the man suspected of killing Lilie James, a 21-year-old staff member at a prestigious Sydney school, have reportedly made a decision about whether their son’s remains will be repatriated to his native Holland.
Ms James, a water polo coach at St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney’s CBD, was found with “serious head injuries” in the gym bathroom by police just after midnight last Wednesday.Lilie James, 21, was killed last week. Picture: Facebook
A body was recovered on Friday afternoon from cliffs at Vaucluse in Sydney’s east. Here, they found an abandoned backpack with some of Mr Thijssen’s belongings. Police are investigating if the body is that of Mr Thijssen, who was born in the Netherlands. It was an option that Thijssen’s parents, Esther and Stefan Thijssen, could take their son back to the Netherlands following the conclusion of the police investigation.has reported that Mr and Mrs Thijssen, have decided that the body of their only child will not return home.
On Monday, it was reported that Thijssen had sent a text to Ms James’ father from her phone after she had been killed.‘Wouldn’t take no’: Lilie’s family speak out
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