CCTV footage shows killer carrying bag with body of five-year-old girl

NZ Herald

20 Apr, 2018 01:00 AM2 mins to read

Chloe was only five years old when she died. Photo / 7 News

Chloe Hoson was only five years old when her neighbour strangled her to death in Australia, wrapped plastic bags over her head and dumped her near a creek.

Her killer has this week been freed after spending no time in jail.

Timothy Kosowicz has been released from a mental facility, leaving the girl's family furious that 15 years after her death, her killer is out on the streets without supervision.

Now, days after his release, CCTV footage has surfaced showing the moment police raided Kosowicz's Lansvale caravan.

Detectives also found a sports bag containing blood-soaked sheets and clothing. It is the same bag the killer used to carry Chloe to the creek where he dumped her lifeless body.

CCTV footage shows him leaving in the early hours of the morning, with the five-year-old's body in a bag, headed to the creek.

"She was inside the bag. She was inside the bag and he walked with her to the location where he dumped her body," NSW Police inspector Roger Best said.

Chloe was only five years old when she died. Photo / 7 News

That video was what led to his confession.

"To take him to that moment where he was going to look back and look in to see exactly what he'd done ... the thought of watching this video was enough to flip him from lying to confessing," Inspector Best said.

"It was at that moment that he said those words of, 'I think I need a lawyer'."

He was found not guilty due to his schizophrenia.