A man whose wrapped body was found dumped near Sydney's Olympic Park has been identified as a 33-year-old Thai man who was last seen at a nearby petrol station two weeks before a truckie made the gruesome discovery.
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Wachira "Mario" Phetmang's body was found on Homebush Bay Drive by a passing truck driver who pulled over due to bad weather on the morning of June 6.
Detectives on Wednesday said Mr Phetmang, formerly of Kiama, was last seen at a South Hurstville service station, about 16km from Homebush, at about 7.30pm on May 25.
He was driving a silver 2004 Hyundai Terracan, with Victorian registration URK109, said police, who are working to piece together his last movements.
A post mortem examination revealed Mario had been seriously assaulted, and his cause of death was blunt-force trauma.
His body was found wrapped in a plastic material and covered with a mattress protector.
Mr Phetmang, who had been in Australia for about a decade, was living in Hurstville.
Detectives from the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad have established Strike Force Sinder to investigate the murder.
Homicide Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Scott Cook, said investigators are continuing to piece together Mario’s final movements.
“We are particularly appealing to motorists who have dash cameras to review their footage to see if they may have filmed the vehicle during that time,” Det Supt Cook said.
with Australia Associated Press