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Major update in case of dogwalker, 24, who was strangled to death in ‘brutal and sadistic’ beach attack
A MAN accused of murdering a dog walker on a beach four years ago is set to return to Australia to face trial.
Rajwinder Singh, 38, was arrested in India in November last year over the death of Toyah Cordingley, 24, in October 2018.
Toyah had taken her dog for a walk on the beach when she was killed[/caption]
Rajwinder Singh, 38, was arrested in India in December last year[/caption]
Toyah’s half-buried body was found by her dad on Wangetti Beach in north Queensland after she had gone for a dog walk the day before.
Her dog was found tied up nearby.
Investigators believe Singh, an Australian citizen who was born in India, attacked the 24-year-old after her dog barked at him as they walked on the beach.
In a major breakthrough in the case, Singh has now signed a consent application to be extradited to Australia from India.
He told a New Delhi court on Tuesday he wanted to fight the charges against him, according to reports.
A form signed by Singh said: “I know the consequences and nature of the case and am willing to go to Australia and face the trial.”
The 38-year-old reportedly told the magistrate he was aware he could face a life sentence if convicted in Australia.
At the time of Toyah’s murder, police searched Singh’s house, but they were unable to question him as he had already fled the country.
The Australian government sought an extradition order in March 2021 and Indian authorities provisionally approved the request.
But the request needed to be signed off by the court, and India’s Ministry of External Affairs will make a final decision on the extradition.
The court is expected to approve the extradition on Friday.
Singh, who worked as a nurse, has a wife and three children in Australia.
He told his legal team in India he had “gone to the beach for some quiet time carrying some fruit and a knife for cutting fruit”.
Public prosecutor Ajay Digpaul told the Australian Associated Press: “In the four years that he was on the run in India, he had no contact with his wife and children for fear of being caught.
“This seems to be the primary motive for wanting to return.”
The extradition legal team said the suspect could be back in Australia by the end of February.
At the time of Toyah’s death, Port Douglas Councillor Michael Kerr who employed her at his animal shelter Paws and Claws for more than a year described her as “the most beautiful, loving soul”.
Cllr Kerr told Cairns Post: “I knew her and her housemate when she was working for me.
“She was an absolutely loyal employee of Paws and Claws. She was one of the most beautiful souls. It’s tragic.
“She adored animals, she was on a different level with animals, than humans. She had something special with animals. Even the troubled dogs would calm down in her presence.”
MP Warren Entsch described the attack on Toyah as “frenzied and brutal and sadistic”.
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Chilling note left behind by mom before she strangled three kids and killed herself
A MOM left a chill note behind before she strangled her three kids and then killed herself.
Junior Panjon, 12, Joselyn Panjon, 10, and, Jonael Panjon, 5 – appeared to have been strangled by their 36-year-old mother, Sonia Loja, according to police.
Pedro Panjon fainted after discovering the bodies of his children killed at the hands of his wife, neighbors said[/caption]
Sonia Loja, 36, allegedly killed her three children in a murder-suicide on Wednesday, July 27[/caption]
The bodies were found after husband and father, Pedro Panjon, asked for a wellness check, neighbors told The New York Post.
Now the shocking message she wrote on the suicide note she left behind has been revealed.
His cousin told The Post on Friday that it said: “Sorry, Pedro, I take my kids with me.”
Sonia had fought depression and had been crying for days after her illegal child-care business was shut.
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The Connecticut woman’s husband, Pedro Panjon, fainted to the ground after discovering his kids’ dead bodies, according to neighbors.
“He called the cops and asked them to do a wellness check and then he came here and he beat the cops here,” said neighbor, Elvis Espinal.
“So he went inside and like a couple minutes later he came out and he called 911 and just fainted to the ground.”
Panjon, who works as a landscaper and carpenter, found the two-page suicide note, his cousin explained.
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Relative Digna Naulaguari, 47, said: “The letter said, ‘Sorry Pedro, I take my kids with me’.
“He didn’t read nothing more, he pushed the letter away. He still hasn’t read it.”
A mom who sent her kids to Loja’s daycare said that she is shocked by the triple murder-suicide.
“I can’t believe Sonia did this. I don’t believe what’s happened,” Nube Sucuzhanay, 33, told The Post.
Sucuzhanay said Loja came to the United States from Ecuador about 15 years ago.
Her two kids had been enrolled in Loja’s daycare for seven years.
Loja reportedly told the parents of roughly 10 kids that she couldn’t watch them Wednesday, July 27, 2022 – the same day police believe she killed her own kids.
Neighbors and people from the community created a makeshift memorial and have been dropping off sentiments like balloons, stuffed animals, and candles to honor the children killed, according to News12.
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A youth soccer team, who plays at a nearby park, walked up the street and did a prayer circle on the front lawn.
Kaitlyn, 11, was Joselyn’s class fellow and said Joselyn excelled in math and was always kind and helpful.
Sonia Loja and her three kids[/caption]