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The mystery surrounding a nurse and mother-of-three who died after she was found in bushland and doused with acid is no closer to being solved a decade later, an inquest has heard.
Monika Chetty was found critically injured and with her skin peeling off in bushland in western Sydney, on the evening of January 3, 2014.
She died four weeks later from complications following acid burns to 80 per cent of her body.
Monika Chetty was found critically injured and with her skin peeling off in bushland in western Sydney , on the evening of January 3, 2014
The 39-year-old, who was found with extensive acid burns to her face and body, had been estranged from her family since 2010 and was sleeping rough.
Evidence submitted to the NSW coroners court suggests Ms Chetty was doused in nearly eight litres of hydrochloric acid weeks before she was found.
Before her death, she told police she was curled up on a park bench in Liverpool when someone approached her for money and cigarettes before dousing her with the chemical.
She said she attended hospital but there were no beds, but due to the extent of her injuries it is unlikely she was turned away, counsel assisting the coroner Christine Melis previously told the court.
Police also doubted Ms Chetty's version of events, believing she deliberately misled them about the location of the attack to protect herself and her family from
