Police identify burnt body
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Police say Charlie Boulos was stabbed multiple times before his body was set on fire, and dumped in a park at Laverton North. (supplied)
Police have determined the cause of death of a man whose badly burnt body was found in Laverton North yesterday.
Police say the man, 24 year old Charlie Boulos, died of multiple stab wounds.
His body was found lying on a mattress at Laurie Emmins Reserve.
The Hillside man was last seen leaving a relative's house on Monday and his two sisters have made an emotional plea for information.
Detective Inspector Steve Clark says Mr Boulos was an unemployed motor mechanic, involved in the drug scene.
"He was charged earlier this year with possessing and trafficking in ice," he said.
"Clearly we don't know at this stage whether his drug trafficking was related to his disappearance and murder, but that's certainly one of the main avenues we'll be chasing up."
"Clearly there's a very large gap in our investigation at the moment, we know he was last seen in the morning on Monday the 23rd (of June) and not seen again until his body was located on Monday (yesterday).
"We're confident that Charlie's body wasn't dumped at the reserve before 2:00pm(AEST) on Sunday, we had police doing some random motorcycle checks of the area."
Mr Boulos' sister, Rose Boulos, wept as she pleaded for the killer or anyone who may have any information, to come forward.
"Anyone who knows anything, anything at all, whether it may be that he passed you by on the street, please contact police as soon as possible."
"We need to find who did this to Charlie, he didn't deserve it, he was a good boy, he was a good man, everyone who knew him, loved him.
"Whoever did this, they've broken up the family now."
His second sister, Marilyn Boulos said her brother was a quiet person who kept to himself.
"He'd never really tell us if he was in trouble, unfortunately," she said.
"My parents number one fear, knowing that he was in the drug scene, would be that he would end up dead, and that's what happened.
"Being a drug dealer doesn't mean you're a bad person, he was quite a good person."
A number of forensic tests are still being conducted.
Detective Inspector Clark says at this stage it appears the burning of the body may have been and attempt to destroy evidence.
"That would be one of the first assumptions that we'd make, but clearly we're not wanting to jump to conclusions, but certainly that appears to be the case.
"All killings are fairly brutal, but to be dumped in an open area after being stabbed and burnt, is fairly horrific."
