CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses domestic violence.
Police have arrested 28-year-old Danny Zayat in relation to the death of Sydney woman Tatiana Dokhotaru.
Zayat was arrested at around 6am this morning after police carried out a search warrant of his St Clair unit. He was taken to Penrith Police Station where he has been assisting police with their inquiries.
Dokhotaru’s body was discovered with severe head injuries in her apartment in Liverpool in Sydney’s west at around 8pm on May 27 this year. Before her death, at around 11.45pm, she had called 000 but it took police more than 20 hours to locate her apartment in the 297 units within the tower block.
Her body was discovered after a neighbour called the police. Zayat, who was Dokhotaru’s former partner, was reported to be in the apartment when her body was found. At the time, he was taken into custody and charged with a total of 22 domestic violence charges before being granted bail in July by the NSW Supreme Court, per the Daily Telegraph.
