It's been nearly five years since a group of university students stumbled across a body wrapped in plastic dumped in a Victorian creek.
Victoria Police are still trying to solve who killed Shu Jian Lim, a 26-year-old from Malaysia who had been in Australia on an expired visa when he died.
One theory police are exploring is that Mr Lim was murdered by a drug syndicate and then rolled into a creek at Cobbledicks Ford Reserve, about 40 kilometres west of Melbourne.
Police have released photographs of Mr Lim's abandoned vehicle in an attempt to breathe new life into the cold case.
"This is a brutal way for someone to die and their body to be found," Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Tim Day said.
"There are a number of Lim's associates we have spoken to over the years and investigators are still not satisfied with their version of events."
Det. Insp. Day said Mr Lim's death is "possibly connected" to a drug syndicate that was operating in the area at the time.
Police today released a photo of Mr Lim which was posted on his WeChat account, a Chinese social media platform, on the day he was last seen.
How did Shu Jian Lim go missing?
Mr Lim's body was found dumped in Mt Cottrell in on September 17, 2015, by university students conducting research at a creek in Cobbledicks Ford Reserve.
It took another month to discover the body was that of Mr Lim, 26, who had been reported missing by his sister in March 2015.
Mr Lim was last seen at a friend's house at Covent Gardens in Point Cook on February, 20, 2015, as he drove away in his silver Toyota sedan.
The car was later found in Laverton after a resident reported it as a dumped car.
Police were later told an unidentified Asian male, believed not to have been Mr Lim, was seen parking the silver Toyota in the street on or around February 20.
CCTV of mystery vehicles could hold key
Police have now released CCTV from a water treatment plant that shows vehicles travelling past one of the exit routes from the reserve where the body was found.
They are hopeful members of the public may be able to identify one of the vehicles.
Photographs of Mr Lim's car have also been released, with police hoping someone comes forward with information.
"We do know that Lim was in Australia on an expired visa," Det. Insp. Day said.
"So if any of his friends or associates from that time are concerned about that fact, I would like to stress that information can always be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers."
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