Crashed silver Honda found on Coppins Crossing Road linked to Phillip murder scene

The ACT's head of crime, Detective Superintendent Scott Moller, has appealed for any members of the public who saw the Honda on June 10 in and around Phillip, or may have seen the crashed car and its occupants, to contact police and provide that information.

The crashed car was recovered in Denman Prospect the day after the murder, on June 11.

This police appeal also appears to be directed not just at the general public, but also toward specific witnesses or people police had identified but were suspected to be deliberately withholding information.

"We would like to talk to anyone that may have seen that vehicle, or assisted people from that vehicle after it crashed," he said.

"There are a number that I know have seen this [vehicle]; they are the people we want to come forward.

"They are the people I want to hear from. And it's in their best interests to come forward and talk to me."

While police would not reveal whether they believed the killer was driving the car, they admit to recovering forensic material and other evidence from it which provides a link to the murder scene. A firearm which was recently discharged often leaves tiny traces of ballistic residue, and this may have been transferred to the vehicle.

Despite an intense police investigation, no arrests have been made and mystery still surrounds the shooting death of 48-year-old Glenn Walewicz on June 10.

However, police have now confirmed it was a targeted attack.

Mr Walewicz was shot once in the chest with what is understood to be a .22 rifle when he answered the door of his unit inside the Connorville Gardens complex in Mansfield Place, Phillip, around 11.45pm on June 10.

A woman was at the unit with Mr Walewicz at the time of the incident.

Police have combed through all available CCTV vision from the area and assessed all the crime scene forensics, with the silver Honda - now stored at the police property office in Mitchell - a key part of the investigation.

After a tip-off from the public, on the weekend after the homicide, police conducted a line search involving general duties, police maritime, and search and rescue officers on the Mawson side of Yarralumla Creek, below the unit complex where the man was murdered.

Superintendent Moller said a group of people were seen using torches and lights on their mobile phones to search for something in the long grass at that location.

"We have two groups of people [of interest]," he said.

"One group was seen holding torches in the green belt [at Mawson] around the time of the murder and we are interested in hearing from anyone who saw or heard anything that night," he said.

Police do not know whether the two groups - those seen in the Mawson grassland and those driving the Honda - are the same.

How the offenders approached the unit complex is still part of the investigation although forensics markers placed on Ainsworth Avenue, the street above the complex, suggests police suspect the murderers most likely drove up, parked it on the left side of the thoroughfare facing Hindmarsh Drive, and walked down into the complex using a stairway and path which runs between the townhouses.

The complex is poorly lit with established, overhanging trees which would have provided good cover for people entering late at night and hoping to avoid detection.

The complex also has multiple entry points and unclear unit identification, although the assailants clearly knew which unit to find.

Superintendent Moller also confirmed on Thursday this cold-blooded murder was not linked to Operation Ironside, Australia's biggest and most successful intelligence-gathering investigation focused mostly on drug importation and distribution, and associated money-laundering.

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