Overview
- Police arrested three men, aged 29, 32 and 34, and a 19-year-old woman on Thursday morning after searches at homes in Bega and Bemboka.
- Investigators have not laid charges and say inquiries under Strike Force Nakstone are continuing.
- The victim, 43-year-old Gordon Kessey from Nowra, died at a Bega park on October 6 after a violent altercation on East Street; a 45-year-old man who was also stabbed has been released from hospital.
- Evidence collected to date includes two vehicles seized in October, a knife and electronic devices recovered from a Bega unit on October 30, and items of interest taken from a private property this week.
- Search efforts have focused on the Glebe Wetlands on East Street, where SES crews and police divers joined this week to look for a dagger believed to have been discarded.