ALEX Reuben McEwan, 19, was the last person almost anybody would have suspected to be charged with a brutal crime.
A first-year spraying painting apprentice lived with his parents
and teenage sister in a Spring Hill apartment complex on Leichhardt St
just a short walk from the murder scene.
Police allege teen was on path to kill
The McEwans moved in to the Spring Hill apartment complex after selling their previous home at Coorparoo, where neighbours yesterday told a story of a friendly family.
Coorparoo residents said McEwan worked shifts as a check-out operator at a local supermarket.
When Brisbane flooded in January 2011, the family joined the "mud army" of volunteers who helped with the clean-up.
His parents bought the third floor, three-bedroom Spring Hill apartment in September 2011 for almost half a million dollars and were well known and liked residents there.
One neighbour yesterday recalled how McEwan's father would warmly greet him with a smile or a wave in the corridors several times a week.
McEwan was seen in the apartment complex only occasionally and was more reserved, but nothing stood out about his behaviour, the neighbour said.
The complex is filled with Asian students who were stunned yesterday to be told the accused killer lived among them.
Forensic teams swarmed the apartment yesterday, looking for evidence to connect McEwan to the crime.
In the afternoon police are believed to have escorted the parents back to their home briefly.
The family bought the Coorparoo property as a vacant block of land in February 2009, built a house and sold it in late 2011 for $845,000.
Previously the McEwans had owned properties at Narangba, north of Brisbane, and before that at Tivoli, Ipswich.
Police allege teen was on path to kill
The McEwans moved in to the Spring Hill apartment complex after selling their previous home at Coorparoo, where neighbours yesterday told a story of a friendly family.
Coorparoo residents said McEwan worked shifts as a check-out operator at a local supermarket.
A sketch of Alex Reuben McEwan, 19, who has appeared in court charged with the murder of Eunji Ban, 22.
His parents bought the third floor, three-bedroom Spring Hill apartment in September 2011 for almost half a million dollars and were well known and liked residents there.
One neighbour yesterday recalled how McEwan's father would warmly greet him with a smile or a wave in the corridors several times a week.
McEwan was seen in the apartment complex only occasionally and was more reserved, but nothing stood out about his behaviour, the neighbour said.
The complex is filled with Asian students who were stunned yesterday to be told the accused killer lived among them.
Forensic teams swarmed the apartment yesterday, looking for evidence to connect McEwan to the crime.
In the afternoon police are believed to have escorted the parents back to their home briefly.
The family bought the Coorparoo property as a vacant block of land in February 2009, built a house and sold it in late 2011 for $845,000.
Previously the McEwans had owned properties at Narangba, north of Brisbane, and before that at Tivoli, Ipswich.
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