<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three men allegedly part of a "kill crew" sent to kill an organised criminal network member have been charged with </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bankstown-death-woman-abducted-from-home-and-found-dead-in-burnt-out-car-update/84e4e6e5-2e98-4205-bf9c-d9db8edd2315" rel="" target="" title="kidnapping and murdering"><span>kidnapping and murdering</span></a><span> his wife in south-west Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thi Kim Tran, 45, was at her home in Bankstown about 10.30pm on April 17 when a group of men allegedly forced their way in and kidnapped her at gunpoint.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They allegedly assaulted an eight-year-old boy with a baseball bat, putting him in a coma, before forcing the woman to strip naked on the street and forcing her into an SUV.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/nba-head-coach-chauncey-billups-and-miami-heat-guard-terry-rozier-charged-in-sports-betting-and-mafiabacked-poker-schemes/aadd4c94-042c-4985-b0ba-6a2195e0846e"><strong><span>'Mind boggling': NBA coach and player charged over massive betting schemes</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 15-year-old boy at the home was also taken to hospital for assessment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About an hour later, a car was found burning on Welfare Avenue in nearby Beverly Hills.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Fire crews extinguished the blaze, but the car was destroyed and police found Tran dead inside.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/kill-crew-trio-charged-with-kidnapping-and-murdering-alleged-drug-syndicate-members-wife/95a87355-f90b-494e-8a7c-af264c627225" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police allege the woman was likely targeted due to her husband's involvement with a Victoria-based organised criminal network.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-charged-over-murder-of-sydney-mum-found-in-burntout-car/e2f274be-5754-49ea-966e-822bfed167c9" rel="" target="" title="The Anh Nguyen, 29, was charged in August"><span>The Anh Nguyen, 29, was charged in August</span></a><span> with facilitating the alleged kidnapping and murder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nguyen is not alleged to have killed Tran himself, but to have brought the three men who allegedly did to her home and facilitated it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/king-charles-and-queen-camilla-pray-with-pope-leo-in-historic-step-churches-welcome-respite-jeffrey-epstein-scandal/e4e42a07-1e42-410b-957b-4b407e0cc71e"><strong><span>With this handshake, King makes history in a 500-year first</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-woman-michelle-leahy-western-australia/f66f7bfa-e5c4-4b50-8fc7-b5f0dfbe43a7" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Tragic discovery in search for missing mum</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Strike Force Bushfield detectives yesterday arrested three men, aged 32, 20 and 21, allegedly part of a "kill crew" tasked with finding and killing Ms Tran's husband.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police claim the men murdered Tran when they couldn't find her husband.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were charged with murder, conspiring to murder, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, kidnapping in company and participating in a criminal group.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No details were provided about when they would face court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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