TIMELINE: A closer look at the days leading up to the disappearance of Hong Kong model Abby Choi who is believed to have been murdered and dismembered by her ex-husband.

On Monday, the world woke up to the news that Hong Kong model Abby Choi had been brutally murdered – her dismembered body found in a stainless-steel refrigerator and soup pot at a seaside home.

Choi, 28, was a model and influencer with over 100 000 Instagram followers. Her last post on the platform saw her in a white, angelic Georges Hobeika gown amid her turn at Paris Fashion Week.

Days after the 19 February post – two days to be exact – the sought-after model disappeared.

Click 'read more' to see what we know so far about the disappearance and unsettling murder of Abby Choi.