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A coronial inquest is investigating the gruesome death of an Indonesian transgender sex worker who was killed and dismembered.

It will seek to determine when, where, and how Mayang Prasetyo was brutally killed, allegedly by her partner Marcus Volke, 27, who then committed suicide.

The chef boyfriend fled the scene soon after police found the woman"s remains in their Brisbane apartment in October 2014.

Volke attempted to dispose of the 27-year-old victim"s remains by boiling them on the stove in their upmarket Teneriffe unit, police said at the time.

He then fled the building after officers arrived and hid in a nearby industrial bin, where he took his own life.

Coroner Terry Ryan is scheduled to hear evidence over three days from Monday, before delivering findings on when, where and how Ms Mayang died and what caused her death.

He is also tasked with determining Volke"s cause of death, and whether the police officers who attempted to locate and detain him complied with Queensland Police policy and procedure.

The alleged murder-suicide was treated as a domestic violence situation that escalated, with police saying they had recovered a murder weapon from Volke.

The crime scene, which took authorities four days to clean up, was particularly disturbing, according to police.

It included rubber gloves, bleach, a "squelching" carpet, a vomit-inducing smell, and a "massive" cooking pot on the stove.

The death of Ms Mayang, who worked as a high-class escort to support her family in Indonesia and put her two sisters through school, sent shock waves across Australia and around the world.

Friends and mourners who gathered for a candlelit vigil in New Farm Park soon after the death of the woman, who was born Febri Andriansyah, said her story had resonated with Brisbane"s transgender community.

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