A stab wound to the neck after a night of arguing caused the death of a young Indonesian woman at the hands of her chef-partner in a trendy inner-Brisbane apartment in 2014, Queensland coroner Terry Ryan has ruled.

He found police who responded to the incident could not have prevented Marcus Volke, 27, from harming himself after he fled from responding officers.

Mayang Prasetyo, 27, also known as Febri Andriansyah, was then dismembered by Volke before he attempted to dispose of her body parts by dissolving them with chemicals.

It was not long before the horrid crime that the pair had moved to Brisbane – they had met at a Melbourne adult club a year earlier and travelled through Asia and Europe together before settling in Queensland.

This week, a coronial inquest heard Volke married Ms Prasetyo, a transgender woman, in Denmark in August 2013 – but it was a union of convenience – Ms Prasetyo helped Volke get work to pay off a credit card debt, while he assisted her in obtaining a visa.

Volke took his own life in an industrial bin, while being chased by police. ( Facebook )

Emails between Volke and a former partner indicated his relationship with Ms Prasetyo was a volatile one and by October 2014 it had deteriorated to a point that neighbours in their Teneriffe apartment block heard arguments over a period of several hours.

Mr Ryan also noted Ms Prasetyo's death was clearly a case of domestic violence, but given they had little interaction with local support networks he was not able to identify any opportunities for intervention that were missed.

He acknowledged the existence of domestic violence in LGBTI relationships and the need for the community to address it so stories like Ms Prasetyo's were not lost.

Fatal stabbing inflicted by Volke

The inquest heard Ms Prasetyo was screaming, calling Volke "stupid" about 2:00am on October 3.

That was the last anyone saw or heard of Ms Prasetyo until her remains were found by police more than 36 hours later – some in a stockpot on the kitchen floor and others wrapped in garbage bags in the washing machine.

Mr Ryan concluded Ms Prasestyo was stabbed by Volke and her body cut into pieces – her blood was found throughout the apartment.

Police help a commercial waste disposal worker move a bin labeled "toxic" out of the Teneriffe apartment block. ( AAP: Dan Peled )

Sometime during the argument or ensuing attack Volke suffered a cut to his hand which he had treated and bandaged at a Brisbane hospital in the hours afterwards.

He also purchased a range of items from a nearby supermarket, including rubber gloves, bleach, a meat cleaver, stockpot and strainer.

Foul smell led to discovery

Within hours of the murder a foul smell began to permeate from the couple's apartment, raising the suspicions of the building's managers.

Volke had tried to dissolve Ms Prasetyo's remains using chemicals including caustic soda heated on the stove top.

An electrician was called when a boilover shorted the building's power supply — requiring the managers to inspect the apartment — Volke told them he was cooking a pork broth.

Noticing blood, the managers called police.

Ms Prasetyo, from Indonesia, was stabbed in the neck when she died in October 2014. ( Facebook )

Police not initially suspicious

As far as first responding officers Senior Constable Bryan Reid and Constable Liam McWhinney were concerned, they were attending a simple welfare check - there was no information on police databases raising any red flags about Volke or Ms Prasetyo.

Senior Constable Reid told the inquest he noticed the smell as soon as they arrived.

"It was a bad smell, it was something I hadn't smelled before — I can't really describe it," he said.

Volke answered the door and told police he and Ms Prasetyo had fought but she had taken off and he did not know where she had gone.

Officers described him as calm and compliant – Volke admitted there was blood in the apartment and his hand had been cut.

The pair were married in Denmark in August 2013 – but it was a union of convenience. ( Facebook )

It was not until Senior Constable Reid and Constable McWhinney asked to enter the unit they noticed a change in Volke's demeanour.

He told them he needed to tether his dogs before letting them in, but closed and locked the door and ran from the apartment.

The officers gave chase but could not locate him.

Their interactions with Volke and the ensuing chase were all recorded on their body-worn cameras, vision which was replayed during the inquest.

Discovery of body parts a 'sick prank'

When Senior Constable Reid and Constable McWhinney returned to the apartment to search it, the full picture of the crime began to emerge.

Constable McWhinney described their discovery of the stockpot containing human feet on the kitchen floor as a "sick prank" before realising it was a murder scene.

Volke and Ms Prasetyo met at a Melbourne adult club in 2013 and travelled through Asia and Europe before settling in Brisbane. ( Facebook )

Volke's body was later discovered in a nearby industrial bin with Mr Ryan concluding he had "died as a result of his own actions".

Because Volke's death occurred while police were in attendance, it was considered a death in custody leading to the need for this week's coronial inquest.

Mr Ryan was satisfied the actions and decisions made by police were appropriate.

Blood was found on the railing of an exterior fence of Volke's apartment complex. ( Supplied: Dean Bilton )

"Mr Volke's death could not have reasonably been prevented by attending officers," he said.