Body Found in Stockyard Trough Confirmed as Missing Woman Yvonne Whear
Australian police are treating the death of the 73-year-old, missing since February, as a homicide.
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New South Wales police have confirmed that a decomposed body found in a stockyard trough last week is that of Yvonne Whear, a 73-year-old woman who had been missing for eight months.
Whear was last seen in mid-February in Murwillumbah, where she was reported buying orange juice and adding credit to her phone. A partially submerged body believed to be a woman was discovered last week in a remote stockyard in Terragon, near Murwillumbah, and has now been identified as Whear.
Police said they are treating her death as a homicide. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and death is ongoing.
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- Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear — The Guardian — World
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