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Why police took 20 hours to identify Oallen 'body' in suitcase as lifelike doll
A forensic expert says the Oallen case highlights why investigators must resist disturbing suspected human remains. (ABC News.)
Police took the suitcase found at Oallen to a mortuary for examination rather than risk destroying fragile evidence at a potential homicide scene.
Forensic expert Xanthe Weston says the 20-hour time frame was not extraordinary and highly realistic dolls can be mistaken for human remains
The more than 20 hours it took to establish suspected human remains found in a suitcase near Goulburn were actually a life-like doll highlights the painstaking process required to preserve a potential crime scene, according to a forensic expert.
Suitcase body found in dead zone with no CCTV or phone signal
Police have confirmed what was thought to have been a body found stuffed in a suitcase left in remote NSW bushland was in fact a “lifelike” doll.
Police were called to the grisly discovery in Oallen, about 60 kilometres south of Goulburn, at 12.50pm on Sunday.
Police said a lifelike doll stuffed in suitcase in rural NSW had nose piercing, “bruises and grazes”. nine
Police say what were believed to be human remains in a dumped suitcase in NSW are not human at all. Nine
A media release on Sunday night said a body had been found in suitcase, believed to be that of a woman.
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'Body in suitcase' found in Australia turns out to be lifelike doll
Australian police called in to investigate a body found in a suitcase have concluded that the "victim" was in fact a lifelike doll.
The suitcase was discovered by two men on the side of a road near the small village of Oallen, about 230km (143 miles) south-west of Sydney.
On Monday, police announced a murder investigation, sparking intense interest in the case but backtracked hours later, saying forensic testing had proved the contents were not human.
The contents in the suitcase were "mistaken for a human originally, so they are very realistic in terms of looking like human remains," said Supt Linda Bradbury from the Hume Police District.
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