Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear
Police have confirmed that a body found in a remote stockyard trough in New South Wales is that of 73-year-old Yvonne Whear, who went missing eight months ago. Authorities are now treating the case as a homicide investigation.
Why it matters
This provides closure to a missing persons case and marks the transition of the investigation into a criminal homicide inquiry.
Yvonne Whear vanished from Murwillumbah in the Northern Rivers region of NSW in February 2026. Photograph: supplied Yvonne Whear vanished from Murwillumbah in the Northern Rivers region of NSW in February 2026. Photograph: supplied New South Wales Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear Police treating death as homicide. Whear was last seen in mid-February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone in Murwillumbah
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Prefer the Guardian on Google New South Wales police say a decomposed body found in a stockyard trough last week was missing woman Yvonne Whear, who vanished eight months ago after last being seen in Murwillumbah.
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