Woman’s body found in stockyard trough close to NSW-Queensland border
Police are investigating the discovery of a badly decomposed body found in a disused stock trough in a remote area of northern New South Wales. Authorities are treating the death as suspicious and are currently cross-referencing missing persons records to identify the remains.
Why it matters
The discovery of a body in a remote location triggers a significant forensic investigation and raises public safety concerns in the region.
Police have yet to identify the badly decomposed body found in a stock trough at Terragon in Tweed Shire. Photograph: Steven Saphore/AAP Police have yet to identify the badly decomposed body found in a stock trough at Terragon in Tweed Shire. Photograph: Steven Saphore/AAP New South Wales Woman’s body found in stockyard trough close to NSW-Queensland border Police say body found by trail bike riders at remote farm in Terragon is badly decomposed, sparking search of missing persons records
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Prefer the Guardian on Google A partially submerged body believed to be a woman has been discovered in a remote stockyard, with the death being treated as suspicious.
Officers were called to a property in Terragon, near Murwillumbah in northern NSW , at about 11.20am on Monday after reports of a dead body.
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