Police Rushed to a Rural NSW Scene Fearing the Worst — What They Found in the Suitcase Shocked Everyone
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.
But this morning Superintendent Linda Bradbury said the contents of the suitcase had initially been mistaken for the remains of a human woman.
She said police did not, as a habit, significantly disturb human remains at a crime scene, meaning the contents of the suitcase had not been closely examined.
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But testing this morning proved they were not human.
Police said a lifelike doll stuffed in suitcase in rural NSW had nose piercing, ‘bruises and grazes’ Nine
Police were called to the site yesterday. Nine
The suitcase may have held a doll-like object, she said.
“So some good news here that we don’t have a suspicious death of a human on our hands,” she said.
“They are very realistic in the terms of looking like human remains, but we’ve confirmed by other means that they are not.”
Now police have confirmed the contents was a life like doll, wearing clothing, with hair and a nose piercing.
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“The item also had markings that resembled bruises and grazes,” police said.
Speaking to Today this morning, Bradbury said a couple were out for a drive when they came across the discovery.
“They were out on a weekend drive as a lot of people do when they stopped for a break and found it,” she said.
“Quite a shocking discovery for them, absolutely.”
After finding out the remains were not human, Bradbury said the couple who made the discovery did the right thing in calling police.
“Members of the public did initially think they’d come across human remains,” she said.
The crime scene was packed up after the suitcase contents were revealed.
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Neighbour Nathan Woodward said: “I mean, the mind runs wild at what could have happened, you just don’t know.”
It remains unclear how the incident happened.
