Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said authorities were using technology to sift through about 3000 tonnes of general waste at the Swanbank waste facility south-west of Brisbane in search of Lesley Trotter's remains. Read the latest here:
The Australian Defence Force has been called in to help search a waste facility for the body of a missing retired Brisbane teacher, who police believe was dumped in a wheelie bin.
Police and ADF personnel searching for retired teacher Lesley Trotter are sifting through waste by hand and using rakes. Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said authorities were using technology to sift through about 3000 tonnes of general waste at the Swanbank waste facility south-west of Brisbane.“We have distributed to the team today photographs of the clothing Ms Trotter was last seen wearing, and indeed, the clothes we believe she was wearing when seen in that general waste bin outside her unit complex,” he said.“We expect today to be a long day. We expect a number of lengthy days ahead of us.
“We do have a procedure in which we intend to do this,” Massingham said, adding authorities hoped to search about 200 tonnes a day.
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