Australian Homicide Investigation Called Off After "Body" Turns Out To Be Life Like Doll
Forensic testing showed the suspected remains were a lifelike doll with clothing, hair and a nose piercing after police launched a homicide response.
- On Monday, New South Wales Police confirmed a suitcase discovered in rural Australia contained a lifelike doll, ending a brief homicide investigation initially sparked by the discovery.
- Two members of the public discovered the abandoned suitcase on a Sunday drive near Oallen on August 9, prompting The Hume Police District to establish a crime scene near Goulburn.
- Forensic examinations revealed the contents were a lifelike doll, replete with clothing, hair, and a nose piercing, which 'also had markings that resembled bruises and grazes.'
- Superintendent Linda Bradbury noted police 'don't like to disturb remains too much in situ,' adding the item was 'very realistic in terms of looking like human remains.'
- Authorities have now closed the homicide investigation after determining the doll was briefly 'mistaken' for a murder victim, clarifying the confusion stemmed from its realistic appearance.
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The police say that protocol was followed and that they have no regrets about how the investigation was conducted. It possibly involves a sex doll.
An abandoned suitcase next to an Australian highway triggered a major police deployment
In Australia, police found a suitcase with contents that were initially mistaken for a human body, but later it turned out to be a doll, writes The Guardian.
Australian police responded to a report of a suspected murder on Sunday. A woman's body was found in a suitcase on the side of a road in Goulburn, New South Wales. The discovery was reported to the media, but a day later, a new, unexpected announcement followed: the suspected body was actually a life-size doll of a woman.
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