Wynarka suitcase murder victim identified as Khandalyce Kiara Pearce; her mother Karlie Pearce-Stevenson was also violently killed
October 21, 2015 3:18pm
Until now, the two murder investigations had been conducted separately.
The body of a young girl was found in July in a weathered suitcase dumped beside the Karoonda Highway, near Wynarka in SAs Murray Mallee.
The skeleton of the woman they now know was her mother
was found in the Belanglo State Forest south of Sydney in 2010.
WHAT POLICE KNOW ABOUT KHANDALYCE
* Was travelling around South Australia with her mum in 2008
* Aged 2.5-4 years at time of her violent death
* Caucasian with fair hair, 18cm long
* Was 90-95cm tall
* Her remains were found inside a grey Lanza suitcase dumped by the side of the road at Wynarka in July 2015
* She was killed at another location some time after late 2008
* Items of girls clothing found scattered around the suitcase included a black tutu, Dora the Explorer shirt and a pink booty with an embroidered butterfly on it.
WHAT POLICE KNOW ABOUT KARLIE
* Aged 20 when last seen in late 2008
* Was travelling around South Australia with her daughter when she disappeared
* In September 2009, her family raised a missing person report
* Was violently killed
* Her skeletal remains were found in Belanglo State Forest in August, 2010
* Was found alongside a short-sleeved T-shirt with the word Angelic in pink text, a rose and a heart with angel wings
* Not a victim of backpacker serial killer Ivan Milat he was jailed before she was murdered
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