Found Deceased Tea Wright-Finger, 19, Richmond (NW Queensland), 16 Oct 2022

[FruitTingles]

'Absolutely shattered' locals raise questions over search for 19yo whose body was found on outback station

Some questions being raised about the way the search was conducted, about whether the search utilised what was available to them ie. local knowledge.

Something certainly went wrong, IMO, if Tea was always where she was found.

It’s stated they found the car the day before they found Tea’s body, which is said to have been 600 meters from the car? How do they find them in close proximity, but a day apart? Or they found both on the Wednesday, but just didn’t announce it until Thursday? or it’s bad reporting?

About 10.30am on Thursday, police found the body of Wright-Finger about 600 metres from a stolen blue Toyota Prado she had been driving, which police found on Wednesday.

 

[iamshadow21]

It’s stated they found the car the day before they found Tea’s body, which is said to have been 600 meters from the car? How do they find them in close proximity, but a day apart? Or they found both on the Wednesday, but just didn’t announce it until Thursday? or it’s bad reporting?

About 10.30am on Thursday, police found the body of Wright-Finger about 600 metres from a stolen blue Toyota Prado she had been driving, which police found on Wednesday.

The car was found by someone flying a mustering helicopter. It's possible that by the time the police arrived (we have bodycam, the police officer came in the helicopter), they knew that even if they were able to assemble a search party, the light would have been fading and it was thought best to begin the search at first light.

With such a long interval, it would be a considered a recovery, not a rescue. After so many weeks, there was no chance she'd still be alive. Hence the lack of haste.

MOO