Deceased/Not Found AUSTRALIA - Ms Lesley Trotter, 78, Homicide, Brisbane, 28 Mar 2023

[iamshadow21]

Police suspend search of landfill site for missing woman Lesley Trotter's body

Police have suspended their search at an Ipswich dump for missing Toowong woman Lesley Trotter, whose body is believed to have been put in a wheelie bin outside her home last month.

amp.abc.net.au

That link isn't working for me, here's another.

Police suspend search of landfill site for missing woman Lesley Trotter's body

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Both the links work for me.
It's so sad, I'm thinking if they haven't found her by now, they most likely never will, especially with more and more rubbish being dumped on top.

I had an awful thought, what if her body is not at the tip.

 

[iamshadow21]

Both the links work for me.
It's so sad, I'm thinking if they haven't found her by now, they most likely never will, especially with more and more rubbish being dumped on top.

I had an awful thought, what if her body is not at the tip.

I suspect OP's link is a mobile site one, which my computer doesn't like, that's all I can figure.

If they have video footage of her body falling into the rubbish truck from in-truck surveillance - which I suspect they do - then I don't know where else she could be.

But if her actually being in the bin at all is just supposition... then I have no idea.

MOO

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I believe she was in the bin, because they seem to know what position her body was in.

Maybe she ended up at a different dump than the one they're searching.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Queensland police suspend search for Leslie Trotter

The family of a missing Queensland woman have been dealt a devastating blow after police suspended the search for her remains at a Brisbane landfill site.Police made the decision to discontinue the search at the Swanbank landfill site on Thursday, more than six weeks after Lesley Trotter, 78...

au.news.yahoo.com

The missing woman was known to search through refuse, searching wheeling bins on the streets to remove recycling from general waste into the correct bins before collection.

Detectives renewed their appeal for anyone with information or relevant vision, mainly between 5am and 7am on March 28, near Maryvale Street in Toowong, to come forward.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Search for missing retired teacher at dump called off

Lesley Trotter, 78, went missing on March 28, with detectives believing her body was dumped in a wheelie bin at Toowong.

www.smh.com.au

Police believe she was placed in the bin between 5am and 7am on March 28.

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

With the way police were able to speak about the positioning of Lesley's body in the bin, they must have had visual evidence of her being in there. I don't see how they could have mistaken anything else as being Lesley's body, so she must have ended up at the tip.

But finding something in a tip is like finding a needle in a haystack, and every day the haystack gets bigger.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Update 6: Missing woman, Toowong - Queensland Police News

Police have suspended a search at Swanbank for the body of 78-year-old Toowong woman, Lesley Trotter, who has been missing since March 28. Following more

mypolice.qld.gov.au

Investigations by detectives indicate Lesley Trotter’s body was inside a wheelie bin on the footpath outside her Maryvale Street home on Tuesday, March 28.

So they know the bin was in front of her home, and not in the neighbouring complex.

 

[kiwi50]

So have they finished searching the area they originally intended, or have they quit part way through?

 

[Plover99]

So have they finished searching the area they originally intended, or have they quit part way through?

This article says “It comes as police sifted through nearly 1000 tonnes of waste material while conducting aerial and ground searches for more than three weeks.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/crime/queensland-police-stop-searching-swanbank-tip-for-lesley-trotter/news-story/1f4d5dc3e064dfd669e0e7754ca8fcf3

They were originally talking about 2000 tonnes of quarantined rubbish that was to be searched through so sounds like they got through about half of it.

 

[mussopossum]

Both the links work for me.
It's so sad, I'm thinking if they haven't found her by now, they most likely never will, especially with more and more rubbish being dumped on top.

I had an awful thought, what if her body is not at the tip.

If she has gone to that particular tip it is just so unbelievable that not a trace has been found. Even if the rubbish is compacted I would thought still would find bones or clothing.

 

[mussopossum]

I believe she was in the bin, because they seem to know what position her body was in.

Maybe she ended up at a different dump than the one they're searching.

If those in truck surveillance cams are in use when garbage is collected I wonder if they are also recording when the rubbish is then released at the tip? I know that once dumped its generally bulldozed around a bit. And then trucks took it to other locations. I wonder why they are not looking at the other tip at all though if not found anything.
Rochedale.

‘It’s incredibly important we find her’: Police hold hope for more clues on Lesley Trotter’s body

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has given an update on the missing retired teacher’s investigation, saying the search would be tough going.

www.brisbanetimes.com.au

 

[Interested_But_Confused]

The article says the search has been suspended on advice from forensic experts and landfill engineers.

I admit to being neither of those things, but I can't see the search being called off if they thought they were looking in the right place. It feels like something must have made the experts think they're NOT looking in the right place. Not necessarily that Lesley isn't at the tip, but that she's not in the quarantined portion of it.

 

[mussopossum]

This article says “It comes as police sifted through nearly 1000 tonnes of waste material while conducting aerial and ground searches for more than three weeks.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/crime/queensland-police-stop-searching-swanbank-tip-for-lesley-trotter/news-story/1f4d5dc3e064dfd669e0e7754ca8fcf3

They were originally talking about 2000 tonnes of quarantined rubbish that was to be searched through so sounds like they got through about half of it.

and Nine and ABC reported 3000 Tonn

Police begin 'enormous' search through 3,000 tonnes of rubbish for missing woman who was dumped in bin

Multiple police units have been joined by Australian Defence Force personnel at the Swanbank Renewable Energy and Waste Management Facility, west of Brisbane, to look for the body of the 78-year-old.

www.abc.net.au

Police narrow search for missing woman they believe was dumped in wheelie bin

9now.nine.com.au

 

[mussopossum]

The article says the search has been suspended on advice from forensic experts and landfill engineers.

I admit to being neither of those things, but I can't see the search being called off if they thought they were looking in the right place. It feels like something must have made the experts think they're NOT looking in the right place. Not necessarily that Lesley isn't at the tip, but that she's not in the quarantined portion of it.

I guess the good thing is it doesn't say the search has been called off indefinitely. media reports state suspended, stopped, called off, abandoned. I wonder if they have located items in the search not consistent with the street or area and believe that is no way she will be located there.

 

[Plover99]

and Nine and ABC reported 3000 Tonn

Police begin 'enormous' search through 3,000 tonnes of rubbish for missing woman who was dumped in bin

Multiple police units have been joined by Australian Defence Force personnel at the Swanbank Renewable Energy and Waste Management Facility, west of Brisbane, to look for the body of the 78-year-old.

www.abc.net.au

Police narrow search for missing woman they believe was dumped in wheelie bin

9now.nine.com.au

Ah ok. I may have had it wrong when I said 2000 tonnes. So if it was 3000, they got through about one third of it before suspending the search….

 

[FrazzledNoodle]

If Lesley had some metal parts would they have been able to use a metal detector.
Ie some people have metal plates from accidents, or hip replacements etc.

As nothing has been said, I presume that Lesley doesn't have anything like that.

I know this is old, and I have not caught up yet to see if anyone had replied to this.. However, I don't think this is correct. I have metal parts in my right leg and arm due to a terrible horseback riding accident in 2013. When going into the court house, airplane, etc where they use a metal detector.. I never make the machines go off. When going into a sporting event and having the metal wand used on me, I have never made it go off! I do carry around a card saying I have artificial things inside, but have never used it. MOO, Of course. But just thinking that it may or may not cause a metal detector to go off!

 

[BigT]

Could it be possible, something of interest has been found, and a closer forensic look may be conclusive enough to not search the landfill further?

 

[Doesitmakesense]

Could it be possible, something of interest has been found, and a closer forensic look may be conclusive enough to not search the landfill further?

I hope it is and not just abandonment

 

[Plover99]

Could it be possible, something of interest has been found, and a closer forensic look may be conclusive enough to not search the landfill further?

I have wondered this too. I really hope that’s the case.