Australia Australia - Norlane near Geelong, Vic, bones & skull w/red hair, Sep'19

[TootsieFootsie]

https://www.theage.com.au/national/...d-by-resident-in-norlane-20190911-p52q1w.html

A man excavating at his home in Geelong has found what appear to be human remains in an abandoned swag.

The resident made the grisly discovery on Tuesday on Sparks Road in Norlane, a suburb in the north of Geelong.

The resident said he saw what he believed to be a femur, hip bone, and skull covered in long hair, collecting one or two bones before taking them to the police station.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

No Cookies | Geelong Advertiser

It is believed the man saw a femur, hip bone and a skull covered in long, red shoulder-length hair.

The Geelong Advertiser understands the property on Munroe Ct - where the body was found on the fence line - had been vacant for several months.

Neighbours told the Addy the tenants - a man and a woman - delivered catalogues for a living, but “vanished” from the property around six months ago.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Police are still waiting to learn whether bones discovered in a Norlane backyard are human, despite some TV and newspaper reports suggesting it's been confirmed.


Police await tests on Norlane remains

 

[jassya]

have there been any updates?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

The latest I could find is from the 27th September

Police still investigating Norlane bones discovery

 

[Melt71]

Wow! My family live not far from there. Norlane has a water slide centre I used to frequent as a kid. A bit too close to home!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Geelong bones: behind scenes at Victorian Institute of ...
No Cookies | Geelong Advertiser › news › crime-court › news-story
18 hours ago - Test on bones found at Norlane and North Shore have so far been unable to publicly link them to the region's missing persons cases which include the ...

Behind a paywall, that's all I could see of it.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Norlane bones: Homicide Squad reveals remains belong to ...
www.geelongadvertiser.com.au › police-courts › news-story
6 hours ago - Bones found at Norlane in 2019 belong to young man, detectives have revealed. Olivia Shying, Geelong Advertiser. September 10, 2020 6:45pm.


Young man’s bones found in swag in backyard

CRIME More details about the identity of bones found hidden within a swag that was buried in a Norlane backyard have been revealed.

Behind a paywall

 

[JerseyGirl]

Inside the swag was a human femur, a hip bone and skull still covered in hair, which was shoulder-length and a red colour.

Body hunter: Human remains expert solving 500 mysteries

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Forensic testing on Norlane bones

It has been revealed bones found buried in a Norlane backyard are those of a 26-year-old man.

Forensic testing was undertaken, finding they were those of a Norlane man, but it is not known how long the bones were buried.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

More human remains have been found at a Norlane property

More human remains linked to a man’s death more than a year ago have been found at a property in Geelong’s suburbs.

The remains were found near Sparks Road at Norlane on Saturday and are believed related to a death in 2019, Victoria Police confirmed.

The remains found in 2019 were identified as a 26-year-old Norlane man, police said at the time.

It is not clear how the latest remains were uncovered or what was found but they were taken to the coroner’s officer to be examined.

The human remains were first found in September 2019 when a nearby resident was digging up his property at Marnoo Court.

It’s understood bones were uncovered and were hidden in camping gear.

The investigation remains ongoing.

 

[wallyworld]

This case seems to have gone cold