Australia Wendy Hansen, Last Seen Monto, Queensland Feb 2024, Body Found NSW June 2024

[TootsieFootsie]

Missing Queensland grandmother's remains found 800km from home on NSW Mid North Coast beach

Police say the 63-year-old Queensland grandmother has no connections to NSW Mid North Coast, where her remains were found.

www.abc.net.au

Police have confirmed human remains found at a beach on the NSW Mid North Coast are those of a 63-year old Queensland grandmother.

Wendy Hansen's skeleton was found in sand dunes near the Coffs Harbour Jetty in June this year.

She was last seen in late February withdrawing cash from an ATM in Monto, 170 kilometres west of Bundaberg in Queensland.

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances of her death.

 

[JayJayJay]

Extremely sad situation. I wonder if she planned to meet someone and was murdered?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Gran's 'highly unusual' disappearance, death a mystery

Police are looking for a grandmother's car and phone after her skeletal remains were found hundreds of kilometres...

www.mandurahmail.com.au

 

[vls12345]

Murder mystery after Australian woman's body found 860km from home

Wendy Hansen, 63, was last seen withdrawing cash from Queensland ATM in February before her body was found at a New South Wales beach in June.

www.1news.co.nz

Coffs Harbour is a 10-hour drive from Monto over a distance of more than 800km.

 

[vls12345]

Missing Queensland grandmother's remains found 800km from home on NSW Mid North Coast beach

Police say the 63-year-old Queensland grandmother has no connections to NSW Mid North Coast, where her remains were found.

www.abc.net.au

In short:​

A NSW Police homicide squad commander says 63-year-old Queensland grandmother Wendy Hansen has no connection to Coffs Harbour, where her remains were found in June.

Police believe Ms Hansen was murdered elsewhere.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

‘Heavy heart’: Son’s plea after Qld grandma’s remains found in NSW

Son issues a desperate plea to find out what happened to his mother.

There is a photo of her at an ATM and to me it looks like she is looking at someone and she does not look happy.

Behind a paywall, I think. Posting it here for those who subscribe.

 

[Deleted member 83851]

She doesn’t look happy. I wonder if anyone else was identified from the region of the ATM.

 

[Rocket333]

She doesn’t look happy. I wonder if anyone else was identified from the region of the ATM.

Here’s the full clip of Wendy at the ATM. The still photo published makes her look like she’s frowning at something (probably intentional by the media) but in the video she seems to be going about her business calmly.

https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/last-sighting-of-queensland-grandmother-wendy-hansen/video/cc495e456bd4eb3a630683ff13ef5053

 

[Rocket333]

Seen withdrawing cash in Monto and then driving 400 k’s south near the Sunshine Coast and towards Brisbane.

“They tracked down further footage of Ms Hansen from the same day, when she was seen driving south on the Bruce Highway near Wild Horse Mountain on the Sunshine Coast.
She was driving her silver 2007 two-door Mitsubishi Pajero with Queensland number plates at the time of the sighting, which was about 400km away from Monto.”

Police seek answers over Queensland woman’s body found on NSW beach six months after ‘highly unusual’ disappearance

Wendy Hansen was last seen near Bundaberg in February before her remains were discovered at Coffs Harbour in June. Police say her death is suspicious

www.theguardian.com

 

[dotr]

Aug 30, 2024
NSW Police are appealing for information following the suspicious death of Wendy Hansen. Video via AAP.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Here’s the full clip of Wendy at the ATM. The still photo published makes her look like she’s frowning at something (probably intentional by the media) but in the video she seems to be going about her business calmly.

Yes that is what I would do, have a look around every so often to make sure there is no one suspicious ready to grab your money off you.
Seems very normal and she walked off without seeming worried about anything.

I wonder if she had planned to travel to meet someone.

 

[Deleted member 83851]

I wonder if she was withdrawing money to buy something special off eBay or gumtree, and driving to a pick-up area out of her area.

 

[Tealgrove]

Do we know how much money she withdrew?

 

[Melt71]

No recent updates, hopefully the police are still working through any footage they obtained in the public appeal for information on both Ms Hansen's movements and her car.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

New clue in homicide investigation after grandmother’s body found in bushland

Her remains were discovered by volunteers who were clearing dense bushland.

7news.com.au

November 19, 2024

Homicide detectives have found a dead grandmother’s car months after her remains were found half-buried at a NSW beach.

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A homicide investigation was launched as well as Strike Force Osbox, with their inquiries leading detectives to find Wendy’s silver Mitsubishi Pajero in a carpark near Geebung Railway Station on Saturday, September 7.

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“The vehicle was seized for forensic examination; however, personal items belonging to Wendy — including her mobile phone that she had when she went missing — were not located in the vehicle and remain missing,” NSW Police said on Wednesday.

Police still have more questions than answers as to how and why Hansen ended up in Coffs Harbour, more than 860km from home.

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More at link.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

New clue in homicide investigation after grandmother’s body found in bushland

Her remains were discovered by volunteers who were clearing dense bushland.

7news.com.au

Am I reading correctly ? Her car was discovered on the 7th September.

Nearly 400km from where her body was found.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Her phone was not in the car and is still missing.

 

[Deleted member 83851]

So Wendy disappeared in February from Monto, her body was found in Coffs Harbour in June, and her car was located in Brisbane in September. Have I got that right? Foul play, indeed.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Yes that is what I would do, have a look around every so often to make sure there is no one suspicious ready to grab your money off you.
Seems very normal and she walked off without seeming worried about anything.

I wonder if she had planned to travel to meet someone.

I feel the video is normal as can be....
Looking around, just to see if anyone is standing in line is pretty common....

What time of day is this?????

Why such little coverage? With all the miles between her known whereabouts and how far away she and her vehicle were found.... seems like a pretty blatent criminal act to me.