Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear

Police treating death as homicide. Whear was last seen in mid-February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone in Murwillumbah Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales police say a decomposed body found in a stockyard dip last week was missing woman Yvonne Whear, who vanished eight months ago after last being seen in Murwillumbah.

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Police said a week ago that a partially submerged body believed to be a woman had been discovered in a remote stockyard in Terragon near Murwillumbah. Continue reading...