The woman's body was found at an Alderley unit complex by cleaners from the Department of Housing on December 7 last year.
A woman whose body was found hidden at a Brisbane unit complex last month may have been dead for up to 13 years, police say.The woman was Caucasian and between 30 and 55-years-oldThe body was found at a unit complex in Alderley, north of Brisbane, by cleaners from the Department of Housing on December 7.
It was partially buried, tightly wrapped and covered in clothing and bedding and hidden behind a brick wall.After more than a month of testing, police have determined that she was Caucasian, between 155-165 centimetres tall and had dark brown hair.Police have also revealed there was "trauma" to the woman's body and that they were still treating her death as suspicious.They believe she died between 2009 and 2015.
Officers have not been able to identify her from the missing persons reports in Queensland or nationally. "We can place the body with a high degree of confidence here at the position it was found [last year] back in November 2015," Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said."Her body is believed to have been at the unit block where she was located … for that period of time.Police appeal for help with 'complex' investigation"One of the biggest pieces of the jigsaw puzzle is the identity of the victim," Detective Superintendent Massingham said.
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