Police tell the ABC the search of the rubbish tip has been called off because waste is decomposing at a rate faster than predicted.
Missing Brisbane woman Lesley Trotter's remains are unlikely to ever be found despite an extensive search of the tip where her body is believed to have been dumped, police have admitted.
The 78-year-old's body was left in a wheelie bin on the footpath outside her Maryvale Street home in Toowong on March 28. The bin with her body in it was collected by a rubbish truck early that morning and emptied at a dump at Swanbank, west of Brisbane, according to police. Three weeks after she was reported missing, the search at Swanbank Renewable Energy and Waste Management Facility began.Police and army personnel were tasked with sifting through nearly 1,000 tonnes of waste in a three-week aerial and ground search of Swanbank.Brisbane Region Crime Coordinator Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham told the ABC the search of the rubbish tip had stopped because waste was decomposing at a rate faster than predicted.
The forensic value of any items which could have been recovered by the fourth week of the search would have been low, and it is unlikely Ms Trotter's body would ever be found, Detective Superintendent Massingham said.Ms Trotter's death is believed to be suspicious but police are not ruling out another cause, including a medical episode or "subsequent misadventure".
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