Investigations reveal remains of child found in suitcase belonged to fair-haired girl
According to South Australian police, the skeletal remains of a child found off Karoonda Highway in SA earlier this month are linked to a fair haired girl aged between two and four years, who was reportedly killed sometime in 2007.
However, the police are still unable to confirm the identity of the girl, who appears to be of Caucasian descent. The remains were found behind a bush, and a quilt - reportedly machine woven from a fabric produced in New York about seven years ago - was discovered along with the skeleton in the suitcase.
The Independent has reported that British investigators handling the case of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared eight years ago during a family holiday trip to Portugal, contacted their Australian counterparts upon the discovery of the remains of the child, who they suppose belong to same age group as that of Madeleine McCann. However Grant Stevens, South Australian Police Commissioner, dismissed the possibility of the remains being Madeleine’s.
“There is absolutely no evidence at this point in time that the child is Madeleine McCann...to suggest something like that at this point in time would purely be speculating to get attention,” he told a parliamentary committee. “We are focusing our inquiries on South Australia but we would be considering any potential missing child. Until we ascertain the identity of the child we need to be open to all possibilities.”
According to The Telegraph, the suitcase with the skeleton was dumped beside the highway near Wynarka around 4 months ago. It was spotted by a motorist who was passing the bushland, on July 15. On further investigation, the police learnt from two women that a man about 60 years old had been strolling near the highway with a dark suitcase in hand about 8 weeks ago. The women had spotted the man between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. that day.
Detective Superintendent Des Bray said that during the initial stages of the investigation he had supposed that it would be easy to identify the child, but he now believes that nobody reported the girl’s disappearance.
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