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Body of woman found in suitcase by side of road in regional NSW
['Jordyn Beazley']
The Guardian
What appeared to be a woman’s body found in a suitcase by the side of a road near Goulburn in regional New South Wales was in fact a lifelike doll with markings resembling bruises and grazes, police say.
Officers travelled to the remote location and located what was believed to be the body in the suitcase.
A police statement declaring a “a body in a suitcase” had been found was issued to media on Sunday night, leading to widespread coverage.
But on Monday morning Supt Linda Bradbury told a press conference that police now did not “have a suspicious death of a human on our hands”.
A crime scene was established and the suitcase was “seized to undergo forensic examination while detectives commence an investigation into the incident”.