Police search Brisbane dump sites over belief missing woman’s body was placed in a bin

Detectives suspect a rubbish truck had transported the body of Lesley Trotter, 78, on 28 March

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Police will search six commercial dump sites across Brisbane for the remains of missing woman Lesley Trotter, with indications her body was transported from a wheelie bin near her home through refuse transfer stations.

Detectives have been treating the disappearance of the 78-year-old as a possible homicide.

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