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Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear

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Heads, J. H. i. T. (2026, October 13). Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/yvonne-whear-body-found-in-stockyard-trough-missing-woman-murwillumbah-ntwnfb

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Police confirmed that a decomposed body found in a disused stock dip near Murwillumbah, New South Wales, is that of Yvonne Whear, who had been missing since February. The 73-year-old woman’s death is being treated as a homicide, and police are urging anyone with information to come forward. Her car was previously found submerged in the Rous River, near her home, and CCTV footage showed she last appeared at a service station on February 19 before driving towards her farm where she lived alone.

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Yvonne Whear, a 73-year-old woman from Murwillumbah, New South Wales, was identified by police as the body found in a disused livestock dip on a rural property near Terragon. The partially decomposed remains were discovered on October 5 last week and have been confirmed to be those of Whear, who had gone missing eight months earlier. On February 19, she was last seen buying orange juice and topping up her phone credit at a Shell service station in Murwillumbah before driving toward her hobby farm near Dungay. NSW Police are treating her death as a homicide and have formed a taskforce to investigate the case, urging anyone with information to come forward.

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🔮 New South Wales police say a decomposed body found in a stockyard trough last week was missing woman Yvonne Whear, who vanished eight months ago after last being seen in Murwillumbah.

2026-10-13 · assertive framing · Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear

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Topics

Dulguigan Murwillumbah New South Wales Shell Terragon

Subjects

Murwillumbah GPE · 3× Whear PERSON · 3× Yvonne PERSON · 3× Dulguigan GPE · 1× Matt Zimmer PERSON · 1× New South Wales GPE · 1× Shell ORG · 1× Terragon GPE · 1× Yvonne Whear PERSON · 1× Zimmer ORG · 1×

Narrative

Whear was last seen on CCTV on 19 February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone at the Shell service station in Murwillumbah, before she drove through cane fields to her hobby farm at the hamlet of Dungay.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-13

🔮 New South Wales police say a decomposed body found in a stockyard trough last week was missing woman Yvonne Whear, who vanished eight months ago after last being seen in Murwillumbah.

2026-10-13 · The Guardian

Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear · assertive framing

Claims (19 extracted, 1 hedged)

New South Wales police say a decomposed body found in a stockyard trough last week was missing woman Yvonne Whear, who vanished eight months ago after last being seen in Murwillumbah. asserted

who → say → Murwillumbah

Last week, police said a partially submerged body believed to be a woman was discovered in a remote stockyard in Terragon near Murwillumbah. asserted

body → say → Murwillumbah

The badly decomposed body was found partially submerged in a disused stock dip, a large trough commonly used to bathe livestock in anti-parasite solutions. asserted

body → decompose → solutions

Police on Tuesday confirmed it was Whear and her death was being treated as a homicide. asserted

death → confirm → homicide

Acting Supt Matt Zimmer said investigators were determined to find those responsible. asserted

investigators → say → those

“Yvonne was a mother, grandmother, a great grandmother and a person who was clearly loved by those around her,” Zimmer said. asserted

Zimmer → love → her

“While we can now provide some answers to her family, there are still significant questions about what happened to her and how she came to be where she was found. asserted

she → provide → her

“Someone knows what happened to Yvonne. asserted

what → know → Yvonne

Whether you have previously spoken to police or have information you have not yet shared, we need you to come forward.” asserted

you → speak → information

In mid-September, police divers found her car in the Rous River in Dulguigan – a short distance from her home. asserted

divers → find → home

“Several personal items, believed to belong to Yvonne, were also recovered,” police said at the time. asserted

police → believe → time

she → see → Dungay

She had lived there for 23 years with a menagerie of animals she cared for. asserted

she → live → animals

At 8.30pm a member of the public reported seeing her car, a gold Ford Escape wagon, parked in the dark without lights, on Dungay Creek Road, less than a kilometre from where she lived. asserted

she → report → Road

Her daughter Gillian Hallac said that she never drove at night if she could help it. uncertain

she → say → it

Whear’s boots and hat that she had been wearing in the CCTV footage were still in her house, she had food in the slow cooker, her usual shoes were at the door. asserted

shoes → wear → door

Her clothes were folded on her bed ready for the next day. asserted

clothes → fold → day

Her family said she would never leave her animals. asserted

she → say → animals

Her phone last pinged at 10am the next day from a tower that put her mobile in the area where her car was subsequently found. asserted

car → ping → area