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| Sharron Phillips case: police fail to find human remains after search | |
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| Detectives trying to solve the cold-case disappearance of Sharron Phillips have failed to find any human remains after sieving through piles of soil taken from two Brisbane drains. | Detectives trying to solve the cold-case disappearance of Sharron Phillips have failed to find any human remains after sieving through piles of soil taken from two Brisbane drains. |
| Officers cleared out the drains in recent weeks after receiving what they said was credible information that the 20-year-old’s body may have been dumped on council-owned land at Carole Park. But the soil has failed to give up anything related to the investigation. | Officers cleared out the drains in recent weeks after receiving what they said was credible information that the 20-year-old’s body may have been dumped on council-owned land at Carole Park. But the soil has failed to give up anything related to the investigation. |
| Police say they remain committed to solving the crime and Sharron Phillips’ family has been informed. Phillips vanished from Wacol on the night of 8 May 1986 after her car ran out of petrol. | Police say they remain committed to solving the crime and Sharron Phillips’ family has been informed. Phillips vanished from Wacol on the night of 8 May 1986 after her car ran out of petrol. |
| Investigators are looking at the possibility she was picked up by a taxi driver, who is connected to a witness who has come forward with new information in recent weeks. It was the witness’s information that led police to search the Carole Park site, which is not far from where Phillips was last seen waiting for her boyfriend after using a public phone. | Investigators are looking at the possibility she was picked up by a taxi driver, who is connected to a witness who has come forward with new information in recent weeks. It was the witness’s information that led police to search the Carole Park site, which is not far from where Phillips was last seen waiting for her boyfriend after using a public phone. |
| Investigators have also received more than 30 new leads through Crime Stoppers after recent media coverage about the unsolved crime. | Investigators have also received more than 30 new leads through Crime Stoppers after recent media coverage about the unsolved crime. |
| In May, the case took an unexpected twist when Phillips’ siblings questioned the alibi of their father Bob, who died last year. | In May, the case took an unexpected twist when Phillips’ siblings questioned the alibi of their father Bob, who died last year. |