NSW:Image released of mystery Belanglo girl

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2011
NSW:Image released of mystery Belanglo girl

SYDNEY, Dec 2 AAP - Police hope that a black and white facial impression of a young
woman will spark someone's memory and reveal the identity of remains found in the Belanglo
State Forest last year.

A group of trail-bike riders found a human skull and what looked like leg bones lying
near a log at Dalys Waterhole on August 29, 2010 in the same forest where Ivan Milat murdered
seven backpackers in the 1990s.

But Australia-wide inquiries by Strike Force Hixson had failed to reveal her identity,
Homicide Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Michael Willing said on Friday.

"No one has ever reported this teenage girl or young woman missing, but someone must
know who she is," he said in a statement.

Police believe she could have been aged anywhere between 13 and 25 when she died, and
that her remains had been in the forest anywhere between six months and a decade.

The image, released on Friday, is a facial approximation based on examinations of the skull.

"We're hoping someone might remember her as being a friend or a neighbour, or even
someone they recognise as having been a member of their local community," Detective Superintendent
Willing said.

Forensic analysis suggested her hair was about the length shown in the image, but her
hairstyle could have been different, he said.

Police have re-released the illustration of a short-sleeved T-shirt found near the
remains: it features the word "Angelic" in pink text, surrounded by a rose and a heart
with angel wings.

The T-shirt was sold in NSW and other parts of Australia from about 2000 to 2005 but
is no longer available, police said.

The discovery of the remains last year sparked renewed concerns from the local community,
who suspected the forest had been used as a dumping ground for other possible victims
of Milat.

Police are asking anyone with information that could help them identify the teenage
girl or young woman to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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