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Body found at Pimpama River identified as missing schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer

Police have formally identified a body found on the northern Gold Coast on Thursday as missing 12-year-old schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer.

Tiahleigh, from Logan City, had not been seen since leaving her Marsden school last Friday.

Her remains were found on the banks of the Pimpama River, about 40 metres north of the bridge near Kerkin Road North, by fishermen just after 5:00pm on Thursday.

Body Found at Pimpama River identified as missing schoolgirl Tiahleiah Palmer - ABC News
 
A summary from the police presser on 7 November 2015.

* No confirmed sightings since 8:10am when Tiah was dropped off to school, when she was dropped off to school by her "carer".
* Cause of death undetermined at this time.
* Public appeals for anyone saw Tiah on 30/10/2015 to come forward. Anyone who drove on Chambers Flat Road and Muchow Road who may have a GoPro in their vehicle. Anyone who lives on those roads with CCTV pointing towards the footpath. Anyone who has been near the Pimpama Bridge within the last 7 days, even if they didn't see anything--police are attempting to establish a timeline.
* Police have and will continue to seek information from Tiah's peers, but also asked parents with children attending her school to speak to them about Tiah and if they knew of any plans she might have had for 30/10/2015.
* No reason provided about the delay in issuing the missing person's information through the media. It was stated that ongoing efforts had been made to find Tiah prior to the media release.
* Tiah's family background not relevant. Lots of nosying from reporters around Tiah's family situation but further discussion was shut down with a reminder about legislation.
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ng-overcome-criminal-past-regain-custody.html

The girl whose body was found in a Queensland river a week after she went missing was in foster care and had often run away from home, a former carer says.

As police stepped up their investigation into whether Tiahleigh Palmer, 12, was murdered, details of the girl’s troubled have emerged, including that her mother was hoping to regain custody after spending years in and out of prison.

Her former foster carer Julie Pemberton says the girls’ mother Cyndi Palmer, 30, was preparing for a custody hearing as she believed she finally ‘had her life on track’ after struggling as a teen mum and spending years in and out of prison.
 
A candlelight vigil has been held in Queensland overnight, with hundreds gathering in Logan to pay tribute to schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer, whose body was found on the banks of the Pimpama River on Thursday.

The vigil was organised by friends to raise money for Tiahleigh Palmer's funeral, with many lighting candles in tribute. (9NEWS)

The 12-year-old was meant to be at cheerleading practice the day she went missing, with her body found almost one week later.

A taskforce of 50 detectives are searching databases of known child sex offenders as part of their investigation.

http://www.9news.com.au/national/20...te-suspicious-death-after-body-found-in-river
 
Tia’s grandmother feared another Daniel Morcombe case

NOVEMBER 09, 2015 5:25PM

TIAHLEIGH Palmer’s grandmother warned police they could be facing another Daniel Morcombe case the day before her body was found.Sue Palmer, 64, said a text from her eldest daughter, Tiahleigh’s aunt, last Wednesday had prompted her to call police to convince them that her grand-daughter was more than a “wilful runaway”.
“My daughter had been to the police, she had done all the right things and she was doing what I can’t do – she was scouring the streets,” Ms Palmer said. “I get on to a sergeant and he said I had to ring the 1300 number.
“Then I really went to town on police. I said, ‘do you want another Daniel Morcombe?’.”
The next day a body was discovered on the banks of Pimpama River by fishermen. A day later police confirmed the body was Tiahleigh.
“Why didn’t they go to the mother on Day One? She doesn’t have a car and her partner does shift work.
“She’s pregnant, she has a little baby and a teenager,” Ms Palmer said. “That’s the attitude they have … she’s just a runway. She’s just a wilful girl. Girls are wilful. She will turn up.”

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...el-morcombe-case/story-fnihsrf2-1227600849739
 
Bravehearts founder Hetty Johnston says the suspected murder of Brisbane schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer highlights the need for reform to the Child Protection Act.
Ms Johnston says the six-day delay between Tiahleigh's disappearance on October 30 and the police alert would have been due to laws restricting publicity about children in state care.
The 12-year-old's body was discovered on the banks of a Gold Coast river hours after police had issued their alert.
Ms Johnston says the restrictions on carers and parents when a foster child goes missing are actually making them targets for predators.
"They can target these particular kids because they are far more vulnerable than any other and response to their disappearance is less than adequate," she told AAP.

Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/11/09/07/35/vigil-for-lost-qld-schoolgirl#FmAJgXd8UCJssCk3.99
 
Tiahleigh Palmer suspected murder: school security debated as community mourns 12yo girl

School principals worried about student safety after the suspicious death of a 12-year-old girl south of Brisbane should take action to install security cameras, Queensland's Education Minister Kate Jones says.

Ms Jones was responding to Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale's call for CCTV cameras in schools, as police continue to investigate the suspected murder of 12-year-old Tiahleigh Palmer.

Friends reported last seeing Tiahleigh near Marsden State High School, south of Brisbane, about 8:00am on October 30.
Her naked body was found by fishermen on a remote stretch of riverbank on the Gold Coast, about 30 kilometres away, six days later.

Police have been appealing for any Marsden residents with CCTV footage to hand it in.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-...2yo-tiahleigh-palmer-security-cameras/6922926
 

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