Shocked farm owner Lindsay Baker, on whose property the grim discovery was made. Police forensics team working in the background. Picture: Bianca De Marchi Source: adelaidenow
A FARMHAND who found human remains in a shallow grave at a Long Plains property initially thought he had stumbled across a dog skeleton.
Instead, Major Crime detectives are treating the gruesome discovery as a murder and are today reviewing missing persons files and previous murders where bodies have not been recovered.
Todd Baker told the Sunday Mail yesterday of his shock at discovering the body in a makeshift grave at his grandfather's property, about 75km north of Adelaide.
Mr Baker had pulled down an old fence surrounding his grandfather's property at Long Plains, near Dublin, and was clearing sand to put up a new fence on Friday afternoon.
The crime scene at Long Plains were the skeletal remains were discovered.
"I went to pick the rag up ... and it wasn't a rag," Mr Baker, 20, said.
"I thought it might have been a dog or something because I saw a few ribs. I pulled the rag up from under the ground and it had legs and everything."
The crime scene at Wild Horse Plains where skeletal remains have been found. Picture: First On The Scene Media
Mr Baker immediately called his father Leigh who arrived to inspect the clothed remains, located 1m from a dirt track.
His father immediately called police.
"I was shocked," Todd said.
"I didn't realise I'd find something like that there.
"It looked like it had been there for a long time."
Mr Baker's grandfather Lindsay, who has owned the property where the remains were found since 1959, said he was stunned a body had been buried there.
Police have not yet determined a cause of death.
A post-mortem examination was due to be conducted last night. Major Crime Investigation Branch Detective Inspector Mark Trenwith said police believed the remains had been at the site for less than five years.
He said dental records and DNA technology would be used to identify the remains and missing persons files and murder files would be reviewed.
"We are still conducting detailed searches of the scene out there and the surrounding area with the assistance of SES personnel," Det-Insp Trenwith said.
He called for anyone with information to come forward.
A forensic anthropologist yesterday examined the remains, but sex, age and ethnicity could not be determined.
Police set up a 15m by 5m grid where the remains were located.
A forensics team sifted through the top 15cm of soil in a bid to uncover clues.
Edinburgh SES officers also conducted a line search.
Det-Insp Trenwith said the search had turned up "a few miscellaneous items".
Police have asked anyone with information that may assist the investigation to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
alice.higgins@news.com.au
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