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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Shweta Sharma

Why Australian police took 20 hours to confirm ‘body’ in suitcase was actually a sex doll

An extraordinary case of police mistaking a sex doll in a suitcase for a human corpse – complete with lifelike bruises and grazes – has shocked Australia and raised questions about how such a bizarre mistake could have gone unnoticed for more than 20 hours.

Police insisted that investigators followed proper procedures, taking painstaking steps to avoid contaminating the suspected body or the suitcase before reaching their final conclusion.

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