The Latest Breaking News from Lesley Trotter

Death of woman 'undetermined' after rubbish bin probe

A coroner has been unable to determine the cause of death for a retired teacher who disappeared and was suspected to have been dumped in a wheelie bin.

AAP · Feb 20, 2025

After failed dump search, police say it's unlikely they'll find the body of Brisbane woman Lesley Trotter

Police tell the ABC the search of the rubbish tip has been called off because waste is decomposing at a rate faster than predicted.

ABC News · May 18, 2023

Police have suspended the search for missing Toowong woman Lesley Trotter. How she was dumped in a bin remains a mystery

Police believe the 78-year-old was killed the day she was reported missing — her body put in a wheelie bin near her home in Toowong, which was then collected by a rubbish truck.

ABC News · May 11, 2023

Police searching tonnes of rubbish for woman's body

The enormous search for the body of retired teacher Lesley Trotter is under way in Brisbane, with investigators to comb through 200 tonnes of rubbish a day.

AAP · Apr 18, 2023

‘Tough going’: gruelling search for Qld woman’s body

The hunt for the body of retired teacher Lesley Trotter could take months, Queensland's police warn, as they prepare to sift through tonnes of landfill.

The New Daily · Apr 17, 2023

'Tough going': gruelling search for Qld woman's body

The hunt for the body of retired teacher Lesley Trotter could take months, Queensland's police warn, as they prepare to sift through tonnes of landfill.

AAP · Apr 17, 2023

Grim landfill search begins for woman’s body

Police have quarantined two Brisbane landfills as they search through mountains of rubbish for the body of a woman.

The New Daily · Apr 12, 2023

Body of missing woman 'dumped in wheelie bin' before being collected by rubbish lorry

Police believe that the dead body of Lesley Trotter, 78, was chucked into a wheelie bin close to her home in Toowong, Queensland, Australia on March 27, before the bin's contents were dumped in a nearby refuse site

Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023

Police scouring garbage dumps for body of missing woman

Police believe the body of missing woman Lesley Trotter may be at one of several commercial dump sites across Brisbane.

AAP · Apr 11, 2023

'Strong evidence' missing 78-year-old Toowong woman Lesley Trotter's body was dumped in bin, say police

Police are planning an "extensive search" of two dump sites to recover Lesley Trotter's body.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2023