A ‘body’ found in a suitcase was actually a sex doll. How did NSW police get it so wrong?

<p>Officers – correctly – may not have fully unzipped the bag containing the lifelike doll to avoid destroying evidence, one expert says</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/12/australia-politics-live-question-time-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-coalition-andrew-bragg-housing-construction-immigration-one-nation-pauline-hanson-gambling-melon-gift-japan-ndis-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Revelations that a “body” found inside a suitcase was actually a sex doll may have been embarrassing for police, but experts say officers followed the correct procedure.</p><p>New South Wales police on Sunday were called to Oallen, a town near Goulburn, after two members of the public found a suitcase containing what they believed to be human remains, dumped on the side of the road.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/12/female-body-suitcase-sex-doll-nsw-police-explained">Continue reading...</a>