Human remains have been uncovered at a South Australian property in a fresh police search for a woman who vanished more than two decades ago.
The grim find was made on Wednesday at a home in Port Lincoln, about 650km west of Adelaide, during a renewed search for missing woman Susan Goodwin, who police suspect was murdered.
Goodwin, 39 at the time, was last seen shopping at Coles and Woolworths in Port Lincoln on July 19, 2002. Her car was later found parked in the driveway of her Moonta Cres home about 4.45pm that same day.
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She has not been seen or heard from since.
Despite extensive searches over the years, her body has never been found.
The backyard of a home on Pamir Crt was scoured by local police, Major Crime officers and the Australian Federal Police o Wednesday.
Ground-penetrating radar and excavation tools were used in the search.
They uncovered a large bone buried on the property.
“Following the discovery of bones, the search was paused, to allow an anthropologist and pathologist from Adelaide to assist at the scene,” Major Crime Investigation Branch Acting Detective Superintendent Andrew Macrae said.
“I can now confirm the bones are human remains ... I’m very confident we have found the remains of Susan Goodwin.”
Further testing will be required to confirm they belong to Goodwin via the help of remaining relatives and DNA technology.
A 64-year-old man from Port Lincoln has been charged with Goodwin’s murder and will appear in Port Lincoln Magistrates Court on Thursday.
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