‘Body in suitcase’ found in Australia turns out to be lifelike doll

Australian police called in to investigate a body found in a suitcase have concluded that the "victim" was in fact a lifelike doll.

DAVID GRAY / David Gray AFP via Getty Images Police in Australia were forced to admit they mistook a gruesomely lifelike doll for a dead woman and started to investigate a possible murder. New South Wales Police issued a statement on Sunday saying that they had been called to reports that a “body had been located” stuf

A shocking discovery by the side of a quiet Australian road sparked a major police response and a murder investigation.

A major Australian police probe into a 'dead body' found in an abandoned suitcase ended after forensic tests revealed the remains were a lifelike sex doll

Police announced that forensic testing had proved the contents were not human and the suitcase was actually stuffed with a lifelike sex doll.

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter. Good afternoon. Sydney airport was in chaos over the weekend. On Saturday, more than 150 flights were delayed, and then on Sunday, two planes, owned by Jetstar and Qatar Airways, alm

Australian police said the doll had markings that resembled bruises and grazes

Australian homicide investigation called off after 'body' turns out to be lifelike doll  Reuters

Forensics revealed that the 'realistic' looking body was in fact not human.

Police initially suspecting the suitcase contained the body of a woman in a “state of decomposition”. Examination revealed its contents was a doll-like object.

Police sources say a "body" found in a suitcase in southern NSW is believed to be a sex doll, rather than the remains of a woman, as first feared.

A WOMAN'S body has been found stuffed in a suitcase on the side of a rural road in Australia. Police rushed to the crime scene after a horrified member of the public made the grim discovery. The suitcase has been seized for a forensic exam and detectives have launched a probe. Cops are yet to...

The man was tragically found dead after the alarm was raised