Police confirm discovery of shoe that belonged to Tiahleigh Palmer
Police have confirmed they have found a shoe that belonged to Tiahleigh Palmer.
The 12-year-old Queensland girl’s body was discovered on the banks of Pimpama River on the northern Gold Coast in early November.
A Queensland police spokesman said they were following a number of positive leads in relation to the homicide investigation.
Police are following a number of positive leads in relation to the homicide investigation of Tiahleigh Palmer.
— QPS Media Unit (@QPSmedia) December 4, 2015
State Emergency Service crews were searching Pimpama Creek, where the shoe was located last Sunday.
They hoped to locate more items.
Tiahleigh was last seen being dropped off by her carer at Marsden State High School in Logan just after 8am on October 30.
TIAHLEIGH PALMER - TIMELINE OF EVENTS
OCTOBER
30 - Tiahleigh, 12, was dropped off by her carer at Marsden State High School - the last time she was seen alive
NOVEMBER
5 - A missing person alert was issued by police hours before an unidentified body was found by three fishermen on the banks of the Pimpama River
7 - The body was identified as belonging to Tiahleigh. SES volunteers begin a river search
8 - Friends hold a candlelight vigil in a park near her school
9 - Students create a floral tribute on school gates before detectives question school friends
10 - River search resumes but police admit they have few answers. Queensland government vows to review response processes for missing children in state care
11 - Search is upgraded to include land surrounding the school
13 - Police set up a Crime Stoppers marquee at the school and believe Tiahleigh may have wagged classes
14 - Tiahleigh's funeral at a small Gold Coast church honours a "beautifully imperfect" girl
18 - Investigators continue trawling through hours of CCTV footage
30 - Police divers return to search the Pimpama River, with further SES searches expected
