Police yet to identify body in suitcase in southern NSW

Body in suitcase at Oallen remains a mystery as police investigation continues Posted Mon 10 Aug 2026 at 7:19amMon 10 Aug 2026 at 7:19am, updated Mon 10 Aug 2026 at 7:28amMon 10 Aug 2026 at 7:28amPolice at the scene where a body was found in a suitcase by Wolgon Road at Oallen in southern NSW. (ABC News.)Police are still working to determine how long a body found in a suitcase by the side of a road in southern NSW had gone undiscovered.Two members of the public alerted authorities just before 1pm on Sunday after making the grim discovery near Wolgon Road at Oallen, about 60 kilometres south-east of Goulburn.Commander of the Hume Police District, Superintendent Linda Bradbury, told ABC 702 Sydney they believed the body was that of an adult female."We're still conducting efforts to identify the remains," she said."That is still underway as they are in a state of decomposition so that will take some time."Forensic examination is underway to assist us in identifying how long that suitcase has been there."Police have confirmed the death is being treated as suspicious.Investigating links to missing peopleAuthorities confirmed that police were investigating potential links between the body and other missing people, after the suitcase was seized for forensic examination."We will be conducting a number of inquiries about what may have happened," Superintendent Bradbury told ABC 702.Oallen is a small village on the Shoalhaven River in the Southern Tablelands, 109km north-east of Canberra and 254km south-west of Sydney.Superintendent Bradbury said the suitcase was located by Wolgon Road and Oallen Ford Road, which was "not a heavy route for traffic"."It is a road that is travelled frequently, but it is in a rural-residential area," she said.Police told the ABC that forensic testing "will take some time" and the homicide squad was involved in the ongoing investigations.