New search launches at Osborne in Rosemary Brown and Melissa Trussell chilly case

Police divers have began looking out a brand new location as a part of its investigation into the homicide Adelaide girl Rosemary Brown and the disappearance of her 15-year-old daughter Melissa Trussell.

The pair have been final seen alive in Blair Athol in Adelaide’s north round 2:30am on Saturday, May 13, 2000.

The 33-year-old mom’s physique was discovered seven weeks later in mangroves at Garden Island in Adelaide’s north-west on July 2.

Melissa has by no means been discovered and police consider she was additionally murdered.

SA Police has beforehand searched two areas round Garden Island and recognized two autos of curiosity.

It stated a member of the general public noticed one of many autos, a blue Ford XD Falcon sedan, within the Osborne space within the days following the pair’s disappearance and previous to Ms Brown’s physique being found.

On Tuesday, police stated new info from members of the general public, together with in regards to the Ford sedan, have led them to a brand new space within the Mutton Cove Conservation Reserve in Adelaide’s north-west.

“This is the third search undertaken as part of the renewed investigation with today’s search area in the Mersey Road North vicinity not previously examined by police,” police stated in a press release.

The reserve consists of mud flats, mangroves and shipwrecks and lies on the northern tip of the LeFevre Peninsula on the western banks of the Port River.

SA Police stated it continued to research leads in regards to the different car, a fawn-coloured Holden VB Commodore sedan with a particular brown trim.

That automotive might have been disposed of within the Murray Bridge space after Ms Brown and Ms Trussell disappeared in 2000, police stated.

“Police are urging anyone who previously provided specific information about the Ford XD Falcon or the Holden VB Commodore to recontact Crime Stoppers,” police stated in a press release.

“Callers can be connected with a Major Crime detective to discuss their information further.

“If a caller prefers to stay nameless, they will proceed to share extra particulars by way of Crime Stoppers.”

A reward of $1 million is on offer to anyone who provides information that leads to the conviction of the person or people responsible for the suspected murder of Ms Trussell, or the recovery of her remains.

A reward of $200,000 is on the market for anybody who can assist within the conviction of anybody concerned within the homicide of Ms Brown.