Police have found the body of missing QLD teenager Jayde Kendall.

Jayde Kendall’s body has been found.

The teenager from Gatton, Queensland has been missing for almost two weeks.

Channel 9 reports the 16-year-old’s body has been discovered by a civilian, in a field approximately 14 kilometres from her home town.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested and is expected to be charged later this evening. Police are currently unsure of motive, but ABC report the suspect is co-operating with police.

The search area had been centred at Upper Tenthill, 17km from Gatton. Local police received a tip of from a member of the public, which lead them to the search area where the body was discovered.

“As previously reported, we asked members of the community to search their land and property for anything that was out of place. And as a result, a member of the community contacted Crime Stoppers, and led us to this area, where we conducted a search and located the body,” a spokesperson for Queensland Police said.

ABC report, Detective Acting Inspector Matt Howard has requested the public respect the privacy of the Kendall family, stating, “I have spoken to Jayde’s father and her extended family and as you can imagine, they are very upset to hear this news.”

“I would like to thank members of the community who contacted Crime Stoppers throughout this investigation.”

More to come.

Mamamia previously reported:

Where is Jayde Kendall?