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.
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This has been the most heartbreaking couple of days in Queensland. Firstly little Jamal Little and now Jayde. One a terrible accident and one because some people have no respect for others. Jayde's extended family came across as loving people and she appeared to be a lovely caring family person. And little Jamal his dad was so positive on the news the other night it was so devastating when they found his body I do not know these people but for some reason both have brought tears to my eyes.
I have no comprehension of how a person can harm or be violent towards another. I have been lucky never to have had violence in my life and feel for those whose path it crosses.
Makes all the silly thing we complain about seem insignificant