Body found in stockyard trough confirmed to be missing 73-year-old Yvonne Whear

Whear was last seen on CCTV in mid-February buying orange juice and putting $50 credit on her phone in Murwillumbah

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New South Wales police say a decomposed body found in a stockyard trough last week was missing woman Yvonne Whear, who vanished eight months ago after last being seen in Murwillumbah.

Last week, police said a partially submerged body believed to be a woman was discovered in a remote stockyard in Terragon near Murwillumbah.