Carrying a secret: foster father charged with Tiahleigh Palmer's murder

By Megan Levy
Updated September 29 2016 - 10:13am, first published September 24 2016 - 12:15am
Richard Thorburn, left, was a pallbearer at Tiahleigh Palmer's funeral. He is now charged with her murder. Photo: Glenn Hunt
Richard Thorburn, left, was a pallbearer at Tiahleigh Palmer's funeral. He is now charged with her murder. Photo: Glenn Hunt
Richard Thorburn was arrested this week over his foster daughter's death. Photo: Supplied
Richard Thorburn was arrested this week over his foster daughter's death. Photo: Supplied
Police divers search the river where Tiahleigh Palmer's body was found. Photo: Bradley Kanaris
Police divers search the river where Tiahleigh Palmer's body was found. Photo: Bradley Kanaris

As Richard Thorburn helped to carry the small white coffin of his 12-year-old foster daughter Tiahleigh Palmer at her funeral, he also carried the weight of a dark secret that would begin to unravel almost a year later, police allege.

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