MORE witnesses have come forward and detectives are chasing new leads in the hunt for the person behind the murder of Tamworth mother Teah Rose Luckwell.
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For a second day straight on Friday, investigators from Strike Force Penola – the police operation set-up to find out what happened to the 22-year-old – probed fresh information from the community.
Teah’s young daughter was inside the South Tamworth unit on Wednesday night when the gruesome discovery was made after a neighbour raised the alarm.
A post-mortem will be carried out on the mother’s body in Newcastle on Saturday as police investigate how she was killed.
Detectives are also probing a report a man was seen running from the Robert Street unit, before her body was discovered about 9.30pm.
We are investigating those other pieces of information that has been provided to us and viewing CCTV from businesses.
- Oxley Chief Inspector Phil O’Reilly
“That’s a line of inquiry we’ve been following,” Oxley Chief Inspector Phil O’Reilly told The Leader, adding more people had come forward claiming to have reportedly seen Teah on Wednesday.
“We are investigating those other pieces of information that has been provided to us and viewing CCTV from businesses.”
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He said police were still trying to piece together her movements in the days leading up to her death, and when she was last seen alive.
Police believe community members could hold vital clues as to Teah's last movements.
On Friday, the investigators were again seen canvassing the area in South Tamworth, and Chief Inspector O’Reilly said forensic police were still examining the crime scene inside the unit on Friday.
It’s expected to remain cordoned off until at least Saturday.
We again appeal for anyone in the community that has information that could assist investigators to please contact Tamworth police on 6768 2999 or Crime Stoppers.
- Oxley Chief Inspector Phil O’Reilly
“We again appeal for anyone in the community that has information that could assist investigators to please contact Tamworth police on 6768 2999 or Crime Stoppers,” Chief Inspector O’Reilly said.
On Thursday, police upped the manhunt for Teah’s killer, bringing in detectives from New England, the Orana area as well as the homicide squad in Sydney to back local investigators in the investigation, code-named Strike Force Penola.
“We are putting every available resource that we have at this time to investigate the circumstances of the death of this young lady,” Chief Inspector O’Reilly said.