# Missing woman’s death treated as murder after remains found in cattle dip

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/eviction-battle-stolen-pets-and-a-desperate-plea-what-the-hell-did-happen-to-murdered-grandmother-whose-body-was-found-rotting-in-a-cattle-dip-trough-as-disturbing-new-details-emerge/
- Published: 2026-10-23T12:48:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T13:12:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16228879/yvonne-whear-murwillumbah-cattle-dip-eviction-posts.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Yvonne Whear’s remains were found eight months after she vanished.
- Police are treating her death as murder.
- She had sought help amid an eviction dispute.

## Summary

Yvonne Whear, 73, disappeared from her home near Murwillumbah in February, and her remains were found eight months later in a disused cattle dip about 30 kilometres away. Police are treating her death as murder and believe someone in the community may know what happened. Newly revealed posts show she had sought help before vanishing, as she faced housing insecurity and reported that her pets had been stolen.

Whear had lived for several years at the property under an arrangement with its owner, Bill Campbell, who died in 2024. His great-nephew Allan inherited the property and served her with a termination notice; a tribunal hearing over the dispute was due the week after she disappeared. Whear’s car was later found submerged in the Rous River. Police have not linked wanted fugitive Vaughn Scott Cummings, whose sighting nearby came within days of her disappearance, to her death.

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