Using DNA, police have confirmed it was Khandalyce Kiara Pearce whose body was discovered alongside the Karoonda Highway near Wynarka in SA's southeast in July. Photo / YouTube
Investigators have urged the public to be part of the next step in solving the mystery behind the brutal deaths of the mother and daughter, whose remains were found five years apart in NSW and South Australia.
Karlie's skeletal remains were found by trail bike riders at Dalys Waterhole in
the Belanglo State Forest in 2010, followed five years later with July's discovery of Khandalyce's remains near a dumped suitcase on the side of a highway in Wynarka in South Australia.
"This is one of the most shocking crimes, shocking and unimaginable," Detective Superintendent Des Bray, of South Australia Police, said in Adelaide on Wednesday.
Information from an anonymous caller led police to photos of Khandalyce wearing a pink dress and with a handmade quilt, identical to those found in the suitcase at Wynarka.
This week investigators matched blood samples from their medical records to DNA profiles, solving part of the mystery of the deaths.
