Bombshell development in case of missing Queensland mum Tayla Spies after cops discovered her abandoned ute

By HARRISON CHRISTIAN FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 04:09 BST, 4 April 2025 | Updated: 04:16 BST, 4 April 2025

Human remains have been discovered just 1km from where police located the abandoned vehicle of a Queensland mum who vanished over two months ago. 

Investigators searching for Tayla Spies discovered the 29-year-old’s 2017 Toyota Hilux near Noorindoo, a town 460km west of Brisbane, about 3pm on Thursday. 

The mother-of-three was seen driving on the Carnarvon Highway after she had earlier been captured on CCTV at a service station in the small town of Surat on February 2. 

Ms Spies was in her white Hilux at the Western Downs town, which is 80km south of her home in Roma.

Police discovered the Hilux at a Yuleba-Surat Road property about five minutes’ drive from where the young mum was last seen.

Detective Chief Inspector Garry Watts told a press conference on Friday human remains had been located about 1km from the vehicle.

‘Although we cannot confirm at this stage that those remains are those of Tayla, we suspect they may be,’ Insp Watts said.

‘However a complete forensic examination will need to be conducted to verify that.

Human remains have been discovered just 1km from where police located the abandoned vehicle of Queensland mum Tayla Spies (pictured) who vanished over two months ago

‘The next of kin of Tayla have been advised of this update.’

Detectives confirmed the ute was Ms Spies’ after investigators found items in the vehicle which belonged to the missing mum.

The location of the vehicle is a backroad deviation from the more direct route to Ms Spies’ hometown of Roma on the Carnarvon Hwy.

More to come… 

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Bombshell development in case of missing Queensland mum Tayla Spies after cops discovered her abandoned ute

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