This is the teenage girl police were searching for before they found a body in the boot of an abandoned car at a mobile home park.
Detectives searching for missing Larissa Beilby, 16, went to a house in Buccan, near Brisbane at 1.30pm today.
A man escaped through the back door and sped away in a black ute before police tracked the car 15km to a mobile home park in Stapylton on the Gold Coast.
This is the teenage girl that police were searching for before they found a body in the boot of an abandoned car at a mobile home park. The body has not been identified
Larissa Beilby (pictured) has been missing since June 18. Police found a body, which has not yet been identified, in the back of a ute on Wednesday
Police appealed for information on Miss Beilby (pictured) on Tuesday. Detectives said she was ‘last seen at an address on Kempster Road and has not contacted family or friends since June 18.’
A gunman is on the run in a Holden Commodore after police found a body the boot of a car in a gated community (pictured are forensic officers in the compound) in south Brisbane
When they got there, the ute was abandoned. They opened the boot and found what is thought to be the body of a teenage girl inside a barrel.
The body has not yet been identified.
Police believe the man driving the black ute switched cars and fled in a silver Holden Commodore sedan. They fear he may be armed and dangerous.
One witness at the gated community told Nine News police arrived with dogs and helicopters when they searched the ute.
Police appealed for information on Miss Beilby on Tuesday. Detectives said she was ‘last seen at an address on Kempster Road and has not contacted family or friends since June 18.’
‘She is described as caucasian, is approximately 168cm tall, of a medium build with blonde hair, hazel eyes and a nose piercing.
‘Initial investigations indicate she may be in the company of a caucasian man in his late teens.’
One witness at the gated community (pictured are police at the scene) said police arrived with dogs and helicopters when they searched the ute
Police believe the man driving the black ute switched cars and fled in a silver Holden Commodore sedan. They fear he may be armed. Pictured: Police at the gated community
Detective Acting Superintendent Mark White said the matter is being considered a homicide. Pictured: Miss Beilby who was missing before police found a body
Police say if anyone sees a silver sedan bearing the registration 966WKB, they should not to approach the occupant/s and to instead immediately contact police on Triple Zero.
Detective Acting Superintendent Mark White said the matter is being considered a homicide.
‘I’m not going to speculate on any particular aspect of it because it’s at a real critical stage,’ he told reporters on Wednesday evening.
‘We have a lot of information that’s coming in, a lot of information we’re processing.’
Detectives are forensically examining the ute and have begun ‘extensive inquiries’ in relation to any person associated with it.
Det Supt White declined to go into detail about the person being sought over the matter and also wouldn’t say if the victim was male or female.
‘We don’t know the identity of this person and we may not know that until tomorrow or possibly the next day,’ he said.
‘As you can appreciate, there’s a fairly intensive forensic examination that is occurring as we speak and will continue to occur possibly for the next 24 to 48 hours.’
When police got to the compound, the ute (not pictured) was abandoned. They opened the boot and found what is thought to be the body of a teenager inside a barrel. Pictured are other cars in the compound