Lateesha Nolan’s father said he hopes the discovery of a femur bone belonging to the murdered Dubbo woman could lead to her body finally being located.
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More than 11 years after Ms Nolan disappeared from her West Dubbo home and was murdered by Malcolm Naden, Mr Peet said he is hoping the family can finally get some closure by finding her body.
“This is a start. That [finding her body] is what I am hoping for,” he said.
Mick Peet, who now lives in Queensland, said he would be flying to Dubbo on Tuesday and visiting Butlers Falls Reserve where the bone was located by a member of public in November.
He said he wanted to be involved with the search and find out more about the police investigation.
“I have been blown away by what has happened in the last couple of days. I got the phone call from police yesterday [Monday] and they told me the news,” he said.
Mr Peet said he had been told basic details but was hoping to find out more information once he arrived in the city.
The femur bone was located just metres from where police searched in 2012, based on information provided by Naden after his capture.
“We always wondered if he [Naden] was telling the truth about where he buried her. I guess he was,” Mr Peet said.
Lateesha’s family have suffered for more than a decade, not knowing where the mother-of-four’s body was dumped after Naden killed her, although in 2015 a memorial was established at Sandy Beach to give family and friends somewhere to pay their respects.
Mr Peet said the new information had helped and given them renewed hope Lateesha could be laid to rest.
“It has been 11 years but in some ways it is like it only just happened. There has been a lot happened in the years since [her disappearance] but hopefully we are getting to the end,” he said.
