- Sarah Brown, 23, found dead in bush
- Police ruled his death non-suspicious.
- His mother doesn’t believe he took his own life.
- Retired detective is reexamining the case
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A retired detective is re-examining the tragic case of a young woman who left her home to buy a bottle of wine and was found dead in bushland seven days later.
Sarah Brown, 23, was wearing a full face of makeup, a summer dress and thongs while heading to the shops when she disappeared on June 7, 2021.
His body was found a week later in bushland near his home in the Gympie suburb of Victory Heights, north of Brisbane.
Police deemed his death not suspicious and ruled it a suicide by hanging.
Mrs. Brown’s devastated family was left with dozens of unanswered questions.
Her mother, Janet Gardner, has long refused to believe her daughter took her own life.
She insists that her daughter was excited about the future and that they were supposed to look at a rental property together the day she disappeared.
Mrs Gardner has enlisted the help of retired detective turned private investigator Graeme Crowley, who agreed the case had left “more questions than answers”.
Sarah Brown (pictured), 23, was wearing a full face of makeup, a summer dress and thongs while heading to the shops when she disappeared on June 7, 2021.
Sarah’s body was found a week later in bushland near her home in the Gympie suburb of Victory Heights, north of Brisbane.
“This was not a suicide,” Mr. Crowley told the mail.
Mr Crowley has recorded four episodes of a podcast series entitled Who Killed Sarah Brown?, with the fifth due to be released in the coming days.
“I want to know what others know about Sarah’s death – apparently a lot of people had a lot to say,” Mr Crowley added.
As part of his investigations, Crowley reviewed CCTV footage which appears to show Ms Brown’s last movements near where her body was found.
The private detective also found that police initially questioned the relative lack of composition of Ms Brown’s body, claiming it did not appear to match that of a person who had been dead for a week.
Her family have long refused to believe that Sarah (pictured) would end her life.
Sarah Brown appeared to be in good spirits for several hours before she disappeared. Pictured is her last Facebook post of hers.
Mrs Brown’s phone was found with a broken screen and no SIM card.
Gardner previously said she doesn’t believe her daughter walked into the bush alone because she was “terrified of the spiders, moths and insects.”
He also said he was not physically capable of taking his own life as police say because he had an injury to his hand.
The 23-year-old also posted on Facebook several hours before disappearing around 5pm on June 7 to say she was “feeling positive”.
She had battled drug and alcohol addiction in the past, but her family is convinced she would not have taken her own life.
“Sarah had a very bad hand due to drug use, so I don’t think she would have been able to do it herself,” Ms Gardner previously told Daily Mail Australia.
“We also had plans to meet up the next day – she had found a place to move into in Brisbane where she had signed up for a beauty course and I was going to meet her in Gympie to help her with the move. I hated Gympie and couldn’t wait to get out.
However, in September last year, the state coroner found no evidence that any third party was involved in Ms Brown’s death.
Consequently, no forensic investigation was ordered.
If you or someone you know needs help, call Lifeline on 13 11 14, Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636 or Suicide callback service on 1300 659 467.
