It was the 1,267th phone call to police a fortnight ago that led to a crucial breakthrough in two shocking murder cases in different parts of Australia. The bodies of Karlie Jade Pearce-Stevenson and her toddler Khandalyce Kiara-Pearce were identified on Wednesday after they were murdered and dumped in two separate states some years ago. NSW detectives had been working to identify a woman for five years after her remains were found in the notorious Belanglo State Forest, south of Sydney, in August 2010. Meanwhile police in South Australia had been investigating the death of a young girl since July after she was found dumped in a suitcase full of clothes off a highway near Wynarka.Girl found in a suitcase in South Australia was Khandalyce Kiara PearceRemains of her mother Karlie Jade Pearce-Stevenson were found in NSWPolice received call on October 8 saying pair had been missing since 2009They found photos of Khandalyce in clothes found in dumped suitcase
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