Australian mum’s body is found being eaten by dogs: ‘I just ran out screaming and screaming’
Body of Australian mother found being eaten by dogs: ‘I ran out screaming and screaming’
- Lasonya Dutton found dead in March 2022
- The police thought she had committed suicide
- Her family believes mother of two was murdered
- Warning: Story contains photos of deceased native person
The grieving family of a young Indigenous mother of two, whose decomposed body was found being eaten by dogs in the backyard of their home, have vowed to find out what really happened.
Lasonya Dutton, 31, had been missing for several days when her body was discovered in March 2022 just four meters from the kitchen window of the family home in the remote town of Wilcannia in northwest NSW.
Her tragic death rocked the small community house of less than 750 residents.
After nearly 18 months, her devastated family doesn’t know how or why she died.
Police ruled Lasonya’s death a suicide after an electrical cord was found near her body.
However, a coroner stated in an autopsy report that they “could not rule out third party involvement” and deemed the circumstances of Lasonya’s death suspicious.
Keith Dutton remains determined as ever to get justice for his beloved daughter Lasonya.
Lasonya’s grieving family believes the mother of two was murdered and did not commit suicide. Source: NITV
Lasonya is one of six Aboriginal women whose stories are now being further explored and told in a new NewsCorp crime podcast.
Mr. Dutton insists his daughter did not commit suicide because she loved life and loved her two children.
Almost a year after Lasonya died, he finally received the autopsy report.
“My family and I believe she was murdered. That autopsy report says you can’t rule out a third party and it goes on to say it’s been thoroughly investigated,” Mr Dutton said. Adelaide advertiser.
“I don’t know how the police come to the conclusion that a full investigation has been done.”
‘I’m shocked, to be honest. My family knows it, and half of Wilcannia knows it… I’m ready to explode.”
Lasonya’s uncle Merle Dutton was the one who made the gruesome discovery in the family’s backyard.
Wilcannia Lasonya Dutton was found dead in her family’s backyard in March 2022
The NSW Coroners Court is now investigating the tragic death of Lasonya Dutton
He went outside and at first thought the dog was eating a kangaroo.
“I didn’t think anything of it until I got a little closer, then I realized it was human. I just ran out screaming and screaming.
He claims that the police never took a formal statement from him, despite him being the one who found Lasonya’s body.
Keith Dutton is baffled at how his daughter was able to lie in the backyard for so long without her family seeing her, especially since the house was a drop-in center for the locals.
He claims he was told by a neighbor that they saw two people appear and try to enter Lasonya’s house the night before her body was found.
It was also rumored that people saw Lasonya being attacked on the Friday night she was last seen, and that a bloodied knife was found at the local oval.
Mr Dutton went to police with these allegations, but claims officers ‘didn’t want to hear it’.
The NSW Coroner’s Court has since taken over the investigation from the police and is working on a corona investigation.
NSW Police maintain they have investigated several lines of inquiry into Lasonya’s death and have contacted the family on multiple occasions during the investigation.
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