Locals speak out after suspected ‘human remains’ found at construction site

Suspected human remains have been found at a construction site on Sydney’s northern beaches.

A NSW Police spokesperson said officers attended a construction site on South Creek Road, Cromer, about 10.45am on Wednesday and several bones had been unearthed.

“The bones have been taken for forensic examination to determine whether they are human,” the spokesperson said. “The investigation continues.”

Sources told Daily Mail Australia that police had asked local residents not to discuss the discovery and that workers had been told not to return to the site.

Locals had heard that a skull was among the bones found during the renovation of a building, and that the remains indicated evidence of murder.

The subjects of a number of infamous missing persons cases were last seen in the Northern Beaches area.

Mother-of-two Lynette Simms vanished without a trace from the Bayview home she shared with husband Chris Dawson in January 1982.

Cromer is about 8 miles (12 km) south of Bayview and 8 miles (13 km) south of Newport, where 18-year-old Trudie Adams disappeared in February 1978.

There is no evidence at this stage that the bones could belong to Mrs Simms or Mrs Adams.

Chris Dawson was found guilty of his wife’s murder in August 2022 and sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison.