Police set up crime scene after woman’s body found on Wahroonga fire trail

Despite extensive searches following the discovery of a woman’s body on a walking trail on Thursday, police are yet to work out who she is or how she died.

Mystery still surrounds the discovery of a woman’s body off a bush track on the upper north shore.

Police are still scouring the scene, more than two days after members of the public stumbled onto her remains.

Police have been unable to determine if the woman, believed to be in her 40s, died from misadventure or foul play since she was located on Thursday afternoon.

A body was discovered on a fire trail near a bridge in between Goldern Jubilee oval and cliff oval Wahroonga. Picture: John Grainger

The small bridge that she was found under — near Cliff Oval Wahroonga — and the nearby   bush were again carefully searched by police and members of the State Emergency Services on Saturday.

The area has been a crime scene for two days, with forensic officers combing over the area for any clue that may ­unravel how she met her end.

They left on Friday afternoon after SES members in gumboots trawled through the bush surrounding the area.

The area where the woman’s body was

found has been cordoned off. Picture: John Grainger

Officers found the woman, believed to be in her 40s, near Cliff Oval, which is a popular sporting ground, in North Wahroonga. Picture John Grainger

The woman has not yet been formally identified by police.

Police are currently awaiting the results on toxicology tests and a preliminary aut­opsy before doing so.

Locals say the spot is a well-known walking trail, popular with people taking their dogs for a stroll.