NAMED: ‘Body in the wall’ murder charges laid on Vanessa Lee Turner

A Townsville woman police believe is responsible for the cold case murder of Tanya Lee Glover, whose body spent more than 10 years hidden inside a unit’s crawl space, can finally be named.

DECEMBER 9, 2022: Police attend an Alderley unit complex in Brisbane’s north where a tightly wrapped body has been found. Picture: NCA NewsWire / John Gass

A Townsville woman police believe is responsible for the cold case murder of Tanya Lee Glover, whose body spent more than 10 years hidden inside a wall, can finally be named.

Police are pressing charges of murder, misconduct with a corpse, and fraud against 61-year-old Wulguru woman Vanessa Lee Turner.

Ms Turner was arrested by police at her Wulguru home on Friday, March 28.

Ms Turner’s charges were mentioned in Townsville Magistrates Court on Saturday, March 29, without her being present.

The Legal Aid Queensland duty lawyer representing Ms Turner asked for the case to be transferred to the Brisbane Magistrates Court.

Detectives from Hendra Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) and Crime and Intelligence Command, Homicide Investigation Unit have charged a woman in relation to the alleged 2010 murder of Tanya Lee Glover. Picture Queensland Police

The ‘body in the wall’ was discovered in 2022 when wrapped human remains were located at an Alderley unit complex in Brisbane.

After extensive forensic analysis the body was identified as Tanya Lee Glover, who police believe was likely murdered in 2010 when she was 38-years-old.

An image of deceased woman Tanya Lee Glover. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Police believe Ms Turner was a friend of Tanya Lee Glover, and will allege that after murdering her moved her body into a “void crawl space” where it went undetected for over a decade.

Ms Turner’s matter will next appear in Brisbane on June 16.

Originally published as NAMED: ‘Body in the wall’ murder charges laid on Vanessa Lee Turner