61-Year-Old Woman Arrested for Alleged Murder of Woman Whose Body Was Found Buried in Apartment Wall

A 61-year-old woman was arrested in Australia in connection with the murder of Tanya Glover, a woman who was found dead in the basement of an apartment complex in 2022.

Detective Inspector John Mison said in a press conference, shared by the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC), that the 61-year-old woman — who was not identified — was arrested by police in Townsville, Queensland on Thursday, March 27.

The 61-year-old woman was charged with murder, misconduct with a corpse and fraud, according to Nine News.

Mison said that detectives believed the woman murdered Glover, 38, in January 2010 and then moved her body into a “crawl space underneath a unit block” located in Brisbane, per ABC, Nine News and News.com.au. 

He said that is where Glover’s body, wrapped tightly in clothing and bedding, was found by cleaners on Dec. 7, 2022 and first reported to police. Mison said that after the discovery, “extensive forensic analysis was conducted” in order to identify the body until Aug. 2, 2023, when investigators were finally able to confirm Glover’s identity. 

“I’ve been in the police for 35 years — I’ve never come across anything like this,” Mison said, per News.com.au. “At the heart of this investigation, it was about uncovering what had happened to Tanya many years ago. She deserves that justice.”

“Our detectives were relentless in their complex investigations, collecting information from over a decade ago,” said Mison, per ABC.

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He said that their investigation found that the two women “were living at a location in the same complex,” though “probably” not “together.” He added, per ABC, “We’ve identified that the association was based on a friendship.”

Mison noted that Glover’s family has been notified of her death, adding, per the outlet, “They’re obviously grateful for today’s events … and obviously I could well imagine they’ve got a lot of emotions occurring.”

Glover had reportedly fallen out of contact with her parents prior to her death and so she was never reported missing. Police said, per ABC, that she had been renting out a unit for people living with a disability in Brisbane — more than 3 miles away from where her body was found — around the time of her death.

A year after Glover’s remains were found, detectives announced a $500,000 reward for information that led to a conviction in connection to Glover’s murder, the outlet reported.

The 61-year-old woman is scheduled to appear in Townsville Magistrates Court on Saturday, March 29, per News.com.au.