Dad Found His 24-Year-Old Daughter Stabbed on Beach, with Dog Tied to Tree Nearby — and Suspect Is Nurse

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Toyah Cordingley, 24, was attacked and fatally stabbed in Oct. 2018 when she walked on the beach with her dog

Her father found her body the next day when he was searching for her

On Monday, Nov. 17, jurors visited the beach where she was killed

The trial for the man accused of fatally stabbing a 24-year-old woman and burying her in the sand has begun with jurors visiting the isolated Australian beach where she was killed in 2018.

On Oct. 22, 2018, the body of Toyah Cordingley, 24, was found on Wangetti Beach in Far North Queensland after she had gone missing while walking her dog the Sunday afternoon before.

Her father, Troy Cordingley, went looking for her when she vanished and found her body when he was resting against a tree and saw an unusual mound in the sand.

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