Initial search efforts of nearby bushland were unsuccessful and scaled back until earlier this week when police called for information and manpower for new searches leading up to the third anniversary of her disappearance.<\/p>\n
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Alongside new technology and data, about 60 people joined the reinvigorated search on Tuesday, which led to her remains being uncovered on Thursday, exactly three years after she disappeared.<\/p>\n Paula Lindford, Baw Baw local area command Acting Inspector, said new information from a member of the public along with data provided by Uber helped narrow down a new search area.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the time, that was what he [the Uber driver] remembered … But the new information that we received gave us the new location,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cThat gave us a different point to start our search again.\u201d<\/p>\n The new search area was about 2km further north than precious efforts and utilised technology detection dogs from the Australian Federal Police.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the dogs started to have some indication that something was going on,\u201d Acting Inspector Linford said.<\/p>\n A detective investigating that area, about 80m from the road, then located a \u201cvodka bottle\u201d that Miller was known to have had in her possession at the time, leading to the discovery of her remains nearby.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a huge effort for everyone. It\u2019s been really hard going in the bush … That we were able to actually find Lucinda is an amazing achievement,\u201d Lindford said.<\/p>\n Police are not treating Miller\u2019s death as suspicious.<\/p>\n![\"Download](\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\"){kind=icon}
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