SA police release video in bones inquiry

South Australian police hope footage of a suitcase by the Karoonda Highway will bring in information on dumped bones of a girl found in July.

The Karoonda Highway.

Police hope footage of a suitcase by the Karoonda Highway will help identify a body found there. (AAP)

Police have released dashcam video footage in an attempt to identify the remains of a young girl found dumped alongside a highway east of Adelaide.

The footage shows a suitcase sitting in dirt by the bitumen of the Karoonda Highway near the small town of Wynarka.

Police believe the girl's remains had been placed in the suitcase and dumped in the area, though the bones had been removed and left nearby by the time they were discovered in July.

Clothing and other items were also found.

Since then, all efforts to identify the girl, aged between two-and-half and four, have drawn a blank.

More than 400 homes have been visited, 380 cars stopped and thousands of people spoken to, with detectives ruling out 135 children considered potential victims.

A police spokesman said the release of the video will hopefully help with the ongoing appeal for information and keep the investigation in people's minds.

WYNARKA GIRL

* Likely born between 2005-06

* Caucasian with fair hair

* Killed at another location after 2007

* Remains found dumped about 2km from Wynarka on July 14


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