Skull of child or small person may have been deliberately placed in Gold Coast park, police say

Bushwalker's discovery in Springbrook national park leaves Queensland police with a lot of questions we need answers for'

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A skull found in a national park may belong to a child and appears to have been deliberately placed in the rainforest.

Police are investigating after a bushwalker made the gruesome discovery about 10 metres from a track in Springbrook national park on the Gold Coast on Friday morning.

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