Belangalo body linked to suitcase remains

TIMELINE OF INVESTIGATION INTO DEATHS:

* November 8, 2008: Last reported sighting of Karlie Jade Pearce-Stevenson and her daughter, Khandalyce Kiara Pearce on the Stuart Highway near Coober Pedy.

* December 2008: Unconfirmed sighting of the pair in a Canberra shopping centre.

* September 4, 2009: Ms Pearce-Stevenson's mother reports her missing but withdraws the report about a month later after she is assured that Karlie and her daughter are fine.

* August 29, 2010: Skeleton of a young woman, now identified as Ms Pearce-Stevenson, found by trail bike riders in Belanglo State Forest, the same forest that Ivan Milat murdered seven backpackers between 1989 and 1992. Near the body a shirt emblazoned with "Angelic" is found causing the media to call her Angel.

* Strike Force Hixson is established but fails to identify the woman for years, despite forensic testing and public appeals.

* July 15, 2015: A passing motorist finds remains of a small child in a suitcase, now identified as Khandalyce Kiara Pearce, on the Karoonda Highway near the small town of Wynarka, South Australia.

* October 21, 2015: Police identify and link the two cases saying that Ms Pearce-Stevenson and her daughter's identity were revealed by a call to Crime Stoppers.