Tiahleigh Palmer's foster dad committed to stand trial for murder
Tiahleigh Palmer was found dead in 2015. (AAP)
The man accused of killing Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer has been committed to stand trial over her murder.
Rick Thorburn is accused of murdering 12-year-old Tiahleigh, whose decomposing body was discovered on the banks of a northern Gold Coast river six days after she went missing in October 2015.
The 57-year-old, who was the girl's foster father, successfully applied for a registry committal application at Beenleigh Magistrates Court on the murder charge on Tuesday.
He was also committed to stand trial on a count of misconduct with corpse by interfering.
Thorburn was arrested and charged in September 2016, just under a year after Tiahleigh's body was found on the banks of the Pimpama River in the northern Gold Coast.
No further date for his matter has been fixed yet.
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