Police identify body found in wall as Tanya Lee Glover

The vision and hearing impaired woman had not been reported missing but police believe her body could have been concealed behind a brick wall in the Alderley Avenue apartment for longer than a decade.

The skeletal remains were identified through the National DNA Program for Unidentified and Missing Persons after maintenance workers found Ms Glover partially buried at the unit complex.

Police said she would have been around 38-years-old when she died and officers are treating the investigation as a homicide.

"Investigations have revealed the woman has been deceased for at least seven years and her body is believed to have been at the unit block where she was located in early December, for that period of time," Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said on January 12, before the body was identified.

He said she "likely died sometime between 2009 and 2015 and although her remains have been found here, at this time we can't determine if she was killed here or elsewhere."

Police enquires suggest she moved to Queensland from New South Wales in 2006 and lived around Fortitude Valley until 2010.

"We know that the unit complex was built in 2006 and investigators have spoken to current tenants/owners and are tracking previous tenants/owners, to speak with them," Detective Superintendent Massingham said.

"We have also canvassed local residents and businesses but clearly many people would have moved into and out of Alderley Avenue and the local area over this time period."

"We are appealing to anyone who lived in Alderley Avenue or the general area during the relevant time period, who may have knowledge of the woman, or who may have lost contact with a woman as described below and thought 'I wonder what ever happened to' or 'Strange, no one has heard from...' to contact us."

Anyone who spoke with Ms Glover, particularly between 2006 and 2010, is requested to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or online.