The mother of a murdered Australian teenager whose body was never found has endured yet more heartbreak at the hands of a psychic.
Hayley Dodd, 17, went missing in 1999 while hitchhiking to Badgingarra, Western Australia. Convicted rapist Francis John Wark was convicted of her murder in January.
Wark has never revealed the location of Hayley's body.
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Her mother, Margaret Dodd, was given false hope when a psychic said Hayley had been buried in a specific spot 5km away from killer Wark's home.
The psychic claimed to have had dreams about the alleged burial site for 10 years, and she convinced Mrs Dodd to search the area for Hayley.
"What choice did we have?" Mrs Dodd told 7 News. "We started digging."
When shovels proved insufficient in turning over the hard dirt, heavy machinery was brought to the site. Mrs Dodd's grandchildren joined the search, digging to find the aunt they had never met.
There was a moment of hope when specially-trained dogs picked up a scent in the area.
But in another devastating blow for the family, there was no sign of a body anywhere.
Mrs Dodd says she won't be trying to find Hayley again because she can't cope with the pain of another disappointment.
"It put me really, really down."
She told 7 News that she doubts Wark will ever tell anyone where he buried her daughter.
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