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A coronial inquiry into deaths of five transgender women hears calls for system-wide reform

The family of trans woman Bridget Flack has detailed the failure of Victoria Police following her disappearance and death.

Angela Pucci Love says she believes police failed to understand ‘the level of risk’ her sister, 28-year-old Bridget Flack, faced

Share on Twitter A womans body has been discovered in Melbournes east, with police investigating if it is of a union worker who went missing 12 days ago. The body was found in bushland at Willsmere-Chandler Park in Kew East about 5.05pm on Friday. It is yet to be formally identified, but detectives are investigating whether the discovery is linked to the disappearance of Bridget Flack. Ms Flack, 28, was last seen on Lygon Street on 30 November before telling a friend she was going f...

Flack, 28, was last seen on Lygon Street on 30 November before telling a friend she was going for a walk at the Yarra Bend park. She never returned. Flack had been staying with a school friend and colleague in Carlton in the weeks before her disappearance. Her older sister, Angela Pucci Love, said their family was “forever indebted” to Melbourne’s LGBTIQ community and a Facebook group dedicated to finding the union worker and DJ. “You have included us in her world without question or ju...

"She had the awareness she wasnt feeling great," Ms Pucci Love said. "We were working very hard to get her that extra help, but sometimes those things dont come quick enough." Ms Pucci Love said her sister was a unionist and someone who always fought for what she thought was right. "She had empathy for the community around her and an interest in social justice," she said. Ms Flacks communication had not been out of the ordinary in the days leading up to her disappearance, Ms Pucci Love said, ca...