Toyah Cordingley's grieving dad - who found her naked body on a beach exactly two years ago - shares gut-wrenching message to his daughter
A Queensland father who found his daughter's naked body on a beach two years ago has shared an emotional tribute on the anniversary of her death.
Toyah Cordingley's was found dead with 'visible violent injuries' at Wangetti Beach, 40km north of Cairns in Far North Queensland on October 21, 2018.
The 24-year-old's battered and bruised body was discovered in sand dunes by her father Troy almost 12 hours after she was reported missing.
Mr Cordingley on Wednesday penned a gutwrenching tribute to his daughter on the two-year anniversary of her death.
'Two years, it seems like yesterday, it seems like one hundred years. I had a million things to say, but now I don't seem to be able to,' Mr Cordingley wrote.
Troy Cordingley (pictured with daughter Toyah) found her daughter's battered and bruised body in October 2018
Mr Cordingley posted an emotional tribute to the slain 24-year-old on Facebook on Wednesday
'I miss you more than life itself, I would trade places with you in an instant. I am now half the person I used to be, you are my world.
'You are all the love, joy and happiness I have ever known, you taught me to be a better person. Without you everything seems pointless.
'I love you Toyah, my bright eyes, my world.'
No charges have been laid over Ms Cordingley's death, who last seen walking her dog along the beach the day before.
Rajwinder Singh, who fled to his native India the same day she died, is a key person of interest but no arrest warrant or Interpol 'red alert' has been issued by Australian police.
The community joined Ms Cordingley's loved ones at a memorial set up at Wangetti Beach in her honour on Wednesday.
Rajwinder Singh is a key person of interest in the death of Toyah Cordingley
No charges have been laid for Ms Cordingley's death as her family and friends continue their fight for justice
Stickers were handed out emblazoned with Toyah's name, along with the poignant message 'The community will never give up'.
'People don't forget,' family friend Wayne 'Prong' Trimble told 7NEWS.com.au.
'It was first shock, then a bit of disbelief. It's been anger since then.
Mr Trimble said her 'very hurt' loved ones are still reeling from the tragedy two years on.
'The police won't give up. The community will never give up. It's just something that takes time,' he vowed.
Internationally renowned filmmaker Tony Gordon has compiled a short documentary about Ms Cordingley and the search for her killer, which will be screened publicly for the first time on Wednesday night.
He has already showed the documentary to her mother Vanessa and stepfather Darren.
'My motivation was to illustrate Toyah as a person, what she was doing and how she represented herself,' Mr Gordon told the Cairns Post.
'I want to bring the community back together, let's galvanise ourselves and let's get closure for the family.'
Mr Trimble remains hopeful the case will finally be solved.
'Just leave it with the authorities because at the end of the day they’re the ones who are going to make an arrest. You’ve got to put yourself in (her family’s) position and that’s where they’re at,' he told the publication.
Mr Cordingley also paid a heartfelt tribute to his daughter on the first anniversary of her death last year.
'I can not be more proud of the beautiful person in heart and soul that she has become,' he wrote on Facebook.
Toyah often walked her dog along Wangetti Beach, which is where she was last seen alive
'She lives in memory now and forever will.
'Justice will come.
'It may take time, but it will not bring her back.'
Ms Cordingley's family recently revealed they still had no answers and all they had been told was Singh was 'wanted for questioning'.
It's believed Singh nurse quit his full-time nursing job at Innisfail Hospital, abandoned his wife and child and fled to India the day her body was found.
It's understood to be extremely difficult to extradite fugitives from India.
'Even if he is found and a warrant for his arrest is released, the likelihood of getting him extradited to Australia will be a very long and drawn out process,' cousin Rachelle Foss posted on social media in August.
She then criticised Queensland Police for their handling of the operation.
A police spokesman said detectives were still working 'tirelessly' on the case but have faced a number of challenges.
Friends and family gathered at Wangetti Beach on Wednesday to remember Toyah Cordingley
Police added they were continuously liaising with the family.
More than 100 people gathered to unveil a memorial on the first anniversary of her death, not far from the spot where she was killed.
Days later, heartless vandals tore down a banner with Ms Cordingley's face on it on it and tossed trinkets left at the site by loved ones in a nearby bin.
The original Toyah poster signed by members of the community was presented to her family at the beach memorial on Wednesday.
The site also has a memorial stone and an area for visitors to sit on.
The small beachside community of just 14 houses was rocked by Ms Cordingley's death.
'My wife won't walk around by herself anymore. It's changed people's ways, their lives,' Mr Trimble told Daily Mail Australia at the time.
'Out at Wangetti, there's a little township. They were very free and easy living people, and now they've all bought security screens and doors, it's changed the way they lived.'
Timeline of Toyah Cordingley's murder at Wangetti beach
12-1pm, October 21: Toyah Cordingley goes shopping at Rusty's Markets in downtown Cairns
12.40pm: She is filmed on CCTV crossing Sheridan Street near the markets
1pm: Ms Cordingley goes to her home in Cairns, where she may have changed her clothes, before driving out at 1.30pm
1.20pm: A family of four is seen having a picnic at Wangetti beach. Police have made multiple requests for them to come forward with information.
2pm: Ms Cordingley's 2009 blue Mistubishi Lancer with the number plate 'TOY 146' is seen in Clifton Beach, about half way to Wangetti
2-2.30pm: Ms Cordingley arrives at Wangetti beach and parks in the southern car park. She takes her boyfriend's dog Jersey for a walk on the sand and is not seen alive again
10.50pm: Her family report her missing after she doesn't return home
7.45am, October 22: Ms Cordingley's father Troy finds her body in the sand dunes, 800m from her car, while looking for her with a search party
