Nadire Sensoy's family are reliving their grief after police discovered human remains thought to belong to the mother who disappeared nearly eight years ago.
Police have been searching for the 71-year-old woman since she vanished from her Prospect home in western Sydney in 2018.
On Thursday morning, NSW Police found what they believe to be her body.
Her children were informed soon after.
"There were very mixed emotions," Mount Druitt Police Area commander Darrin Batchelor told reporters on Friday.
"They did get comfort that her body had been located, but obviously with the emotions of reliving what had happened to their mother, they were quite upset at the same time."
The remains were discovered in a shallow grave dug into a creek bed a few metres from Powers Road in Seven Hills.