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49-Year-Old Charged With Crystal Beale's Murder in Brisbane

The charge follows months of detective work reviewing more than a thousand hours of CCTV.

Crystal Beale was found dead in the Brisbane River in February. QLD Police
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Overview

  • Queensland Police allege the West End man, described as Ms Beale’s former partner, killed her and disposed of her body in the Brisbane River.
  • He has been charged with one count of murder classified as domestic violence and one count of misconduct with a corpse.
  • He is expected to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.
  • Detectives released CCTV from a Sunnybank restaurant and combed through more than 1,000 hours of footage during the inquiry.
  • Ms Beale, 49, was last seen leaving a car on Ryan Street in West End about 9:30pm on February 21 before a rower found her body near Yeronga Reach the next morning.