Overview
- Police executed a search warrant at a home on Old Trafford Road in Bethania on Monday and uncovered human remains, leading officers to declare a crime scene.
- A 52-year-old man from Bethania and a 45-year-old woman from Windaroo have been charged with murder and interfering with a corpse and were due to appear at Brisbane Magistrates Court.
- Authorities say the discovery is linked to a 46-year-old Beenleigh man who was reported missing in March 2022 after a four-year investigation.
- Detectives from the Logan Criminal Investigation Branch have stayed at the property while forensic teams carry out evidence recovery and tests to confirm identity and establish cause and timing of death.
- Next steps are formal forensic identification, continued evidence gathering by police and criminal proceedings that could provide answers for the missing man’s family and the local community.