The boyfriend of a 44-year-old woman found dead in north Queensland has been charged with the mother-of-four’s murder.
The woman’s body was discovered by teenagers on quad bikes in bushland at Bluewater in Townsville on Saturday.
The Deeragun man was charged with one count of murder (domestic violence offence) on Tuesday, police said.
Police believe the woman had recently moved to the area and the relationship with the man was quite recent.
The man was also charged over an alleged weekend incident south of Proserpine.
Police believe the man discharged a shotgun into a passing vehicle travelling south on the Bruce Highway near Yalboroo about 11.30am on Sunday.
The man had been driving back and forth “erratically” on the highway before firing a shot that hit the back of the other vehicle’s driver’s side door and roof, police say.
The other vehicle’s driver was not injured.
The 38-year-old man was taken into custody without incident at a service station in Proserpine on Sunday evening and transferred to Mackay.
He has been charged with acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to the alleged shot fired.
The man was also charged with stealing, with police alleging he failed to pay for fuel at Giru service station south of Townsville on Saturday.
He will appear in the Mackay Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Police on Tuesday released video footage of the car believed to be linked to the woman’s death and the alleged highway shooting.
Police asked anyone with dashcam vision of a red 1997 Corolla hatch seen in Bluewater on Saturday, which travelled south to Proserpine between 10.30am and 11.30am on Sunday, to come forward.
Police also appealed to anyone who saw the car being driven in the vicinity of Midge Point Road, Bloomsbury and the Bruce Highway around Yalboroo, Calen and Mount Ossa in the Mackay region.
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