James and Daniel Baumgart have murder charges mentioned in Maryborough court

The case against two Maryborough brothers, charged with the murder of a man whose body was found down an embankment near Gympie, has returned to court.

Brothers Daniel Baumgart and James Baumgart have been charged with murder.

Two brothers, charged with the murder of a man whose body was found near Gympie, have had their charges mentioned in the Maryborough Magistrates Court.

Daniel and James Baumgart were charged with murder following the death of Brisbane’s Michael Bartley.

Police allege four men, including the two brothers, were involved in a fight at a home in John St, Maryborough, about 5pm on Sunday, November 1, 2020.

It‘s further alleged that afterwards, two of the men fled the scene in a white ute after sustaining injuries, while James was taken to Hervey Bay Hospital with a stab wound to his abdomen.

Michael Hartley, who was found deceased in a ditch on a Gympie property.

The white ute the two men allegedly used to flee the scene was found abandoned by police about 10pm that night after it crashed into a fence at a property on Burns Rd, Gympie.

At 6am on November 2, police took a 45-year-old linked to the vehicle into custody to assist them with their inquiries.

At 10am the same day, Michael Bartley, 43, was found dead down an embankment at the Gympie property.

Daniel Baumgart was arrested in Mackay after an alleged manhunt.

Both brothers remain in custody.

Appearing on behalf of James Baumgart in Maryborough Magistrates Court on Monday, lawyer Morgan Harris said the defence was still waiting on a large amount of material to be disclosed including DNA evidence.

The brothers had their charges adjourned until September 28 for committal mention.