Police charge Deeragun man with murder over Bluewater death

Police have charged a Deeragun man with the murder of a Townsville mother after she was found dead in bushland at Bluewater.

POLICE have charged a Deeragun man with the murder of Tania Trickey, after she was found dead in bushland at Bluewater.

The 38-year-old man allegedly murdered the woman on Saturday, August 13.

Ms Trickey was found by a group of teenagers who were quadbiking in the area.

Police have also charged the man with acts to intent to cause grievous bodily harm, after he allegedly fired a shotgun at a vehicle in Yalboroo on Sunday.

Police have also charged the man with one count of stealing after he allegedly failed to pay for fuel at Giru service station on August 13.

He will appear in the Mackay Magistrates Court tomorrow, August 17.

This comes after police appealed for dashcam footage of a car that could be linked with the death of Ms Trickey.

The Deeragun man was taken into custody in Proserpine on Sunday night.

Ms Trickey was a 44-year-old mother of four.

Police have asked the public for dashcam vision of a red 1997 Toyota Corolla hatch with a red spoiler that was seen in Bluewater on Saturday and travelling south of Proserpine on Sunday.

Police are appealing for anyone with dashcam who was on or in the vicinity of Bluewater Drive, Jaloonda Road including the Jaloonda Road boat ramp at Althaus Creek and the Bruce Highway between Bluewater and Deeragun between 10.30am and 11.30am on Saturday, August 13 to contact police.

Police are also appealing for anyone with dashcam who was in the vicinity of Midge Point Road, Bloomsbury and the Bruce Highway in the vicinity of Bloomsbury, Yalboroo, Calen and Mount Ossa (about 40kms south of Proserpine) between 11.30am and midday on Sunday August 14.

Townsville Crime Services Inspector Jason Shepherd asked anyone in or around those two locations with dashcam or CCTV to contact police.

“The community plays such an important role in providing information, dashcam or CCTV. We are urging anyone who may have been in Bluewater on Saturday or south of Proserpine on Sunday to please check their dashcam vision,” Inspector Shepherd said.

“The sudden death of the woman in Bluewater on Saturday is a tragedy. We are urging anyone with dashcam or information to contact police.”

Originally published as Police charge Deeragun man with murder over Bluewater death