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Fourth person at Southport unit the afternoon Bronson ‘Lizard Man’ Ellery and Shelsea Schilling died

POLICE are searching for a fourth person believed to have been inside the Southport unit the afternoon “Lizard Man” Bronson Ellery and Shelsea Schilling died.

Bronson Ellery.
Bronson Ellery.

POLICE are searching for a fourth person believed to have been inside the Southport unit the afternoon “Lizard Man” Bronson Ellery and Shelsea Schilling died.

On Wednesday evening, after a mystery female witness came forward to speak with police, officers raided a Pimpama property.

The witness, who spoke with police in relation to the two deaths said she had seen Mr Ellery violently attack Ms Schilling in the apartment last Friday.

Shelsea Schilling and Bronson Ellery.
Shelsea Schilling and Bronson Ellery.

Multiple sources close to the investigation confirmed police were looking for a fourth man who was also at the Johnston St unit the afternoon the pair were found slain.

Late yesterday police refused to comment on the investigation.

This comes as Ms Schilling’s heartbroken mother Bonnie Markwell Mobbs yesterday announced she would bury her daughter on Monday.

Tribute flowers at the scene where the bodies of former Bandido bikie Bronson Ellery and his ex-girlfriend Shelsea Schilling were discovered. Picture: AAP Image/E Jackson
Tribute flowers at the scene where the bodies of former Bandido bikie Bronson Ellery and his ex-girlfriend Shelsea Schilling were discovered. Picture: AAP Image/E Jackson

On social media yesterday, Ms Markwell Mobbs hit back at claims Ms Schilling, 20, had rekindled her relationship with the ex-Bandidos bikie.

The mother said she was furious after it was revealed a woman saw Mr Ellery, 24, attack Ms Schilling in the Southport unit on the day she died.

Shelsea Schilling (right) and Bronson Ellery were both found dead inside a Southport unit. Photo: Supplied
Shelsea Schilling (right) and Bronson Ellery were both found dead inside a Southport unit. Photo: Supplied

Ms Schilling’s body showed signs of a head injury and asphyxiation.

“This lady watched our beautiful Shelsea being abused and assaulted and die, then left her there and didn’t call the police or ambulance,” Ms Markwell Mobbs wrote on Facebook.

“Then only to say something one week later. WTF.

“They were NOT a couple. Yes there was a DV order on Bronson and was breached.

The scene where the bodies of former Bandido bikie Bronson Ellery and his ex-girlfriend Shelsea Schilling were discovered. Picture: AAP Image/E Jackson
The scene where the bodies of former Bandido bikie Bronson Ellery and his ex-girlfriend Shelsea Schilling were discovered. Picture: AAP Image/E Jackson

“Shelsea did not take her own life. Shelsea suffered a severe blow to her head then was suffocated.”

Ms Markwell Mobbs said her daughter never planned to run away with her former lover, whom she had taken a DV order out against in September last year.

“Shelsea was never going to runaway with that monster,” the grieving mother said.

“The day before Shelsea went missing she brought a lunch box and folder for work and all her belongings are in place. There will be justice for our daughter.”

Shelsea Schilling and Bronson Ellery, posted to his Solitary_Son twitter account in December, 2015.
Shelsea Schilling and Bronson Ellery, posted to his Solitary_Son twitter account in December, 2015.

Ms Schilling’s sister, Chloe Schilling, also took to Facebook saying, “The truth is out, Bronson Ellery assaulted and then murdered my beautiful sister in his Southport apartment”.

“You not only took away a sister but a best friend and I hope you rot in hell,” she wrote.

Ms Schilling’s funeral will be held on Monday at Integrity Funerals, Parkwood at noon. She will be buried at Southport Lawn Cemetery.

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