Queensland police believe a woman who died in a suspicious incident involving a ride-on lawnmower at her property west of Brisbane was murdered. Psychologist Frances Crawford was found dead at the bottom of a retaining wall on her Lockyer Valley property in the early hours of Tuesdays.
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00:00Police say they now believe that 49-year-old psychologist Frances Crawford was murdered.
00:08Emergency services arrived at her Upper Lockyer Valley property west of Brisbane at 3.37am on July 30.
00:16There they found Ms Crawford deceased.
00:19Police say that her husband Robert Crawford was the one who made the triple zero call.
00:24Today in a bombshell police press conference they revealed that they believed Mr Crawford had been speaking with multiple women overseas but also within Australia on dating apps.
00:34They have put an appeal out to those women to come forward and give information saying that any information, even the smallest bit of information can be critical in this investigation.
00:45Mr Crawford may have met these women on dating applications and through his personal and professional life.
00:53We can say that Mr Crawford has connected with women nationally and internationally.
00:58Specifically Italy, United States of America, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Afghanistan, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and nationally in Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
01:17It has previously been revealed that police were called to their Upper Lockyer Valley property in July 2023, a year before Ms Crawford's death.
01:26Today it was revealed that that was to respond to a domestic violence related call but there was no AVOs in place.
01:33Police believe at this stage that no other person was involved in Ms Crawford's death but refuse to say whether Robert Crawford was a suspect.
01:42It's important to note that he hasn't been arrested and no charges have been laid.