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Jul 06, 2012 News
(Brisbane Times) Brisbane, Australia- – The Guyanese family of a woman allegedly murdered by her son in central Queensland are trying to raise US$30,000 to have her buried in her homeland.
The body of Roxane Jones – also known as Roxane Gilbert – was found in her four-wheel-drive last Saturday in a bushland area which is popular with people for walking, motorbike riding and fishing near Gladstone.
On Tuesday, police charged her son 19-year-old Horace Jones with the murder and he has been remanded in custody until September 24, when he will appear before Gladstone Magistrate’s Court.
Police are yet to determine how Ms Jones died, but they believe she was killed last Friday, the day before her body was found.
Ms Jones and her son were both born in Guyana and the pair migrated to Australia soon after Mr. Jones’s birth. She has two other children, a five-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. Family in Guyana reportedly said that it would cost US$30,000 to fly her body to that South American country to be buried.
Ms. Jones has three brothers and three sisters living in various parts of the world, including the United States of America.
Members of her family have changed Facebook profile photos to a picture of Ms. Jones in a red dress as a tribute. “Still in disbelief, just cannot be true, someone tell me this is all a terrible mistake,” her niece wrote on Monday. Police Inspector Cal Lynch said Ms. Jones had only been living in Gladstone a few weeks when she was murdered and had moved to the town from Bundaberg, the Gladstone Observer reported. Police were this week searching Mr. Jones’s home in Cairncross Street in the suburb of Sun Valley.
Ms. Jones’ 4WD was a silver 1999 Kia Sportage, with the rear tailgate painted white, and with alloy wheels.
Ms. Jones’ corpse has been flown to Rockhampton for an autopsy, but it is not known when the results will be released.
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