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Shane Jackson allegedly killed his ex Rebecca Walker, 45, and took his own life The 48-year-old has been identified as a stocky man with distinctive dreadlocks Their five-year-old son discovered the bodies after the alleged murder-suicide Police are treating Ms Walkers death as suspicious while Jacksons death is not  Ms Walker was a victim of domestic violence, according to her sister 

Detectives investigating the death of a loving mother are probing whether there was a history of domestic violence in her relationship with her former partner.   Rebecca Walker, 46, was found dead alongside a 48-year-old man inside her Fulham Road unit in Gulliver, Townsville, on Tuesday in a murder-suicide. Her five-year-old son, the youngest of three siblings, uncovered the bodies and walked hundreds of metres to his uncles house to raise the alarm.    Police on Thursday confirmed Ms Walk...

A loving mother-of-three has been identified as the victim of a tragic murder suicide after her five-year-old son discovered her body inside their home. Rebecca Walker, 46, was found alongside her former partner inside her Fulham Road unit in Gulliver, Townsville, about 9.15am on Tuesday. She had only moved in to the apartment about six weeks ago and was starting fresh with her five-year-old.  But the little boy, the youngest of three siblings, has been left traumatised after he found Ms Walke...

A five-year-old boy walked hundreds of metres to call for help after waking up to find his parents dead from a suspected murder-suicide.   The boy walked through the streets of Townsville, in North Queensland, to the home of his uncle after making the grim discovery on Tuesday morning. Hes attended an address and provided some information, very limited, that resulted in other people going and identifying that two people were deceased in the other house, Detective Inspector David Miles said. ...

Five-year-old boy walks hundreds of metres for help after finding parents dead inside Townsville home A five-year-old boy has walked hundreds of metres for help after finding his parents dead inside a Townsville home. About 9.15am police were called to a property on Fulham Road at Gulliver and discovered the bodies of the 48-year-old man and 46-year-old woman. Police say their five-year-old son left the home and raised the alarm with family in another suburb. When they arrived at the home they ...

A five-year-old boy has found his parents dead inside his home in North Queensland after a suspected murder-suicide.  Police found the bodies of a man and a woman - together with their uninjured son - after being called to a property on Fulham Road in Gulliver, Townsville, about 9.15am on Tuesday. Authorities havent ruled out the involvement of another person, but early indications suggest only the man and woman were involved in the deaths, Detective Inspector David Miles told reporters. He sa...

Suspected homicide investigation underway in Townsville after 5yo son finds bodies of parents TueTuesday 22 updated TueTuesday 22 Officers were called to the address on Fulham Road at Gulliver after 9:00am. ( Share Print text only Cancel Queensland police say the five-year-old son of a couple who were found dead in a Townsville home on Tuesday morning alerted neighbours to his parents deaths. Key points: The death of a man and a woman at a Townsville home is being treated as a suspected homicid...

Police are investigating the possibility of a murder-suicide after a man and a woman were found dead inside a home in Townsville. Officers were called to the property on Fulham Road in the inner suburb of Gulliver at about 9.15am on Tuesday, following the discovery of two bodies. The pair, aged in their 40s, were believed to be known to each other.  Townsville Superintendent Glen Pointing said he could not provide specific details on the deaths but detectives were investigating numerous scena...