Overview
- Police conducting a welfare check at a Stock Road home in Dimbulah found a fire with suspected human remains on the property.
- Officers put out the blaze and tried to recover the remains, which senior detectives described as a confronting scene.
- A 37-year-old Dimbulah man was arrested in Mareeba and charged with murder and misconduct with a corpse, recorded as domestic violence offences.
- Detectives say the victim was an older male relative by marriage who lived at the home, and they will allege the body was burned after death.
- The accused remains in custody ahead of a Mareeba Magistrates Court appearance, and police are asking Dimbulah residents to share any information.