Qld: Man to be questioned after mother found dead

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2008
Qld: Man to be questioned after mother found dead

BRISBANE, Feb 10 AAP - A man found in bushland not far from where his mother's body
was found yesterday will be interviewed by north Queensland police.

Colin Wilson, 68, and his mother Ida, 92, were reported missing when Mr Wilson failed
to return his mother to her Mareeba nursing home after an afternoon drive on Thursday.

Ms Wilson's body was found yesterday, close to her son's four-wheel drive, about 20km
east of Mareeba, at Davies Creek off the Kennedy Highway.

Police are treating her death as suspicious.

Mr Wilson wandered across a search party at Davies Creek about 7.30am (AEST) today.

Acting Detective Inspector Brad Eaton said he had been taken to Mareeba Hospital for
medical treatment.

"He spent close to three days in the scrub so he has some minor injuries and is extremely
tired," Insp Eaton told AAP.

Mr Wilson will be questioned after he receives treatment, Insp Eaton said.

"He is a person of interest as he was the last person to see his mother alive, and
we need to find out what transpired over the last couple of days," he said.

The pair were expected at a family celebration to mark Ms Wilson's 92nd birthday on Friday.

A post mortem on her body is expected to reveal a cause of death tomorrow.

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