Australia - Frances Crawford 49, found dead after suspicious lawn mower accident in Queensland.

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Trooper said:
His take home pay would be about $125.000.00..... hers, around $110.000.00 AU dollars... He must have thought he could cut the income by half and still be ahead......

Sherele Moody's site has Frances down as the 63rd woman murdered this year , in AU.... ... I once predicted it would be 70 by Christmas, I may have been optimistic... :mad: :mad::mad:


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If she was doing psychologist reports for the courts her income would be a lot higher.
 
TootsieFootsie said:

Ride-on mower death: Cops probe 3am triple-zero call as murder investigation announced​


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Well, at least we now know that he did see Frances alive sometime that evening. He did not just come home to a wife who had become deceased when mowing the lawn sometime earlier that day. Frances was alive in the evening.


“I’ve outlined Mr Crawford has assisted police with their inquiries and, to this date, we believe he’s the last person who had probably seen her alive that evening.
“That’s the information we have at the moment.”

(from your link)
 
I suppose it's possible that it happened like this - they maybe had dinner together, or at least saw each other, then he went out. Maybe they had argued. Either he stormed off, or went to the pub, or was meeting some mates, whatever. It was still light, so she decided to mow the lawn. There was an accident and she died. When he returned, there was nothing to hear (I believe ride-ons' engines stop when they roll), and nothing to see (it was now dark, and anyway Frances and the mower were both on the downhill side of the wall.) It was late, and he assumed she had gone to bed. He did whatever, maybe watched some TV. That might take an hour or two. Then he went to bed, and noticed that she wasn't there. If they had argued before, he might have assumed that she was sleeping in another room, or even had left him. So maybe after a while he started looking for her, all through the house, then in the garage where her vehicle still was. Then started looking around the property, and finally found her. And by this time it was after 3am. Fairly believable - BUT why haven't we heard this explanation?
 
Kemug said:
I suppose it's possible that it happened like this - they maybe had dinner together, or at least saw each other, then he went out. Maybe they had argued. Either he stormed off, or went to the pub, or was meeting some mates, whatever. It was still light, so she decided to mow the lawn. There was an accident and she died. When he returned, there was nothing to hear (I believe ride-ons' engines stop when they roll), and nothing to see (it was now dark, and anyway Frances and the mower were both on the downhill side of the wall.) It was late, and he assumed she had gone to bed. He did whatever, maybe watched some TV. That might take an hour or two. Then he went to bed, and noticed that she wasn't there. If they had argued before, he might have assumed that she was sleeping in another room, or even had left him. So maybe after a while he started looking for her, all through the house, then in the garage where her vehicle still was. Then started looking around the property, and finally found her. And by this time it was after 3am. Fairly believable - BUT why haven't we heard this explanation?
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I guess it depends on what time they call "the evening". Sunset in Upper Lockyer on 29th July was at 5:22pm (Frances was reported deceased at 3:37am on 30th July IIRC).

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They have jogged along for, what... 25 years?? He' says in his promotion of himself, he likes juggling, and he's been juggling women all over the world, and , as anyone could have foreseen , one of those women may have taken matters into her own hand, taken him really seriously.

Suddenly, one night, some catalyst provokes a catastrophe. what was it? some horrid letter from the Au Tax Office? some dreadful long overdue bill from the local council? or maybe, he got a phone call at work that day, one of his 'relationships' was landing in Townsville that tomorrow afternoon, all ready for the civil ceremony with him, she's flying in from Guam, ( a US female Navy nurse at Hagåtña, who he's been fooling about with, via tiktok for months, among so many others ) ... he panics, he leaves work, and rushes home to find that Frances has had a call from the same woman, wanting to know if 'the staff' at 'his ' place can get the grounds ready for her and Rob's matrimonials... . ....


Well.. , in this scenario, things go south very quickly.. Frances lays out for him what he stands to lose, ( 1/2 the property, 1/2 his superannuation, 1/2 his insurance, 1/2 his stocks and shares etc , it's all too much ) he kills Frances, tries to disguise the murder with the motor mower, making it out to be an unfortunate domestic accident....
 
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From a news article back on 1st August, 2024:-

“Mr Crawford is a RAAF cargo plane pilot and Squadron Leader - a senior role and the equivalent of a Major in the Army - who operates out of the Royal Australian Air Force base at Amberley, about 8km southwest of Ipswich.

Over the past two decades, the couple have lived around Australia - including in Sydney, Adelaide and in Queensland - as Sqn Ldr Crawford worked numerous roles within Australian Defence Force.”

www.dailymail.co.uk

Family speak as cops swoop on home of mum killed in lawnmower horror

Frances Crawford, aged in her 40s, was found dead at her home on Thomas Road at Upper Lockyer, southeast Queensland, at 3.40am on Tuesday.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk

And Frances kept working while staying by his side throughout the moves for his work, in Sydney, Adelaide and Queensland. Which probably suited him…

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Trooper said:
www.abc.net.au

'Murdered' Queensland mum's home pops up on Airbnb as 'absolute bush paradise'

The belongings of Frances Crawford, who police say was murdered, were cleared from her home in the weeks after her death, before her husband advertised it on Airbnb.
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'Within weeks of her death, Ms Crawford's belongings were removed from the home and Mr Crawford listed it for rent on Airbnb, describing it as a luxury retreat.

The listing reads: "Beautiful luxury house in secluded bush outlook. No expense spared. It's simply bush paradise and you will feel the stress melt away."

Real Estate as a motive for murder. Mr. Crawford moved fast, out with the Chesterfield, off to the tip with the wife's clothes and baggage, up with the BNB advertisement. And then sit back and 'feel the stress melt away' !!! perfect.
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I seem to be unique here , in as much as I feel it is very suspicious she was mowing at night and he is implicated and yet I actually see some logic in his moving out their personal possessions so as to let out the home

He probably has a bunch of debt his income doesn’t cover and her salary is no longer there holding up the fort, he uses his equity to raise money as he knows the fees that are to come

Maybe even a lawyer on retainer has suggested he raise cash to pay them..,, however the police must have I hope allowed him to open the space as evidence taking was complete

The adult kids must feel awful and I wonder will the charge against him stick ?
 
www.abc.net.au

'Murdered' Queensland mum's home pops up on Airbnb as 'absolute bush paradise'

The belongings of Frances Crawford, who police say was murdered, were cleared from her home in the weeks after her death, before her husband advertised it on Airbnb.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au

Superintendent Marchesini said that a year earlier, in July 2023, officers had attended the Upper Lockyer property "in regards to a call for service" relating to domestic and family violence.
 
Rumination1 said:
I seem to be unique here , in as much as I feel it is very suspicious she was mowing at night and he is implicated and yet I actually see some logic in his moving out their personal possessions so as to let out the home

He probably has a bunch of debt his income doesn’t cover and her salary is no longer there holding up the fort, he uses his equity to raise money as he knows the fees that are to come

Maybe even a lawyer on retainer has suggested he raise cash to pay them..,, however the police must have I hope allowed him to open the space as evidence taking was complete

The adult kids must feel awful and I wonder will the charge against him stick ?
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Gotta say, the mowing at 3am is certainly a huge red flag..

If it was the only thing, it would still be so outstandingly a red flag just on it's own, but allied with the other stuff, the harem he has gathered unto himself , his absences away from home AllIED with the far flung harem, the previous visit by police on a domestic violence call out, . ( the location of their home presupposes that one of them called the police, not a nosy neighbor or passerby , which one called could be significant ) .. there is a pattern establishing itself on the surface there with this little that is known. ...
 
Rumination1 said:
I seem to be unique here , in as much as I feel it is very suspicious she was mowing at night and he is implicated and yet I actually see some logic in his moving out their personal possessions so as to let out the home

He probably has a bunch of debt his income doesn’t cover and her salary is no longer there holding up the fort, he uses his equity to raise money as he knows the fees that are to come

Maybe even a lawyer on retainer has suggested he raise cash to pay them..,, however the police must have I hope allowed him to open the space as evidence taking was complete

The adult kids must feel awful and I wonder will the charge against him stick ?
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It is always disturbing when a husband whose wife may have/probably died at his hands uses her half of their assets to pay for his defence.

I guess he could sell his baby grand piano to pay a lawyer's retainer.

imo
 
Most likely , she would have been heavily insured, self insured because of her profession, and he would have insurance on her because of her income into the family coffers, ... be interesting to know if she did have, and has he collected on it..
 
Trooper said:
Most likely , she would have been heavily insured, self insured because of her profession, and he would have insurance on her because of her income into the family coffers, ... be interesting to know if she did have, and has he collected on it..
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I doubt he will be able to collect on it at this point in time. I think he has been under suspicion since Day One.

imo
 
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