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

[Trooper]

I like it that the QLDPOL ladies, and they look like the kind of no nonsense ladies that men who like being flogged have fantasies about , were sent out to bring him in... .

 

[Marg944]

Pillow and crumpled sheet on that couch. Maybe it was an early morning arrest - to catch him unaware - and he was sleeping on the couch.

Close up of the clock shows it to be about 6am…

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/crime/husband-arrested-over-rideon-mower-death-of-frances-elizabeth-crawford/news-story/3065baa113534ea1dbcad996a11ea293

 

[Charlot123]

Men who would rather cheat, lie, manipulate and murder rather than get a divorce make me beyond angry.

Weak as can be.

Fingers crossed this investigation is top notch, sounds like it already is and this man, if proven guilty of murder will end up exactly where he should

IMO

Makes me wonder, since she was a local in Toowoomba, if the property is hers, or if the land belonged to her family. If they have been married for a long time, it is very likely, because 20 years ago, from my viewpoint, life in Australia was quite affordable, but today, not so much. So what was a small inland city has suddenly become an attractive destination, and an expensive one, too. I think this might be the whole story in a nutshell, sadly. If he had a girl in every port, that doesn’t speak “a huge, unexpected, secret love.” It means “a man prone to affairs on the budget.” Greed. JMO.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I wonder if that was where he usually slept, alone on a couch.

If that is the property where Frances died, maybe the bedroom has bad memories for him.
Perhaps that's where IT happened

I hope they go over that house with everything they have.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Did anyone keep any screen shots from the Airbnb ?

 

[Charlot123]

In spite of being so good-looking and multi-talented (are you listening mate?) he is lacking a certain something - oops, where do I start? Fidelity, kindness, morals, the ability to keep a woman safe, etc, etc. A very ugly inside.

Honestly? I think his attic is sparsely furnished, tbh. RAAF has pulled his photos off the websites from the get go, indicating that they were washing hands off the oncoming scandal. Predictably, they did not enjoy the worldwide publicity. What should one do under the circumstances? Keep quiet. What did RC do? Happily made the Airbnb listing for the house that’s the very scene of a suspicious death with an ad that looked like a page from a dating site.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Happily made the Airbnb listing for the house that’s the very scene of a suspicious death with an ad that looked like a page from a dating site.

You're right, that's exactly what it sounded like.
He was not only advertising the property, but making it into a personals ad about himself.

 

[Marg944]

Change that to WAS!!!

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/crime/husband-arrested-over-rideon-mower-death-of-frances-elizabeth-crawford/news-story/3065baa113534ea1dbcad996a11ea293

 

[Marg944]

Some of Frances’ friends on social media have changed their profile picture to the Australian Femicide Watch - She Matters - Frances Crawford

https://twitter.com/x/status/1842044341835149706

 

[Marg944]

“This afternoon Detective Superintendent George Marchesini said the arrest highlighted "dedication and expertise" of officers who had worked "tirelessly and relentlessly" on the case.”

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[Trooper]

I don't think QLDPOL believed his ridiculous story for one nanosecond.. I reckon they nodded and smiled and offered their condolences and got in their cars and sped back to base at high speed and began an in depth, no holds barred , gold plated investigation of SQ.L. Crawford that very morning.

They let him spin around being AirbNb guy, Mr . Smoothie Sleazo all over the place, and watched his every move.

 

[SouthAussie]

Police have charged the husband of Frances Crawford, who died in a ride-on lawnmower incident in July, with murder and interfering with a corpse.

Husband of Queensland psychologist who died in ride-on lawnmower incident charged with murder

Police have charged the husband of Frances Crawford, who died in a ride-on lawnmower incident in July, with murder.

www.abc.net.au

I don't know if everyone listened to the video in this ^^^ link posted by @brissygirl2019. It is Det Spt Marchesini reading Frances' family's full statement to the media at today's press conference.

I can't find a link to the whole presser, but there is a little more of it in this ABC News video. It is only a short news video ... 1m 40s.

At around the :51 sec mark Det Spt Marchesini responds to a question about more details, and he replies that he certainly doesn't want to jeopardise the integrity of the investigation before the courts ... that he is unable to make any comments about circumstances leading up to Frances' death. And he later says that they have had a number of people provide information to them.

 

[acehard]

I'm surprised he didn't just flee. He knew it was coming.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

If he did do it, I think he probably thought he'd gotten away with it.

 

[Andieinsyd]

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https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/crime/husband-arrested-over-rideon-mower-death-of-frances-elizabeth-crawford/news-story/3065baa113534ea1dbcad996a11ea293

Yes love that three women Police Officers went to make the arrest. It highly appropriate and I hope they felt satisfaction in doing this.[/url]

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

Especially if a person is staging it at nighttime. imo

I was thinking about that when you mentioned a crowbar being able to tip a ride-on mower. Maybe there was a crowbar indentation in the ground that the (alleged) killer couldn't see. Or a jack mark on the ground, if a jack was used to tip it.

I wonder @SouthAussie … are the mechanics of the event known publicly yet? Was the mower fully tipped if known? Or maybe it was placed to make it appear she was pinned against the retaining wall? Pure speculation here. But there didn’t seem to be any damage to the mower in that picture of it on an uncovered rollback tow truck. Granted it was a limited view of the front only. MOO