Detectives are continuing to appeal for information regarding the alleged homicide of 49-year-old Sunshine Coast mother of two, Crystal Beale.
At 5.40am on Saturday 22 February, Crystal’s body was found in the Brisbane River by a member of the public.
Operation Xray Saba was established to piece together not only what happened that night, but Crystal’s life leading up to this tragic incident.
Investigations indicate at 8.30pm on Friday 21 February, Crystal left a family dinner at a Sunnybank restaurant.
Crystal travelled with her son and former partner in a car from Sunnybank to an Annerley address, before continuing to travel with her former partner by car to Ryan Street, West End.
Crystal’s last confirmed sighting was by her former partner when she left the car at 9.30pm on Ryan Street, West End.
Subsequent police investigations have found one of Crystal’s sandals in shrubbery on Ryan Street and several personal items at Orleigh Park near the Brisbane River.
Police are continuing to urge anyone who was near the Brisbane River at Orleigh Park or on Ryan Street, West End, late on Friday 21 February, to come forward.
Detective Acting Inspector Rod Watts said detectives have reviewed over 1000 hours of CCTV footage and interviewed Crystal’s former partner, friends, and family.
“The piece of the puzzle we are trying to understand is how Crystal got from Ryan Street into the Brisbane River,” Detective Acting Inspector Watts said.
“This incident happened on Friday evening in West End. It is 1km from her last confirmed sighting to where we located her personal belongs at Orleigh Park.
“If Crystal had taken this route on foot, part of her journey should have been captured on CCTV, but we are yet to receive any eyewitness accounts or CCTV footage to confirm this.
“From everything that we have been told, Crystal was a loving mother of two, she was well known in the Sunshine Coast community and there is no reason why this has happened to her.
“We know people, who are not suspects, were in this area that evening, and we continue to ask them to come forward. Even if the information you have seems small, it may be the crucial piece of the puzzle we need to solve what happened to Crystal that night.
“To everyone who has already come forward with information – thank you.”
