The bizarre disappearance and death of a Queensland grandmother found partially buried hundreds of kilometres from her hometown has taken another turn.
Police have revealed they located a car belonging to Wendy Hansen, 63, at a train station in Brisbane’s north.
Wendy Hansen’s death is being treated as suspicious.Credit: NSW Police
Hansen’s partially buried remains were found by volunteers clearing vegetation in dunes at Jetty Beach in Coffs Harbour in June.
But authorities still do not know how or why Hansen went to the popular NSW holiday destination, some 800 kilometres away from her home in Monto, a small town west of Bundaberg.
Her car – a 2007 two-door Mitsubishi Pajero – was found by police in the car park of Geebung train station on Brisbane’s northside on September 7, detectives have revealed.
The four-wheel-drive was last seen heading south on the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane on February 29, the day Hansen disappeared.
Earlier that same day, the grandmother was seen withdrawing cash from an ATM in Monto.
Homicide detectives investigating the suspicious death hope to work out how and why Hansen got to Coffs Harbour without her car.
Police are particularly interested in dashcam vision or information about Hansen or her car’s movements between February and June.
“[This is the] highly unusual disappearance of a loving grandmother, who has been found 800 kilometres from home and no one knows why,” Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said in August.
“The trail goes cold from the Sunshine Coast … we’d like to solve that mystery and provide the answers to the family.”