The reason a man called emergency services about his wife’s fatal injuries — initially reported as being inflicted in a lawn mower incident on their Queensland property — at three o’clock in the morning has not been explained.
At a press conference on Friday, police faced multiple questions about the timing of the discovery of respected psychologist Frances Crawford’s body at the base of a retaining wall on the sprawling rural Upper Lockyer Valley property on July 30.
Her husband Robert Crawford, who remains under investigation as police appeal to multiple women he had “relationships” with in Australia and overseas, had “seen her alive that evening” prior, Detective Superintendent George Marchesini said.
Frances Crawford’s body was found next to a ride-on mower, leading to responding paramedics to report her death as being the result of a possible “mower rollover”.
Marchesini admitted the timing of the emergency call contributed to police deeming her death as suspicious, but would not be …