Husband is charged with murder after his wife’s body was discovered in the ashes of their home following a horror blaze
The husband of a woman killed in an allegedly suspicious house fire has been arrested more than 200km from their home and charged with murder.
Emergency services rushed to a property on Strack Rd address in Geham, 150km west of Brisbane shortly before 3am Tuesday and arrived to find the house fully alight.
The body of Louise Hunt was discovered inside the burnt out home after firefighters spent several hours putting out the blaze.
Two children were found uninjured nearby but the woman’s husband, Cameron Hunt, was nowhere to be seen.
A crime scene was established with a PolAir helicopter seen circling the home.
Hunt was arrested 12 hours later in Redcliffe, north of Brisbane.
‘A 45-year-old Geham man has been charged with one count each of murder domestic violence offence and arson,’ a police statement read.
Hunt will spend the night in custody and appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Cameron Hunt (right) has been charged with the alleged murder of his wife, Louise Hunt (left)
Emergency services were called to the Hunts’ Geham home (pictured) early Tuesday
Formal identification of Ms Hunt’s remains is ongoing.
The large home was completely destroyed by the fire with confronting images showing its roof caved in and a burnt out car.
It’s understood the family moved into the home inherited from Ms Hunt’s parents Angela and Phil Griffiths.
Well known in the nearby Toowoomba community, the Griffiths are said to be devastated by Ms Hunt’s death.
Operation X-Ray Geo has been established to investigate the fatal blaze.
The property remains a crime scene
‘We have homicide investigators from Brisbane who are at the investigation centre assisting Toowoomba detectives,’ Detective Superintendent George Marchesini said.
‘It is still early stages of the investigation and obviously early stages of doing any thorough examination of that particular scene.
The home was engulfed in flames by the time emergency services arrived
‘As you can appreciate further scientific and forensic examination needs to occur at that particular scene.’
He added the two children were ‘safe and well and accounted for’.
‘There was no hospitalisations of the children,’ Det Supt George Marchesini said.
Investigations into whether if anyone else was inside the house when the fire began continue.
‘Our investigations now are focusing on not only who resides there but could there have been any other people at that residence,’ he said.
Ms Hunt’s husband has been charged with one count each of murder domestic violence offence and arson
‘We are trying to establish and make contact with any other persons that may have been there.
‘It’s a terrible situation when you have an incident like this.’
Police urge authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward.
