Missing woman’s former partner charged with murder after remains found in Queensland bushland

Toowoomba woman Jana Armstrong, mother of a four-month-old baby, was last seen on Tuesday Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Queensland police have charged a former partner of a missing woman with murder, after a body believed to be hers was discovered in bushland by a group of hunters. As of Sunday, the remains were yet to be formally identified but police investigators said they believed they were those of Jana Armstrong, who was reported missing in Toowoomba on Tuesday. Hours after the grim discovery, police arrested her 48-year-old former partner and he was later charged with domestic violence murder. “This is a horrific crime,” Det Acting Insp Brian Collins told reporters on Sunday. “People in the community would be horrified that a young lady, a 30-year-old with a four-month-old child, has had her life taken.” Armstrong was reported missing from a suburb in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane. Officers released footage of her wearing a green-and-white striped Country Road shirt, jeans and thongs. After police found Armstrong’s dumped white Hyundai on Wednesday morning, Collins said her former pa