{"id":43453,"date":"2026-07-03T05:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/43453\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:53:10","slug":"prosecutors-awaiting-files-relating-to-death-of-crystal-beale-whose-body-was-found-in-the-brisbane-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/43453\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors awaiting files relating to death of Crystal Beale, whose body was found in the Brisbane River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Prosecutors are awaiting several large device downloads from police in relation to the alleged murder of a woman whose body was found in the Brisbane River last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Jesse Beale, 49, is charged over the death of his former partner, Crystal Beale, and misconduct with her corpse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He has not entered a plea, but his lawyers have indicated the charges will be contested at trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Ms Beale was last seen alive in West End in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A middle-aged woman with dark hair wearing a dark shirt smiles at the camera at a bar\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/41570b2f9b5d06af187c2b72d4ee4af1.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Prosecutors allege Mr Beale killed Ms Beale following an argument which likely took place in his car in West End. (Supplied: Queensland Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The following day, the 49-year-old&#8217;s body was found in the Brisbane River at Yeronga by a member of the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">She allegedly suffered significant neck injuries, but her cause of death was ruled inconclusive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Prosecutors will allege Mr Beale killed Ms Beale, following an argument which likely took place in his car in West End, then dumped her body in the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It is alleged the pair had been arguing about allegations Mr Beale had sexually assaulted her and taken non-consensual images of her which she had recently discovered.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"brisbane magistrates court's front doors\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d9a05ef9007d664bd5326d65030fdb41.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The Brisbane Magistrates Court heard police provided prosecutors with several large device downloads that were corrupted. (ABC News: Jessica Black)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a brief mention of the case on Friday, the Brisbane Magistrates court heard DNA testing had been completed, and the results had been disclosed to Mr Beale&#8217;s lawyers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The court heard several large device downloads had also been provided to the prosecution by police, but they were corrupted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In order to open the files, the court heard they would need to be provided in a different format.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The case was adjourned to later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prosecutors are awaiting several large device downloads from police in relation to the alleged murder of a woman&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[99,1958,1109,31345,10483,31697,2770],"class_list":["post-43453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brisbane","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-magistrates-court","tag-court","tag-crystal-beale","tag-dna-testing","tag-jesse-beale","tag-murder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}