A younger Queensland mum of two killed in a multi-car crash, now being investigated as a home violence murder, had taken in her boyfriend to remain earlier than she died.
Gypsy Satterley, 25, died when the ute she was in was rammed into the trail of one other car on the Bruce Highway at Federal close to Noosa on the Sunshine Coast on Friday at 4am.
Rafferty Rolfe, 25, from Yandina, who was allegedly in a stolen automotive which rammed her car, is the only survivor of the three-car collision.
On Friday night time, he was charged with one depend of theft with violence while armed in relation to the alleged theft of a car.
Police inquires are nonetheless ongoing, and the Courier Mail experiences the incident is being investigated as a home violence murder.
Rolfe has not been charged in relation to Ms Satterley’s loss of life.
Police will allege Rolfe threatened a girl with a knife in Gympie and stole her Isuzu MU-X earlier than the crash.
He is scheduled to seem within the Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday, July 24.
Two different folks died within the firey crash, together with a great Samaritan who picked up Ms Satterley by the facet of the highway at 4am and alpaca farmer Jessica Townsley, 38, who was the motive force and sole occupant of the third car within the crash.
Police have confirmed Ms Satterley and Mr Rolfe had been in a relationship earlier than the crash.
An in depth good friend of Ms Satterley described her as a “beautiful person” who’s survived by her brothers, sisters, mom and father to the Courier Mail.
The good friend mentioned she had invited Mr Rolfe to remain in her dwelling simply three weeks earlier when he was in want of a spot to remain.
“We are all so shocked … she never deserved this at all,” the good friend mentioned.
In an announcement, police alleged one of many automobiles had been “chasing a man and woman in another vehicle” simply earlier than 4am on the Bruce Highway close to Federal, Queensland.
Driving northbound close to exit 244, the person “attempted to ram” the victims’ automotive, inflicting each automobiles to cross over to the unsuitable facet of the highway.
A collision occurred between these two automobiles and a 3rd automotive which was heading southbound, pushed by a 38-year-old girl,” police mentioned.
Police mentioned Ms Townsley didn’t know any of the opposite individuals within the crash.
Mr Rolfe was pulled from one of many automobiles.
He suffered severe head accidents and a number of different accidents and was taken to Gympie Hospital earlier than being transferred to Sunshine Coast University Hospital, the place he stays underneath police guard.
“Investigations by detectives from the Sunshine Coast District CIB are being assisted by Homicide Investigation Unit and Forensic Crash Unit are ongoing.
Passing motorist Roshanna Bowman told Nine’s Today show on Friday morning she saw lights and trucks before passing the crash.
“As we got closer, we just saw this car completely just squished up against the concrete between the two different lanes,” she mentioned.
“We’re not sure how someone could’ve possibly survived that, all the rubbish was on the other side of the road as well.”
Investigators are asking any witnesses or anybody with related dashcam footage of the Bruce Hwy space between 3am and 4am, or who noticed the white Isuzu MUX after 4.30pm on July 20, to contact Crimestoppers.
-with Elena Couper and Nathan Schmidt
Source: www.news.com.au
