A Perth mother of six was lured to a dog park and murdered by her housemates before her body was buried in bushland, police allege.
Key points:
- The woman was last seen in the Armadale area on September 23
- Her body was discovered in bushland on October 7
- Police have charged four people in relation to her death
The body of Nardia Louise Spice was found in Jarrahdale, in Perth's south-east, on Friday after she was last seen alive two weeks earlier.
Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Sam Hazlitt said police believe the 40-year-old was "lured" to the Byford dog park and killed on September 23 before her body was buried about 25km away near Ronan Road.
"It is alleged that she has suffered critical injuries as a result of trauma to the head. We allege it was blunt-force trauma," he said.
Four people charged over death
A man and a woman from Brookdale and a man from Armadale have been charged with murder, while an Armadale man as been charged with being an accessory after the fact.
Detective Senior Sergeant Hazlitt said the victim knew her alleged killers, describing their lifestyles as "transient".
"The victim was living with those people at an address in Brookdale," he said.
He said it would be alleged the killing was premeditated and planned, and a "high volume" of items including "tools and weapons" had also been seized.
"We have what we would call a primary incident scene that's at the Byford dog park and then we have several secondary incident scenes, one of those is the location where the body has been exhumed," he said.
"We have other, what we refer to as crime scenes, which is vehicles that were involved that have been seized and are undergoing analysis."
Nothing to indicate offenders were affected by drugs
Detective Senior Sergeant Hazlitt said more people may be charged.
"We're confident that we've arrested everyone who's a primary offender or party to the offence of murder and we're investigating the involvement of several other people," he said.
"There's nothing to indicate that people were under the influence of drugs, we're not ruling it out, we're keeping an open mind.
"We're still trying to establish the full circumstances around the events leading up to it."
Ms Spicer had two children aged under 10, an adult child, three children aged in their teens and a foster child.
"She was in constant contact or very regular contact with her children and it was out of character for her to not be in contact with them," Sergeant Hazlitt said.
"We believe there are people out there who know more information about this and we invite them and ask them to come forward and speak to us or alternatively contact Crime Stoppers."
Zachariah Dean Brough, 32, was remanded in custody when he faced Perth Magistrates Court today charged with murder.
Jesse Desmond Jones, 26, is due to face court today charged with being an accessory.
Eve Marsh, 30, was remanded in custody until her next court appearance on October 26.
The 24-year-old man from Armadale has also been charged with murder and will face court later this month.
Police are looking for information about three vehicles: a black Holden Commodore, a green Ford Territory and a silver Hyundai i30.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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