A family has been left distraught and a community in shock after a "horrific crime" that took the life of a young mother who was missing for several days.
On Saturday night, a group of wildlife hunters found what police believe to be the remains of 30-year-old Jana Armstrong in bushland about 50 kilometres south of Toowoomba.
While the body was yet to be formally identified, investigators said they were certainly those of the young woman, who gave birth to a baby boy earlier in the year.
It had been four days since Armstrong was last seen at her house in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane.
On Sunday, police announced that they had arrested Armstrong's 48-year-old former partner and said he was being charged with domestic violence-related murder.
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Jana's heartbroken sister posted a tribute to her on Sunday morning.
"Losing my beautiful sister in this way is something I will never be able to understand or put into words," Faith Isaacs wrote on social media.
"I promise you, Jana, your beautiful baby boy will always know exactly who his mummy was, how deeply you loved him and just how incredibly special you were."
'This is a horrific crime'
Queensland Police Detective Acting Inspector Brian Collins said locals "would be horrified that a young lady, a 30-year-old with a four-month-old child, has had her life taken."
"This is a horrific crime," he said.
No relevant domestic violence protection order was in place in the relationship, Collins said, but added that all interactions with police before the death would be examined.
"I don't think there's anything police could have done to prevent this at all."
A post-mortem examination is yet to be completed and police have so far not issued any statements as to the cause of death or whether a weapon was involved.
The man charged with murder will appear at Toowoomba Magistrate's Court tomorrow.
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