Detectives have charged a man with murder following investigations into the disappearance of 45-year-old Patricia Anne Riggs.
Patricia was last seen at her home in Margate in the early evening of September 30, 2001 and reported missing to police three days later, on October 3.
Following a protracted investigation detectives from Redcliffe Criminal Investigation Branch and Homicide Squad located the remains of a woman, confirmed to be those of Patricia, in Margate on August 21.
A 57-year-old man from Dicky Beach has been charged with murder and misconduct with a corpse.
He is due to appear in Redcliffe Magistrates Court tomorrow, August 24.