More than three years after a woman's bones were found inside a duffel bag near a popular Brisbane picnic area, there are "still no answers" about her suspected murder, a Coroners Court has been told.
Constance Watcho, 36, was reported missing by family members in November, 2017, after they had not heard from her in several weeks.
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Almost a year later, the mother of 10's heavily decomposed remains were found stuffed inside a bag at the bottom of Kangaroo Point cliffs by a man who was known to her just before she went missing.
Some further bones were also found outside the bag in the same area, but as there was no body to examine, and no significant fractures to the remains, a cause of death could not be determined.
However, as Ms Watcho's arms were disarticulated at her shoulders and her lower limbs had been dislocated at the knee, police concluded she had met with foul play.
Investigators made a public appeal and offered $250,000 reward for information.
There have been no arrests and no fresh leads since and now the Deputy State Coroner will examine the circumstances of her death.
A preliminary coronial hearing held in Brisbane on Tuesday was told at the time of Ms Watcho's disappearance she had just been released from prison and had been "couch surfing" at a unit in a street above the cliffs.
Counsel assisting the Coroner Sarah Lio-Willie told the court there was very little known about her last movements.
"To this day Constance's family do not know how or why she died," she said.
"And despite the police investigation and public appeal there are still no answers."
Ms Lio-Willie told the court it was hoped for her family, who were present at the hearing via video link, the inquest would provide some closure.
"The fundamental task for this inquest is to identify, if possible, what happened to Constance," she said.
The court heard when Ms Watcho disappeared, she was in a relationship with a man known as "Sam", who was the last person to see her, but had not reported her missing.
"Sam told police it was not unusual for Constance to return to her home in Cherbourg and not tell him," Ms Lio-Willie said.
"He did not appear concerned when he did not hear from Constance for weeks."
The person who found her remains was a man she had been staying with in Kangaroo Point, but the court was told he did not report the discovery to police for two days.
The inquest has been set down for five days in September and is expected to hear from more than a dozen witnesses including her partner, the man she had been staying with, and police officers.
