Seven months after Sunshine Coast mum Crystal Beale was horrifyingly found dead in the Brisbane River, authorities have charged her ex-partner with her murder.

On February 21 the 49-year-old mum had been out at dinner with her former partner and son at Sunnybank in Brisbane’s south and later travelled by car to an address in Annerley.

Ms Beale was last seen by her former partner after being dropped off at Ryan Street in West End that same night at 9.30pm.

Her body was found the following morning by a rower in the Brisbane River at Yeronga.

After months of attempting to piece together Ms Beale’s final moments, Queensland Police announced on Monday that they had charged her 49-year-old ex-partner with her murder.

Police will allege the West End man not only murdered the mum but dumped h

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