Man charged over body-in-boot
A 47-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a Seville Grove father who was found in the boot of his burnt-out car six weeks ago.
The Yangebup man will face Perth Magistrates Court tomorrow charged with killing 30-year-old Travis Mills.
The man, whose name has not been released, was arrested after homicide detectives searched a property in Yangebup and seized a vehicle and several other items.
Police and forensic officers at The Avenue estate on Rowley Road in Hilbert where the body of Travis Mills was found in a burnt out vehicle. Picture : Lincoln Baker/The West Australian.
Mr Mills was found dead on his daughter Ruby’s first birthday on April 3 and police allege he was killed the previous night, just hours after he finished putting together a trampoline he had bought her as a present.
Authorities found the scaffolder’s body in the boot of his green 2010 Ford Falcon XR6 sedan dumped in a new Armadale housing development, about 7km from his Poad Street home.
