Tradies installing swimming pool find remains of murdered mum
Skeletal remains believed to belong to a Perth woman murdered by her son have been found buried at the backyard of her former home.
Tradesmen installing a pool in the backyard stopped work on Wednesday afternoon after uncovering the bones wrapped in a sheet.
Officers were called to the Fairfield Street house at Mt Hawthorn after the discovery of the remains.
“At that address skeletal remains of Ah Bee Mack are believed to have been located this afternoon,” a Western Australian police spokesman said.
Ms Mack, 56, who also went by the name of Pauline, was last seen alive in September 2008, but her body has never been found.
Her son Brent Donald Mack, who has autism, was convicted of killing his mother between December 18 and 19 in 2008 and was sentenced to life in prison.
He has never revealed where his mother’s body was.
When the then 27-year-old was convicted, Supreme Court Justice John McKechnie said he was a “dishonest, devious individual” who had lied to cover up his mother’s murder.
A decade on from Ms Mack’s disappearance, police believe this case can finally be closed.
