The death and disappearance of Karen Ristevski (pictured) has been shrouded in mystery
The mystery surrounding the disappearance and death of Victorian mother Karen Ristevski has had Australians on the edge of their seats for the past 18 months.
And as her husband Borce prepares to go to trial for the woman’s murder, it is expected the answers to some of the more nagging questions will be revealed.
One such revelation will likely be where Mr Ristevski was for the 100 minutes that are unaccounted for on the day his wife went missing.
Karen Ristevski went missing from her family home at Avondale Heights on June 29, and police interviewed her husband shortly after her disappearance was reported to police.
For 100 minutes of the day, the 53-year-old was unable to tell officers what he had been doing.
On Wednesday, Mrs Ristevski’s husband Borce was arrested and charged with his wife’s murder
During the investigation, Mr Ristevski was unable to account for 100 minutes of his time on the day his wife went missing. Because he has pleaded not guilty, it is likely the details of this 100 minutes will be revealed in court
Police pulled information from the phones of Mr and Mrs Ristevski after the woman vanished, and both phones were found to have connected with transmission towers on the Calder Freeway.
Police tracked transmission signals emitted by both Mr and Mrs Ristevski’s phones on June 29, when the Victorian mother went missing, and found them both on the Calder Freeway
Mr Ristevski was seen to be near Diggers Rest, about 20 kilometres north of Avondale Heights, where the family lived, during the day.
Mrs Ristevski’s phone was last pinged near Gisborne – a further 20 kilometres north along the Calder Freeway, and about 10kms south of Mount Macedon, where her body was found.
The evidence obtained by police also shows Mr Ristevski’s phone had been turned off for two hours.
In their initial interviews, police learned the couple had been fighting before Mrs Ristevski left the house on June 29.
Mr Ristevski then claimed he drove her car, a black Mercedes SLK 200, along the Calder Freeway to try and correct a faulty fuel gauge, which he said was fixed by a bump in the road.
The Mercedes was captured on CCTV being driven through Diggers Rest, the last known location of Mr Ristevski’s phone, towards Mt Macedon, where his wife’s body was found, on the same day.
On June 29, when Karen Ristevski went missing, there were 100 minutes of the day her husband Borce could not account for. Information recovered by police from the couple’s phones showed his last pinged at Diggers Rest, and hers was last near Gisborne, about 10kms from where her body was found at Mt Macedon Regional Park. Officers also found information that showed Mr Ristevski’s phone had been turned off for two hours during the day
Mr Ristevski’s phone was found to have pinged a transmission tower in Diggers Rest on the day, and is believed to have been turned off for two hours
Mrs Ristevski’s phone last pinged off a tower in Gisborne, about 10 kilometres from Mount Macedon, where her body was found wedged between two logs (pictured)
Mrs Ristevski’s body was discovered wedged between two logs in bushland in Mt Macedon by passing joggers on February 20.
Mr Ristevski’s lawyer, Robert Stary, said earlier this year the 53-year-old was a suspect ‘from day one’, and police also revealed the man was of interest to them.
On Wednesday, he was arrested in Keilor by detectives from the missing persons squad, and charged with murder.
Mr Ristevski has pleaded not guilty, and will reappear in court on April 18.
Mr Ristevski has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder, and will reappear in court on April 18