Rel­a­tives and neigh­bours of Siparia grand­moth­er Joann Estick, whose sev­ered head was found in a cool­er at the side of the road on Thurs­day, are strug­gling to come to terms with the hor­rif­ic way she met her death.

Her killing was the fourth grue­some mur­der in Siparia in the last sev­en months. Yes­ter­day, as a flock of cor­beaux cir­cled over Quinam Road, Hunters Search and Res­cue car­ried out aer­i­al and ground search­es, hop­ing to bring clo­sure to Estick’s fam­i­ly by find­ing her body.

Po­lice said around 1.15 pm Thurs­day, Cpl Patrice and PC Cum­mings of the South West­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force were pa­trolling when some­one di­rect­ed them to a green bag in a drain at Sen­non Vil­lage.