The former partner and one of the last people to see a woman whose remains were found in a bag at a Brisbane recreational area has told an inquest he believed "something wasn't right" before she disappeared.
Constance Watcho was reported missing by family members in early 2018, after she had vanished three months earlier.
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In September 2018, the 36-year-old's bones were found in and near a sports bag in scrub at the base of the Kangaroo Point Cliffs.
Ms Watcho's former partner and father of three of her children gave evidence on the third day of a coronial inquiry into her death being held in Brisbane.
Darren Young told the Coroners Court the pair's 10-year "on-and-off" relationship ended in 2015 or 2016, but they remained on "good terms", describing Ms Watcho as a loving mother who was "headstrong".
"Very straightforward and spoke her mind," he said.
Mr Young told the court he had seen Ms Watcho in November 2017 in South Brisbane, and that she had looked upset.
"Something wasn't right," he said.
"She did look a bit troubled, not herself."
Mr Young told the court she had been with her partner at the time, Sam Sobczak, who had been "escorting" her to the bank.
"He was sort of a bit stand-offish," he said.
On Monday, the inquest heard evidence from police that their investigations had focused on three "people of interest" which included Mr Sobczak and two other men who Ms Watcho had been staying with in Kangaroo Point, Dallas Bandman and another man.
The three men are expected to give evidence later this week.
Mr Young told the court he believed Mr Sobczak knew more about what happened to Ms Watcho due to the "timeline".
"I last seen Constance in his company," he said.
Watcho had been 'pretty upset', friend says
On Tuesday, childhood friend Anne Mickelo told the court before she went missing, Ms Watcho had been "pretty upset" with Mr Sobczak, who she thought was "sleeping around".
"She was arguing with Sam," she said.
Ms Mickelo told the court she had also seen a bruise around her friend's eye and was told it was caused by Ms Watcho's partner.
"She had a domestic with Sam," she said.
The court also heard Ms Mickelo recognised a bag which was used in news coverage about Ms Watcho's death at the time as one that she had seen at the unit her friend had been staying in.
Another witness who would frequent the unit where Ms Watcho had been staying who had been camping near the cliffs, testified about seeing two to three bags in the area where her remains were found months prior.
Cameron Allberry told the court he assumed the bags belonged to a homeless man so did not open them as he did not want to "disrespect another streety".
"We'd had our stuff stolen so many times, didn't want to do it to someone else," he said.
Mr Allberry told the court after the remains were found Mr Bandman revealed to him that Mr Sobczac had been involved in the death, but Mr Allberry did not believe him as he was "amped up" on drugs.
"He said he knew something, but he couldn't say anything … but he is just a junkie so I didn't know how to take it," he said.
The court also heard that Mr Bandman had told Mr Allberry that he and Mr Sobczac had set fire to his unit after police had raided it.
"That was Dallas and Sam that done it… This didn't make sense to me because forensics had already been done," Mr Allberry said.
The inquest continues.
