Foul play considered

POLICE are ‘‘starting to look deeper’’ at the possibility of foul play in the baffling disappearance of a woman at a north Queensland swimming hole 10 days ago. Mother-of-three Shannon Leah Fraser, 30, hasn’t been seen since visiting Golden Hole, south of Cairns, on September 21. She was with two men, including her partner, who has told police he left her sitting alone under a gazebo near the river. But when he returned between five and 10 minutes later she had vanished. Local and specialist officers continue to scour dense rainforest in the area. Far North Police District Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar said there was no evidence to suggest Ms Fraser was murdered, but police were ‘‘starting to look deeper’’. ‘‘It’s becoming concerning now,’’ he said. ‘‘Anybody that’s missing for this period of time in these circumstances, it gets to the point where you need to start looking deeper.’’ Inspector Asnicar said it was possible Ms Fraser wandered off and became lost. ‘‘The country that surrounds it is really, really difficult terrain and it would be very easy to disappear in that terrain and very difficult to find somebody.’’