Homicide detectives are today launching a fresh public appeal into the murder of Colin Woodhouse on a Gold Coast roadside on Christmas eve 1992.
Around 12.30am on December 24 1992, then 30-year-old Colin Woodhouse was driving home to his Worongary home after his shift as the food and beverage manager at Myer Pacific Fair when he was fatally shot outside his vehicle on Quambone Street Worongary.
Only minutes from his home, Colin stopped to help a man standing next to a light-coloured sedan parked on the side of the road. He was shot three times at close range.
Police believe the driver of the vehicle was Colin’s killer and that the sedan was staged to look broken-down to attract assistance.
Detective Senior Sergeant Tara Kentwell of Homicide’s Cold Case Investigation Team said as part of the renewed investigative focus, a key line of inquiry was the make and model of the offender’s car.
“While we
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