Tragic end to search for missing man Timothy Bottoms
Police News
The body of missing man Timothy Bottoms, 71, was located around 10am on Wednesday, with news of the well known Cairns historian and author’s death quickly impacting the local community.
Mr Bottoms was reported missing from Kuranda on Tuesday afternoon, May 26. He was last seen at Montrose Avenue, Edge Hill.
Police will now prepare a report for the coroner having found Mr Bottoms dead on the Gillies Range following an urgent public search.
His body was found in a vehicle parked facing downhill in the oncoming traffic lane. He is understood to have been returning from the funeral of his brother, John, when he died.
The noted local historian and author was widely respected across the Far North for his historical research, including Conspiracy of Silence and Cairns: City of the South Pacific, a History 1770-1995.
