THE fate of Ipswich mother Dulcie Birt remains a mystery even as a man awaits sentencing for causing her death.
Alwyn John Gwilliams, 43, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in the Supreme Court in Brisbane to the manslaughter of Ms Birt, 31, and to interfering with her corpse.
His lawyer, Simon Lewis, told the court Gwilliams claims Ms Birt died when he crashed his car while he was drunk and driving along a 4WD track in bushland at Riverview, west of Brisbane, on October 21, 2009.
Mr Lewis said his client, who had a significant distrust of police, panicked and dumped his mistress's body in a waterway.
Her body has never been found.
Prosecutor Vicki Loury said a raft of evidence suggested Gwilliams' story was fabricated.
She told the court police never found any sign of an accident in the bushland area, and no forensic material was found in the cabin of Gwilliams' ute to suggest a woman had died during a crash.
Ms Loury said Gwilliams had told numerous lies to police during the investigation - a fact that was not disputed by his defence team - and he had a history of violently assaulting women.
She told the court a more likely scenario was that Gwilliams' killed Ms Birt outside the car and buried her body at the same location.
However, Ms Loury conceded the crown was unable to prove categorically what happened that evening.
Gwilliams' sentence hearing will continue on Wednesday afternoon.
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