'Still in  disbelief': Matricide case causes Caribbean concern         

Alleged murder victim Roxane Jones. Photo: Supplied - Bundaberg News  Mail

The family of a woman allegedly murdered by her son in central Queensland are  trying to raise US$30,000 to have her buried in her homeland.

The body of Roxane Jones – also known as Roxane Gilbert – was found in her  four-wheel-drive last Saturday in a bushland area which is popular with people  for walking, motorbike riding and fishing near Gladstone.

On Tuesday, police charged her son 19-year-old Horace Jones with the murder  and he has been remanded in custody until September 24, when he will appear  before Gladstone Magistrates Court.

Roxane Jones's family wants her body returned home to Guyana. Photo:  Facebook

Police are yet to determine how Ms Jones died, but they believe she was  killed last Friday, the day before her body was found.

Ms Jones and her son were both born in Guyana and the pair migrated to  Australia soon after Mr Jones's birth. She has two other children, a  five-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl.

The Guyana Times reported her family were "in shock" at the  news of her death and said it would cost them US$30,000 to fly her body to the  South American country to be buried.

A 1999 Kia Sportage similar to the one in which Roxane Jones was found.

A female relative, who did not was to be named, told the newspaper Ms Jones  was a "family orientated person".

“She was fun to be around, kind, friendly and outgoing," she said,

"She is always optimistic and curious about what is happening on the local  scene, especially Guyana.”

Ms Jones has three brothers and three sisters living in various parts of the  world, including the United States of America.

Members of her family have changed Facebook profile photos to a picture of Ms  Jones in a red dress as a tribute.

"Still in disbelief, just cannot be true, someone tell me this is all a  terrible mistake," her niece wrote on Monday.

Police Inspector Cal Lynch said Ms Jones had only been living in Gladstone a  few weeks when she was murdered and had moved to the town from Bundaberg, the Gladstone Observer reported.

Police were this week searching Mr Jones's home in Cairncross Street in the  suburb of Sun Valley.

Inspector Lynch is still appealing for anyone who might know something about  the murder and believes there are people who would have seen Ms Jones car in the  area where it was dumped with her body inside.

"There are likely to have been a number of community members in the area over  the weekend," he said.

"Anyone who observed the vehicle in the area is encouraged to contact  police."

Ms Jones' 4WD was a silver 1999 Kia Sportage, with the rear tailgate painted  white, and with alloy wheels.

Ms Jones' corpse has been flown to Rockhampton for an autopsy, but it is not  known when the results will be released.