Shelsea Schilling, 20, and her former boyfriend Bronson Ellery, 24, known as Lizard Man.

Former Bandido bikie dubbed Lizard Man has been found dead with ex-girlfriend in alleged murder-suicide on Gold Coast

Jeremy Pierce, Kate Kyriacou, Greg Stolz, The Sunday Mail (Qld)

November 13, 2016 1:00am

A FORMER bikie and wannabe death metal rocker dubbed Lizard Man by police killed his ex-girlfriend and then himself in a tragic murder-suicide on the Gold Coast.

Notorious criminal Bronson Ellery, 24, was found dead alongside former partner Shelsea Schilling at a Southport apartment behind popular cafe The Roost@53 on Friday night.

Police at the scene after two bodies were found in a Southport unit on Friday night. Pic: Adam Head

Ellery, dubbed Lizard Man for his terrifying appearance and confronting facial tattoos, claimed to have turned his back on the Bandidos bikie gang two years ago and believed he was destined for fame as a heavy metal rock star.

Now, he is dead, along with 20-year-old Shelsea, whose mother yesterday paid tribute to her “angel” and launched a grief-stricken broadside against the man who allegedly took her life.

Bonnie Markwell Mobbs declined to speak to The Sunday Mail, but described the heartache of losing her daughter on Facebook.

“I can’t believe my girl is gone! I want to believe it’s not true. But it is, my heart aches,” she wrote.

“Shelsea was a kind hearted beautiful soul. I just wish she would come back. Shelsea had so much life to give.”

Bronson Ellery was known as the Lizard Man because of his heavy facial tattoos. Pic: Facebook

She also took aim at the man who allegedly killed her.

“Bastard had no life, took his and my baby girl,” she wrote.

“Rott (sic) in hell Bronson. Let my angel be safe.”

Ms Mobbs had first expressed fears for her daughter’s safety when she couldn’t contact her on Wednesday afternoon.

Extremely close, the pair spoke virtually every day.

Two days later her worst nightmare was realised.

Shelsea’s heartbroken younger sister Chloe also took to Facebook, thanking friends for support and labelling Ellery “a monster” who should “rot in hell”.

Using the performing name Solitary Son, Ellery released an amateurish heavy metal album called Searching Souls in April last year.

Regularly in trouble with the law, Ellery endured several stints in custody, the most recent ending in March last year after he pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice by bullying a man to withdraw a police complaint against an associate.

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Originally published as Mum’s grief for murdered daughter