Police claim to have solved cold case murder of homeless man in Surfers Paradise DETECTIVES say they have solved a 12-year-old Gold Coast murder case, catching the killer of homeless man Daniel Edgar Stone whose body was found in Surfers Paradise in 2002. Police released a statement this afternoon and said a 40-year-old Gold Coast man was scheduled to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on March 4 where he will be formally charged with murder of the 47-year-old man in 2002. Mr Stone's body was found on the upper level of the Bruce Bishop Car Park on March 9 in 2002. He was homeless at the time and sleeping in the car park.