Family left in the dark over brutal Bali death THE family of an Australian woman killed in violent circumstances in Bali was initially told she had suffered a fall, with no suggestion of foul play. Linda Margaret Chilver, 54, died on April 11 and lay unidentified in a morgue for nearly two weeks. The Victorian woman had been found bleeding beside a road in Jimbaran Bay near Bali's main airport and was taken to hospital on April 10 but died the next day. Sanglah Hospital's forensic medicine chief Dudut Rustyadi has said blunt-force injuries to Ms Chilver's head pointed to a brutal bashing. There were also injuries to her chest and hands. The forensics department said she had "severe head injuries." An autopsy will be performed today but it may take two to three weeks for the cause of death to be determined. Ms Chilver had booked into a budget hotel near Bali's airport on April 4. Ms Chilver's former partner David Collett said her family had learnt of her death only on Saturday and did not know the full extent of her injuries until they read Dr Rustyadi's comments yesterday. "The only information that we had was that her injuries were consistent with a fall, so this is very new information for us and is quite raw," said Mr Collett, who last spoke to Ms Chilver a month ago when she was travelling through Asia. Mr Collett, who has a 19-year-old daughter with Ms Chilver, said the Australian consulate in Bali had not provided any details about the nature of her death. A Department of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman said consular officials had informed Ms Chilver's family the cause of death was unknown. Mr Collett said Ms Chilver's death had come as a tragic shock to her family.