Police establish crime scene in Bracken Ridge after suspicious death

Homicide detectives are investigating after a 39-year-old man was found dead by a relative in a home in Brisbane’s north.

Homicide detectives are investigating after a 39-year-old man was found dead inside a Bracken Ridge home Sunday afternoon.
Police closed two north Brisbane streets about 2pm and established a crime scene at Slaughter St, Bracken Ridge, after determining the death was suspicious.

Police have confirmed that the man was found deceased at 12.30pm at the property by a relative.

Neighbours told The Courier-Mail a woman in her 60s and her son live at the address.

Police lock down streets in Bracken Ridge. Picture: John Gass

The mother was seen getting into a police car on Sunday afternoon.

It is believed she found her son dead after returning home.

More than a dozen police officers gathered outside the large brick home after being called to the scene.

Two people believed to be related to the deceased were seen leaving a neighbouring home visibly distraught.

Police in Slaughter Street, Bracken Ridge, where a person was found dead in suspicious circumstances. Picture: John Gass

Nearby residents were shocked to see their “normally quiet” street become a crime scene, calling it “a great neighbourhood”.

Detectives are this afternoon trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death, not ruling out the incident being a murder.

They are appealing for anyone who was in the vicinity of Wobur St from 11pm on Saturday night to 12.30pm on Sunday to come forward with relevant information.

Wobur St, which surrounds the Slaughter St cul-de-sac, remains cordoned off by police as forensic officers continue to investigate the suspicious death.