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Police have arrested a man after two bodies were found at the same property in northern NSW two weeks apart.
The body of a 79-year-old and 59-year-old were found at the same property near Grafton two weeks apart. The bodies of a 79-year-old man and 59-year-old man have been found at a property near Grafton two weeks apart.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested at Grafton Base Hospital as investigations continue. Police suspect foul play in the deaths of two men whose bodies were found on the same property in northern New South Wales two weeks apart. On September 13, the body of a 79-year-old man was found inside a house on the Summerland Way at Gurranang, 25 kilometres north of Grafton.
Yesterday, officers went to the same property as part of the investigation and found the body of a 59-year-old man. Superintendent Joanne Schultz says the bodies show evidence of foul play. The matter was referred to the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad which established Strike Force Faneel to investigate the deaths. Police say he is believed to have lived in Gurranang.
"There's quite a lot of work to be done in terms of identifying exactly what has taken place, but the injuries are consistent with foul play," Superintendent Schultz said. "The 59-year-old male is not from Gurranang. He was visiting the property and it appears that he died in the last 24 to 48 hours," Superintendent Schultz said. Police said the property remained a crime scene and detectives would be at the location for several days.
Superintendent Schultz described the crime scene as "confronting" for the officers involved.
"Both clearly traumatic scenes and particularly for those officers that arrived on the scene yesterday and were not expecting to locate the 59-year-old male in the situation he was deceased. "Police confirmed the 32-year-old man was receiving medical treatment at the hospital when he was arrested. The 32-year-old man was taken to Grafton police station after his arrest. Superintendent Schultz said the crime scene had not been maintained prior to the discovery of the second body.
"It will be quite a large investigation, obviously two people dying in these circumstances, it's significant," she said. Email address
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