Gold Coast detectives said reports the remains were mummified were not true, as “there was no attempt to preserve the body in any way”.
Police have released photos of a man whose decomposed body was found in his Gold Coast home, with detectives believing it was there more than 12 months.
Police had been called to conduct a welfare check at the Edinburgh Road property by relatives interstate.Queensland Police Detective Acting Inspector Mark Proctor said reports the body was “mummified” were not true but that it was in an “advanced state of decomposition”. Police were alerted to the home after relatives lost touch with Nemes over the years, and found it “unusual” they had not heard from him for some time.Credit:Property records indicated Nemes had for several years owned the house, which sold for $1.5 million and backed onto Lake June.
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