A HOME BECAME THE SCENE OF AN UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY..! – HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A 66-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS FOUND D-E:AD INSIDE A BLACKWATER HOME.

‘Traumatic’: Homicide detectives investigate after 66yo woman found dead in Blackwater home

Detectives said the scene was ‘quite traumatic’ after a 66-year-old woman was found dead in her rural home in Central Queensland.

A domestic violence order was in place at a home where a 66-year-old woman was found dead in Central Queensland.

However, Detective Inspector Luke Peachey said investigators were yet to determine if the DVO was linked to the woman’s death at the residence in Blackwater, west of Rockhampton.

The homicide squad had been called in to the investigation, but he refused to rule out if police suspected foul play.

“We’re keeping an open mind at the moment,” he said.

A 66-year-old woman has died in Central Queensland. Picture: Google Maps
The woman’s body was found in a home in Oliffe St. Blackwater about 6.40pm on Sunday. She was declared dead at the scene.

“We’ve now got a Homicide Investigation group deploying to assist us in our investigation, however the death is still ruled as unknown at this stage.”

Her body has been taken to Brisbane where it will undergo a post-mortem investigation.

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Queensland Police said a crime scene had since been established as investigators worked to determine how the woman died.

Inspector Peachey said the incident was “quite traumatic” for the woman’s family and first responders.