Police are investigating following the death of a woman in the state’s north.
About 10.40am today (Saturday 22 August 2020), emergency services were called to a unit on Rosedale Square, East Lismore, after a woman’s body was found.
The woman is yet to be formally identified, however, she is believed to be the 60-year-old occupant.
Officers from Richmond Police District established a crime scene, which will be examined by forensic officers.
Local detectives, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, have established Strike Force Boughton to investigate the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death, which is being treated as suspicious.
No further information is available at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or . Information is treated in strict confidence.
