{"id":17347,"date":"2025-07-24T01:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T01:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/17347\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T01:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T01:16:11","slug":"fourth-body-in-five-days-on-the-gold-coast-as-another-dead-woman-is-found-floating-down-a-popular-creek-at-a-scenic-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/17347\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth body in five days on the Gold Coast as ANOTHER dead woman is found floating down a popular creek at a scenic spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

By KYLIE STEVENS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA<\/a> and AAP <\/p>\n

Published: 18:50 EDT, 23 July 2025 | Updated: 21:15 EDT, 23 July 2025 <\/p>\n

A woman’s body wrapped in plastic and rope has been found in a creek at a popular tourist destination, the fourth discovery in waters on the Gold Coast<\/a>\u00a0in less than a week.<\/p>\n

Police were called to Currumbin Creek near Whitsunday Drive about 2.50pm on Wednesday following the grim discovery by a shocked resident.<\/p>\n

The local told their neighbours that the woman appeared to be Asian and was wearing a child-sized life vest tied at the front with rope.<\/p>\n

A backpack was also found in the water nearby.<\/p>\n

It’s understood the fully clothed body may have been in the water for several days.<\/p>\n

Police divers who retrieved the woman’s body used a neighbour\u2019s boat to bring it to shore.<\/p>\n

Detectives door-knocked residents as an investigation was launched.<\/p>\n

Police say it will take some time to identify the woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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An investigation is underway after a woman’s body was found floating in\u00a0Currumbin Creek (pictured, emergency crews at the scene)<\/p>\n

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It’s understood the fully clothed body (pictured) had been in the water for several days<\/p>\n

‘Police will await the results of a postmortem to determine the cause of death,’ a spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.<\/p>\n

‘A crime scene was declared at the location while forensic examinations were completed.<\/p>\n

‘Investigations are continuing.’<\/p>\n

Neighbours have recalled their horror of seeing the semi-submerged body floating in the water.<\/p>\n

‘It was dark \u2026 it was something I couldn\u2019t recognise,’ one man told the Gold Coast Bulletin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘It\u2019s a shocking thing to happen in this area, these things don\u2019t tend to happen here.’<\/p>\n

Another local added: ‘This is not the sort of thing that happens in our neck of the woods.’<\/p>\n

Police urge anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Currumbin Creek is a popular swimming spot on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

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The latest tragedy unfolded four days after a man was found dead near rocks at\u00a0Echo Beach in Tallebudgera last Saturday<\/p>\n

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A woman’s body was discovered by shocked beachgoers at Palm Beach on Sunday morning<\/p>\n

The latest tragedy comes just days after the lifeless body of another fully clothed woman was discovered by passers-by at a popular beach early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

The woman in her 70s was discovered near the shore at Palm Beach, just 24 hours after a man was found dead on the rocks at Echo Beach in Tallebudgera, less than 10km away, last Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Police believe the man may have suffered a medical episode by the water’s edge, just metres from\u00a0families and joggers.<\/p>\n

‘We have no idea what happened but it\u2019s horribly sad to see this,’ one local said.<\/p>\n

A second man, 31, was found dead in a pool at a Varsity Lakes unit complex on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The three previous deaths are all unrelated and are not being treated as suspicious by police.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Superintendent Brett Jackson said it was a traumatic weekend for passersby on the popular beaches to see the bodies.<\/p>\n

‘It was a sombre weekend for many,’ he told reporters on Monday.<\/p>\n

‘It’s terribly sad, terribly tragic.’<\/p>\n

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