A 48-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of a WA father who was found with serious injuries lying next to his car on Good Friday.<\/p>\n
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died, used with the permission of their family.<\/p>\n
Elmars Kalejs, 53, was found by a passer-by on April 18, sprawled unconscious next to his silver Holden Commodore sedan in a car park near the Settlers’ Common Environmental Centre in Bedfordale in Perth’s south-east.<\/p>\n
He was taken to Royal Perth Hospital and treated for head injuries and broken ribs, but died two months later on June 24.<\/p>\n
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Elmars Kalejs, pictured with his daughter Courtney Mallard, died in hospital. \u00a0 (GoFundMe: Courtney Mallard)<\/p>\n
WA police had appealed for information to help them piece together how Mr Kalejs sustained his injuries.<\/p>\n
At the time, his daughter Courtney Mallard said her family wanted to know what happened to him so they could have closure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Courtney Mallard appealed for information about what happened to her father.
\n\u00a0 (ABC News: Lauren Smith)<\/p>\n
She described him as a loving, gentle man who “lived off the land”.<\/p>\n
Today police revealed they had charged the 48-year-old man, of Cloverdale, with murder.<\/p>\n
He is due to face the Perth Magistrates Court tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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