{"id":803402,"date":"2026-07-16T06:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/803402\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T06:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:45:13","slug":"grim-details-emerge-after-woman-found-dead-in-rockhampton-cbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/803402\/","title":{"rendered":"Grim details emerge after woman found dead in Rockhampton CBD"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman has been found dead in suspicious circumstances in central Queensland<\/a> as police launch a major investigation.<\/p>\n

Officers were called to a ground floor apartment on Denham St in Rockhampton for a welfare check about 1.15pm on Wednesday after they received concerned calls from family members. <\/p>\n

When officers arrived they found the body of a 32-year-old woman, who police say had only recently moved to Rockhampton from interstate.<\/p>\n

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Detective Superintendent Darrin Shadlow said the woman had sustained a serious head injury and was found with \u201cblood pooling around her head\u201d, adding that she may have been dead for over a day before police arrived.<\/p>\n

Besides from the woman\u2019s injuries, he confirmed the death is being treated as suspicious \u201cowing to the position of the body\u201d and the homicide squad has been called in to help investigate. <\/p>\n

Shadlow said police have spoken to the woman\u2019s 32-year-old male partner who also lives at the same address.<\/p>\n

He said the man is known to police, however Shadlow stressed no arrests or charges have been made. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make sure that we do everything we can to try and establish the cause of death,\u201d Shadlow said.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWe don\u2019t know the mechanism of the injury or the extent of the injury at this stage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice cordoned off a business on Denham St after finding the woman\u2019s body. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n

Shadlow also confirmed police had previously been called to the address some time ago \u201cfor a domestic violence incident\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, we\u2019re still looking at investigations to establish whether that was related at all to this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Police were seen blocking off a nearby business, located in front of the apartment, as the crime scene was cordoned off.<\/p>\n

\u201cA crime scene was declared while detectives investigate the circumstances of the woman\u2019s death,\u201d police said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no ongoing threat to the public.\u201d <\/p>\n

Anyone with any information that could assist police has been urged to come forward.<\/p>\n

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