{"id":814450,"date":"2026-07-21T13:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/814450\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:45:12","slug":"perth-news-person-in-custody-after-one-found-dead-teenager-fighting-for-life-in-bentley-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/814450\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth news: Person in custody after one found dead, teenager fighting for life in Bentley, Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenage boy is in custody after his mother and 12-year-old sister suffered suspected stab wounds in a Perth home, leaving the mother dead and the girl in a serious condition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/police-6iyz\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Police<\/a> said they were called to a home in Bentley about 6.15am on Tuesday, where they found a 35-year-old woman dead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/024107b29207c9af16f8f553d34aba5ec1b00640e1110a392d5309033d4ef5c2.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Police said the girl was able to flee the home, before contacting police and being found in a nearby suburb.\u00a09News<\/p>\n<p>CCTV from less than 15 minutes earlier shows a girl running down Albany Highway in what appears to be her dressing gown.<\/p>\n<p>Having run 600 metres down the street into Cannington, she called Triple Zero before receiving life-saving care.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Acting Inspector Jessica Securo said members of the public intervened to assist the girl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very thankful that members of the public stopped and assisted the female,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe the pair suffered injuries at the Bentley home, but that the girl was able to get away and call police.<\/p>\n<p>Securo said both had injuries consistent with stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dc2f4b260a70a8f5622ac70d55fb6a4016e88246f836a0627ea8162f493d25ea.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">CCTV from less than 15 minutes earlier shows a girl running down Albany Highway in what appears to be her dressing gown.\u00a09News<\/p>\n<p>She was treated at the scene by paramedics before being transported to Perth Children\u2019s Hospital, where she is suffering from serious injuries and continues to receive treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested a 16-year-old boy, who is related to both victims, and took him into custody.<\/p>\n<p>He was assisting police, and no charges had been laid. The boy was known to police, Securo said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the incident was being investigated as a suspected family violence incident and that it would shake the local community.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/11414d619caedebd1aa33dc51b08e0b0277ae0121473b26bf8dab5899c0ae10f.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Detective Acting Inspector Jessica Securo said the incident was \u201ctragic\u201d.\u00a09News<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis incident will have a significant impact on the family, friends and loved ones of those involved \u2026 our thoughts are with all involved, especially the 12-year-old girl who remains in hospital,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask that their privacy be respected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A crime scene was declared at the Bentley home as police investigated.<\/p>\n<p>First responders were offered counselling due to the confronting nature of what they found.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives are examining any previous interactions the family or teenager had with authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\">1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenage boy is in custody after his mother and 12-year-old sister suffered suspected stab wounds in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-814450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}