Arabic version: الشرطة تحقق في وفاة مشبوهة في واتسون

According to ABC News, homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a 70-year-old man whose body was found at a home in Watson, in Canberra’s north.

Officers were called to the Hanson Place address at about 7:55am on Monday, October 5, to conduct a welfare check on a resident. The man’s body was found inside the home a short time later.

ACT Policing declared the property a crime scene and referred the investigation to its homicide squad. Following enquiries, police said they were treating the death as suspicious.

Police are asking anyone who saw suspicious activity in or around Hanson Place in the days before the body was found to contact authorities. They are also seeking dash-cam or CCTV footage from the immediate area, with information requested through Crime Stoppers.