Bags of evidence linked to the suspicious death of a woman in an Albany unit, including one labelled “suspect clothes”, were the focus of the major police operation on Thursday, as items were brought to and from the scene across several hours.
On day five of what has become a massive homicide investigation, several key items of evidence were taken from the property while detectives were still door-knocking in nearby streets late on Thursday.
The heavy police activity signifies that inquiries are set to continue into another day.
Police remain tight-lipped regarding the circumstances that left a 69-year-old woman dead and a 50-year-old suspect in a critical condition in Spencer Park on Sunday.
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Homicide squad detectives and forensics officers have been swarming the Burville Street unit where the woman was found dead since they arrived on Monday, but have provided no updates on the status of the investigation other than that “inquiries are ongoing”.
Updates came on Thursday when forensics officers began removing vast quantities of items from the unit.
Of particular interest were dozens of large brown bags that forensics officers removed from the scene, stashing them in an unmarked police vehicle.
One of the bags was labelled “suspect clothing” and was brought back to the property in question by officers.
A long white pole encased in a clear protective tube was also removed from the unit by police, along with other rolled-up items in similar clear tubes.
Multiple wreaths of flowers have been tied to a tree in the front of the unit as mourners pay their respects to the elderly victim.
Police have provided no formal updates to media on the situation since early Monday morning, when they confirmed the woman’s death and revealed a 50-year-old man, known to the woman was assisting with inquiries.
Investigations by the Advertiser revealed on Tuesday that the same 50-year-old man was fighting for his life in Royal Perth Hospital, having being flown from Albany via Royal Flying Doctors Service.
He remained in a critical condition in the intensive care unit of RPH on Thursday.
