Grim details emerge after woman found dead in Rockhampton CBD

A woman has been found dead in suspicious circumstances in central Queensland as police launch a major investigation. 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. When officers arrived they found the body of a 32-year-old woman, who police say had only recently moved to Rockhampton from interstate. Detective Superintendent Darrin Shadlow said the woman had sustained a serious head injury and was found with “blood pooling around her head”, adding that she may have been dead for over a day before police arrived. Besides from the woman’s injuries, he confirmed the death is being treated as suspicious “owing to the position of the body” and the homicide squad has been called in to help investigate.