Murder charge, Woodridge
Where: North Road, Woodridge, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
Police have charged a 32-year-old man with murder following the death of a 65-year-old Woodridge man yesterday, 6 October.
Around 7.15am, police attended a North Road unit for a welfare check where they located the 65-year-old man deceased.
A crime scene was declared and Detectives from Logan Criminal Investigation Branch and the Homicide Investigation Unit commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the man’s death.
A 32-year-old man was arrested by police at Beenleigh, around 7.50pm yesterday.
He was subsequently charged with murder and is due to appear before Beenleigh Magistrates Court today, 7 October.
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▲ 0% Assault offence occurrence has increased by 0% since August 2026.
▼ 1% Drugs offence occurrence has decreased by 1% since August 2026.
▲ 1.9% Theft offence occurrence has increased by 1.9% since August 2026.
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— Queensland PoliceCrime in the Logan council area
Logan is a council area in Queensland with about 403,515 residents. It has a Crime Score 70 out of 100 (high), 66th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (70th percentile), robbery (92nd percentile), break-ins (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
- Violent
- 1,560 per 100k
- Property
- 6,589 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 801 per 100k
- Theft
- 3,870 per 100k
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