A MAN has been charged following the alleged murder of retired teacher aide Chris Gwin at Conondale last week.
Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch detectives attached to Operation Victor Descent took a 68-year-old Maroochydore man into custody at a Caloundra address around 11am on Sunday, before he was charged at Maroochydore Police Station just before midnight, Sunday.
Police will allege the man attended a Kilcoy Lane address between 10am-1pm on Thursday May 11 where an unprovoked assault of Mr Gwin, 69, occurred.
Investigators will allege the victim was stabbed by the man, who was known to him, and died a short time later.
His body was located at the property by an acquaintance on Saturday just before 4pm. Detectives charged the man with one count each of murder and interfering with a corpse.
Multiple alleged crime scenes, including two vehicles and three properties, encompassing the Kilcoy Lane address, have been declared across the Sunshine Coast. The man’s bail was denied and he was to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday (May 15).
Detectives have appealed for for anyone with information to come forward, including nearby residents with dashcam or CCTV captured nearby the Kilcoy Lane property in the past week.