Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man on Palm Island this morning.
Around 9.25am, a man was located with a serious head injury at a Creek Road address.
Emergency services were called however the man was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A crime scene has been declared, and criminal investigation detectives and forensic examiners have been flown to the island.
The investigation is ongoing.
The QPS acknowledges the First Nations – Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as the Traditional Owners of the lands throughout Australia, and their connection to country and community. We pay our respect to all Traditional Owners, and to their Elders past, present and emerging. We pay our respects to the First Nations’ ancestors of this land and their legacy. The foundations by these ancestors — our First Nations people — gives strength, inspiration and courage to current and future generations, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.
