BREAKING NEWS Man found stabbed to death outside luxury home he shared with skincare mogul partner in Queensland
Emergency services were called to Napalle Street in Warana, Queensland around 7.35pm on Monday after a neighbour found a man unresponsive in his front yard.
Police said they found the 53-year-old homeowner with multiple stab wounds to his abdomen and he was dead at the scene.
The home, according to property records, is owned by Zdravko Bilic and the founder of skincare clinic HUD Skin and Body, Gry Susann Tomte.
Ms Tomte is not accused of any wrongdoing and it is not known whether she was at home during the alleged incident.
A crime scene was declared and investigations into the circumstances of his death are ongoing.
Anyone with information or CCTV vision of the area between 11pm on July 13 and 7.35pm on July 14 has been urged to contact police.
More to come.
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