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Police investigate death of elderly woman whose body was found at Palm Beach
Police investigate death of elderly woman whose body was found at Palm Beach

ABC News

time21-07-2025

  • ABC News

Police investigate death of elderly woman whose body was found at Palm Beach

The discovery of an elderly woman's body on a popular Gold Coast beach has sparked an investigation into who she was and how she ended up alone on the sand before dawn. Police and ambulance crews were called to Palm Beach on the southern Gold Coast at 5:40am on Sunday after early-morning walkers discovered the woman's body at the water's edge. Dressed in a black, long-sleeved shirt and long black pants, but without shoes, she was pronounced dead at the scene. What Superintendent Jackson could not give details on was the woman's identity. "[She] is reported as being approximately 70 years of age with short-medium grey hair," he said. Police are also preparing a report for the coroner after a man's body was found at Echo Beach, on the southern side of Burleigh headland, on Saturday, less than 24 hours before the woman's body was found. That death was also deemed to be caused by a medical episode and police are liaising with the man's family. Palm Beach — Palmy, as it is known to locals — has transformed in the past decade; high-rise apartments and multi-storey homes now stand in place of the working class, single-level, brick homes once synonymous with the suburb. With gentrification and massive population growth has come inequality, especially in the housing market. The median house price in Palm Beach has nearly doubled since 2020, rising from about $900,000 to $1.75 million in the past five years. Rental costs have also skyrocketed from an average of $675 per week in 2020 to $1,150 per week in the 12 months to June 2025. A recent Gold Coast City Council report estimated about 400 people were sleeping rough across the city, with many more experiencing homelessness in either temporary or emergency accommodation. Police are not yet sure, but they believe the woman may have been one of many on the southern Gold Coast without a permanent place to call home. He said police were trying to piece together the woman's movements by trawling through CCTV footage from businesses close to where her body was found. "It's terribly sad, terribly tragic," he said. Anyone with information about the woman is urged to contact police.

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