Crime scene set up in Brisbane after woman's body found

Homicide detectives have set up a crime scene in Brisbane's north following the death of a woman on the weekend.

9News understands the woman, in her 50s, was found dead by a family member at the Muller Road, Taigum home on Saturday afternoon.

The woman's death was initially treated as non-suspicious, but new information has led investigators to return to the property Wednesday morning - and are now treating the death as suspicious.

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SES search crews armed with metal detectors were also called in today to comb the area for a potential weapon that might've been involved.

Investigators have spent the day interviewing family and the house has been forensically examined.

The property backs onto a large field and is across the road from Boondall Park and the Gateway Motorway.

An investigation centre has also been set up at the nearby Carseldine Police Station.