Murder charge after man found dead in Queensland unit

A man has been charged with murder after an older man was found dead in a unit at Woodridge, south of Brisbane.

Police were called to the complex on North Road for a welfare check about 7.15am on Tuesday.

The body of 65-year-old resident Tony Cue was found inside one of the units.

9News understands he had suffered an injury to his body, leading police to treat the death as suspicious.

A 32-year-old man was arrested by police at Beenleigh around 7.50pm on Tuesday.

He was later charged with murder to appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

Detectives spent Tuesday speaking to neighbours as bags of evidence were removed from the unit.

“At this point in time, we are treating this as a homicide investigation,” Logan District Detective Inspector Ian Galpin said.

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“I don’t want to discuss this person’s injuries at this point in time in the investigation other than to say, there was an obvious injury which caused police to declare a crime scene.”

Cue’s death came as a shock to neighbours who saw him just a day earlier in the garden, watering his plants.

“He was out there watering them daily and tending to them,” one neighbour told 9News.

Forensic police spent Tuesday searching that same garden for evidence but won’t say if a weapon was used, or found.

Residents have told 9News Cue had lived at the property for more than 30 years and was known as a good neighbour.