 Yesterday afternoon we were contacted by a concerned member of the community who hadn't seen an occupant over on McLeigh Island for a while and asked us to go and do a welfare check and our officers have gone round to an address at LST Court on McLeigh Island and unfortunately found an 85 year old woman deceased in her own home there. Under the circumstances issue is found we're a bit concerned in relation to the incident so we're conducting a full investigation in relation to it and being an island community like that we're seeking assistance of members of the public to see if anyone has seen or heard anything on the island in and around LST Court during Monday and Tuesday. We're not really going into the injuries at this stage we're still in the process of examining the scene, examining her and conducting our inquiries. Whereabouts in the house was she found? She's found in the bedroom of a house. We're just still conducting inquiries in relation to how she was found and the circumstances of it we're just not looking to go into the details of any incidents such as that. Does there appear to have been any type of home invasion or has it been a robbery gone wrong? Well we're keeping an open focus at this stage we're forensically examining the entirety of the house and we're trying to seek as much information from members of the public who may have seen anything or heard anything particularly in a small community like that where we can hope that the members of the public can come and help us and find out what has happened. She was seen on Monday afternoon and that's where when a member of the community hasn't been able to get hold of her they've contacted us and we've made the discovery. Do you know much about the woman's being 85 that her physical condition whether she would have been able to develop a bit of a fight or something? It's hard to say she's 85 years of age and living on her own and appeared to be in good health so that's why we're sort of treating the matter as part of the raising of the concern. She was healthy at that stage and she's now deceased and we're looking as to how that's could. What about neighbours? It seems like a pretty quiet, close niche street. Have they been able to tell you anything about anything they saw with the suspicious? Well that's one thing. We're canvassing all the neighbours. We're canvassing as many members of the island communities we can to sort of see if they've noticed any comings or goings or heard or seen anything and that's part of the public appeal. If you live on that island or know anything that's happened please either contact your local police station or crime stoppers on 1800 triple three triple zero. Nothing that's really jumped out of the ordinary. Crime happens across the state everywhere so there's no spikes or anything that's sort of tell-tale indicating that there's anything wrong in that regard. Yes and you guys are obviously concerned given that I suppose an 85 year old woman perhaps wouldn't normally be considered a suspicious death but is there something that has led you guys to believe Well just in the general circumstances of the matter I should say an 85 year old woman's been found on the floor of her bedroom under circumstances that we're looking to see what has actually got going on in that house. Does it seem like any furniture or felonies were disturbed or stolen? She lives on her own in the house and it's a full-size house so we're going to take quite a while to forensically examine all the furniture all the trappings inside the house to see if there's any indication of anything untoward. For interest of whether this could be suspicious or not? Well it's one of those circumstances where she's found under unnatural circumstances deceased in her own house and there was no real reason for ill health or anything like that so that's what's caused our suspicions and we're treating it accordingly. And what about the condition of the body? Does she have any injuries at all? I'm unable to go into any details of any condition of the body at this stage. And the family's been notified obviously? Yes the family's been notified and obviously traumatised as you can imagine. We've got a lovely 85 year old grandmother living on McLeigh Island and she's passed around in suspicious circumstances and we're really keen for any public assistance that we can get to help us solve what's going on. Was she active in the community or was she rather active? She's fairly mobile and well known amongst the community there and it's a tragic loss to the whole island community. She's been there for a number of years in her own house there since her husband passed away some years ago and she's well known amongst the people there and well respected. We will be waiting for forensic tests both medical as well as forensic examination of the scene and the scene is going to take quite a considerable period of time because it's a whole house. It's not just one small crime scene per se. You don't want to, you don't get a second chance. You don't get a chance to go back so we're going to fully examine the scene and look at all aspects of it. How long? It won't surprise me if we have the crime scene for a number of days just to make sure that we don't miss anything and that we conduct a thorough examination of every piece of evidence that's available to us. If I can, this has been a crime where we've got an 85-year-old grandmother died under suspicious circumstances. We need the public's help. It's as simple as that. If you have seen anything suspicious on Monday or Tuesday over on McLeigh Island and around the LSD court, don't be afraid. Come forward. Either come forward to your local police or crime stoppers on 1800-333-000 and help us find out what's going on.