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A crime scene has been established after the bodies of a man and his two-year-old son were found in a home on the New South Wales far north coast overnight, in what police believe was a murder-suicide.
Police said officers attended a unit in East Lismore about 9.45pm on Sunday due to concerns for the welfare of a man and his son.
Police forced entry into the unit and found the bodies of a 38-year-old man and a two-year-old boy.
A crime scene was established overnight and inquiries into the deaths were under way.
Deputy police commissioner Peter Thurtell said “a more tragic event you wouldn’t come across”, and that the matter was being investigated as a murder-suicide.
Thurtell said the man was known to police “for previous DV [domestic violence] matters but not significant issues”.
Thurtell did not comment on where the mother was, but was aware she lived in the community.
“My understanding is that the male had an access visit on the day,” he said.
“My understanding is that the mother raised concerns with the fact that they were due to hand over the child at 4.30 and by 5.30 she had contacted the police, and we went around to the residence and made the discovery.”
