A man has been charged over the horrific deaths of a mother and son who were ‘sliced’ to death at their home in a wealthy Brisbane suburb.
The 49-year-old man has been charged with two counts of murder with police to allege they discovered him and the bodies of Jifeng Liu, known as Eileen, 47, and her son Sam, in his early 20s at about 9:30am on Monday.
The man remains in hospital under police guard and is expected to have a beside court hearing on Tuesday.
Police have confirmed the 49-year-old was the person who called triple-0 and let officers inside the home at Coolidge Court, Stretton, in the city’s south.
The scene has been described as ‘confronting’ with officers finding the stairs of the two-storey property covered in a ‘large amount of blood’.
Jifeng Liu (pictured), known as Eileen, 47, and her son Sam, in his early 20s were found dead inside their Brisbane with a man charged with two counts of murder on Tuesday
The 49-year-old man charged remains in hospital under police guard and is expected to have a beside court hearing on Tuesday (pictured, police outside the home on Tuesday)
The 49-year-old man was arrested on Monday over the ‘frenzied attack’ and two ‘bladed weapons’ were taken from the scene (pictured, an office chair outside the home on Tuesday)
The man was arrested on Monday over the ‘frenzied attack’ and two ‘bladed weapons’ were taken from the scene.
Police said a Cantonese interpreter was needed for the man who was treated in hospital for serious cuts to his arms and lower legs.
Detectives were seen taking two mobile phone, sealed in plastic evidence bags from the home late on Monday afternoon which remained cordoned-off overnight.
Forensic officers returned to the home on Tuesday morning and were seen taking photos and marking various spots around the property.
A black office chair was seen outside the garage on the driveway.
The scene at the affluent home in Coolidge Court, Stretton, in the city’s south remained cordoned off overnight (pictured, an office chair on the driveway on Tuesday morning)
Police have confirmed the 49-year-old man was the person who called triple-0 and let officers inside the home in Brisbane’s south (pictured, forensics at the scene on Tuesday)
Forensic officers returned to the home on Tuesday morning and were seen taking photos and marking various spots around the property in Brisbane’s south
Detectives were seen taking two mobile phone, sealed in plastic evidence bags from the home late on Monday afternoon (pictured, a black office chair on the home’s driveway on Tuesday)
Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham told reporters on Monday the man in custody is believed to have had a ‘link to the address’ but his relationship with the two found dead was yet to be fully established.
The victims are yet to be formally identified.
‘There were some language difficulties with the interpretation of what he was saying, an interpreter was used by the triple zero service,’ he said.
‘He has exercised his right to silence and has requested the presence of a solicitor.
‘It’s still very early days in the investigation and it’s important that we keep an open mind. There’s been no information from neighbours to indicate that anything has been heard at this stage.’
Police and forensics rushed to the Coolidge Court residence in Stretton on Monday morning and found the bodies of the mother and son upstairs
A stylish brick archway at the home sits in-between a large living room and the main hallway
Pictured: An upstairs bedroom at the house where the man and woman where killed
The in the affluent suburb property features a pristine swimming pool in the backyard
Det Supt Massingham said there were CCTV cameras at the front of the home, which are yet to be reviewed.
‘The scene was confronting and has been described as an (alleged) frenzied attack on the two deceased persons,’ Det Supt Massingham told reporters.
A major crime scene was set up as officers cordoned off the quiet cul-de-sac and knocked on the doors of neighbours, with the street remaining under a heavy police presence on Monday afternoon.
‘So our forensic officers have been in on a couple of occasions now. The scene is quite traumatic in terms of a large amount of blood that is present,’ Det Supt Massingham said.
Forensic officers spent much of Monday at the home scouring for clues and photographing evidence outside the front of the double garage
Pictured: The affluent ‘President’s Estate’ home where Jifeng Liu and her son Sam reportedly resided
Police were confronted with traumatic scenes when they arrived at the Coolidge Court home
The bodies of a woman and a man were found upstairs inside the two storey home
Images of the property where the grisly scene played out reveal an affluent house with an interior hallway, upstairs bedroom and backyard with a swimming pool.
The photos obtained by Daily Mail Australia also shows an open plan living area with a spacious modern kitchen, four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a double garage for up to six vehicles.
A stylish brick archway sits in-between a large living room and the main hallway.
The bodies are expected to be removed from the scene by Monday night with an autopsy to be completed by Tuesday.
Coolidge Court remained cordoned off with a heavy police presence on Monday afternoon
Police described the scene inside the home as confronting and traumatic with ‘large amounts of blood present’ (pictured, forensic officers at the home)
Shocked neighbours told the Courier Mail a man, woman and boy lived at the house. They were described as ‘lovely people who mainly kept to themselves’.
‘Recently I haven’t seen them too much but normally they are out in the yard,’ one man said.
‘I think the boy just got his licence not that long ago.
‘You don’t think this kind of thing will happen around you but obviously it has.’
Another told the ABC: ‘They kept to themselves, if they were going up the street you’d just wave, say hi and that was about it.’
Another local said said he heard a dog constantly barking on Sunday night.
Police hope to remove the bodies of a man and a woman from the home by Monday night
Shocked neighbours say Coolidge Court is a quiet and peaceful street and that the occupants who lived at the home kept to themselves (pictured, police in the cordoned off street)
‘In the morning it was very quiet until the police got here, the only thing we could recall was a dog barking and going crazy last night before the other dogs on the street started barking too,’ he said.
‘I have never heard any real noise or anything from that end of the street, it’s usually very quiet so it’s very scary and shocking.’
The property last sold for $760,000 four years ago, according to online data.
The median price for homes in Stretton is more than $900,000 and is home to a population of 4,334, according to the 2016 Census.
The average weekly household income for the suburb is $1,843, well above the national median of $1,234.